Toray to Boost Carbon Fiber Production by 4,000 Tons in Japan, U.S. and France.Tokyo, Japan, Feb 9, 2007 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Toray Industries Toray Industries, Inc. (東レ株式会社 Tōre Kabushiki-gaisha announced on February 9 that the company would expand production capacity in its PAN-based carbon fiber TORAYCA composite material composite material or composite, any material made from at least two discrete substances, such as concrete. Many materials are produced as composites, such as the fiberglass-reinforced plastics used for automobile bodies and boat hulls, but the at its three manufacturing bases in Japan, the U.S. and France. The move is aimed at responding to the full-scale expansion in demand for PAN-based carbon fibers for uses including aircraft application. The company plans to spend 55.0 billion yen in total to build additional facilities at all the manufacturing bases of the group through the beginning of 2009. In Japan, Toray plans to build a second prepreg (carbon fiber sheets impregnated im·preg·nate tr.v. im·preg·nat·ed, im·preg·nat·ing, im·preg·nates 1. To make pregnant; inseminate. 2. To fertilize (an ovum, for example). 3. with epoxy resin) manufacturing facility at its Ishikawa Plant, in addition to its Ehime Plant. Copyright [c] 2007 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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