COMPOSITES

UK research project developed for carbon fibre composite automotive components / Consortium led by SGL and includes Jaguar Land Rover

HEXCEL

Minority stake in CRP recycler Carbon Conversions / Strategic investment

SGL

Carbon fibre producer sells US plant in Evanston to competitor Mitsubishi Rayon

SGL CARBON

Carbon fibre producer bundles all light-weighting activities / Joint venture with BMW open to new segments / Plans for application centre in Germany

COMPOSITES

Fuel cell vehicles on the advance / Strong growth forecast for composite-made pressure tanks in the automotive industry / Many approaches seen at JEC 2015 / Carbon fibres and thermoplastics still have to make their mark

SGL CARBON

Tripling output of US production facilities to meet automotive demand / Additional USD 200m for expansion

BMW

German production facility unable to keep up with demand for “i3” electric vehicle / Additional Engel machines

DAIMLER

Carbon fibre joint venture shares sold to Toray / Car maker says goal of serial production has been achieved / Material enables significant weight reductions for "Mercedes" C and S classes

SGL CARBON

US joint venture with BMW raising carbon fibre output / CFR components to be added to other car models as well

COMPOSITES

Reinforcements: JEC Show in Paris and Germany's VDI Plastics Conference focus on carbon fibres / Use of CRP for mass car production not yet in sight / The race for reinforcing materials is on / Glass fibres offer high growth potential