Toray expands carbon fibre production.(Industry news) From: Advanced Composites Bulletin | Date: July 1, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 International Newsletters. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Japanese carbon fibre producer Toray Industries is planning a [yen] 25 billion (about $233 million) expansion in production capacity of its polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fibre.

The company plans to add two integrated production lines for the carbon fibre covering polymerization, precursor spinning and carbonization (total of 1995 t a year), and one production line for prepreg (5.8 million m-2 a year). These additional facilities are expected to start operation...

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