Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd of Tokyo, to develop new business for its carbon fibers, introduced its new Pyrofiltm carbon fiber material designated MFG-070-300 for PEM proton exchange membrane fuel cell gas diffusion layers. The reason for using car Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd of Tokyo, to...
June 3, 2004--Carbon Concept of Ballston Spa, NY, one of the leading designers and manufacturers of high quality carbon fiber composite automotive parts and appearance accessories for the booming sports compact market, announced the first in a series June 3, 2004--Carbon Concept of Ballston Spa, NY,...
CONSTRUCTION OF Conoco Inc.'s $125 million new technology carbon fibers production facility in Ponca City, Okla., is complete, and the 1,800 metric-ton-per-year plant is in final commissioning stages. The facility is readily expandable to 3,600 met CONSTRUCTION OF Conoco Inc.'s $125 million new technology...
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Hexcel Corporation (NYSE: HXL) today announced that it had entered into an agreement with USEC Inc (NYSE: USU) and Alliant Techsystems Inc (NYSE: ATK) to supply carbon fiber required for USEC's planned American Centrifuge Plant ACP for the enrichment of uranium for commercial nuclear power reactors. The...
Zoltek Scaling Up on Low-Cost Precursor, Launches New Mat Product At its JEC stand, Zoltek advised that their Hungarian plant is successfully and commercially spinning its new, low-cost PAN precursor for use in making its carbon fibers. Also, carb Zoltek Scaling Up on...
May 26, 2003 - Working with General Motors and Toray Composites America Inc. TCA, MacLean Vehicle Systems MVS has succeeded in developing, qualifying and entering production of a lightweight, structurally stiff carbon fiber hood for GM's 2004 C May 26, 2003 - Working with General Motors...
This pitch-based carbon fiber PBCF allows for tailoring of the fiber modulus more readily than can be done with PAN-based carbon fibers. We are told that tensile strength is likely to fall in the 250 to 350-ksi range. Modulus can be tailored rough This pitch-based...
Byline: Rhoda Miel BMW AG is continuing its research into carbon fiber, with production under way in Europe for a car using a carbon-fiber-reinforced roof system. The Munich, Germany-based carmaker produced a concept carbon-fiber car in 2000 as Byline: Rhoda...
Federal agents have launched a criminal investigation involving manufacturers and suppliers of polyacrylonitrile-based carbon fiber and preimpregnated materials. Industry sources said Federal Bureau of Investigation agents have visited numerous of Federal agents have launched a criminal investigation involving manufacturers and suppliers of...
May 26, 2004 - The Boeing Company has selected Toray Industries, Inc., to provide Toraycar carbon fiber and epoxy prepreg composites for use in the primary structural areas of the all-new Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner. "Composites offer us a variet May 26, 2004 -...
The global carbon fiber market, now at 50 million lb/year, will expand to 250 million lb by middecade and 600 million lb by 2010, says James Taylor, president of Conoco's carbon business unit. Taylor thinks carmakers, builders and electronics manuf The global carbon fiber...
October 9, 2003 - Zoltek Companies Inc. has received its first million pound order for its commercial grade carbon fiber tow, along with two other substantial orders totaling an additional 800,000 pounds, from sporting goods makers or suppliers in Ch October 9, 2003 - Zoltek Companies...
USEC Inc., of Bethesda, a global energy company that supplies enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants, said it has entered into a four-year manufacturing supply agreement, worth approximately $100 million, with Hexcel Corp. and Alliant Techsystems Inc. for carbon fiber for rotor tubes to be used in USEC's...
Byline: Rhoda Miel An Israeli carbon-fiber molding company is turning its expertise in making military armor for trucks toward a different kind of muscle car. Plasan Sasa Ltd. purchased the automotive unit of Vermont Composites Inc., the maker o Byline: Rhoda...
Conoco Inc. of Houston, Texas (NYSE:COCA) (NYSE:COCB) says it soon will introduce what it calls a revolutionary petroleum-based carbon fiber (Ed. Note - most likely pitch-based or PBCF) with unique applications in the electronics, composite material Conoco Inc. of Houston, Texas (NYSE:COCA) (NYSE:COCB) says it...
Faced with production overcapacity, makers of carbon fiber and pre- impregnated composite materials are scrambling to find new markets, reduce costs and move past a federal investigation. Carbon fiber suppliers are suffering through a market glut Faced with production overcapacity, makers of...
Toray Industries, Inc. has agreed with Boeing Inc. of the U.S. for the supply of carbon fiber composite materials to be used in the primary structural elements of the "B7E7 Dreamliner", a next-generation medium-size aircraft scheduled to enter service in 2008. Based on this agreement, Toray is to supply carbon...
A carbon-fiber concrete-reinforcing grid that can reportedly provide up to seven times the tensile strength of steel reinforcement by weight has been manufactured by TechFab LLC, Anderson, S.C., of carbon fibers fabricated by Zoltek Companies Inc., S A carbon-fiber concrete-reinforcing grid that can reportedly provide...
May 17, 2004 - Zoltek Companies, Inc. today reported significant increases in sales and operating results for carbon fibers for the quarter ended March 31, 2004. For the first time since the acquisition of the Hungarian operation in 1996, Zoltek's qu May 17, 2004 - Zoltek...
A scalable technology that enables mass production of high-performance carbon fibers from lower-cost feedstocks derived from petroleum or coal tar has reportedly been developed at Conoco, Houston, Texas. Said to be twelve years in the making, both a A scalable technology that enables mass production...
