TAGS: Sustainability / Natural Solutions Polymer Reinforcement
Toray Industries announces that it has decided to expand French subsidiary Toray Carbon Fibers Europe S.A.’s production facilities for regular tow medium- and high-modulus carbon fibers.
This move will increase annual capacity at the Abidos plant (South-West France) from 5,000 metric tons annually, to 6,000 metric tons. Production is expected to start in 2025.
Leveraging Resources for Carbon-neutral Economy
Demand for medium- and high-modulus carbon fibers is rising in Europe, driven by a push to move towards a net-zero society.
This growth is mainly due to higher build rates for commercial aircraft (secondary structures and engines), as well as centrifuge for energy production, satellites, and high-end automobiles. By boosting carbon fiber production capacity in Europe, Toray is responding to its customers’ demand for medium and high-modulus carbon fibers, as befits the market leader.
Toray has made sustainable growth pivotal to Project AP-G 2025, its medium-term management program. Accordingly, the company has developed solutions to tackle climate change with its carbon fiber composite materials. Toray will fully leverage its resources to help achieve a carbon-neutral economy by 2050, in keeping with its corporate philosophy of contributing to society by creating new values.
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Source: Toray Industries