TORAY

Significant expansion for carbon fibres in France / EUR 100 mn investment

ZOLTEK

More Mexican capacity for large-tow carbon fibre

TORAY

Production capacity for large tow carbon fibre to be raised in Hungary / Growing demand from wind energy and automotive sectors

KANGDE GROUP

Mammoth project for carbon fibre applications / World's largest production in northeastern China / Aviation and automotive partnerships / Components production also planned

TORAY

PPS compounds production plans in Hungary / First plant in Europe

ZOLTEK

Expansion planned for Mexican facility to meet significant demand increase

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE

Acquisition of composites specialist TCG / Output expanded / Exploring polycarbonate applications

COMPOSITES MARKET

Industry dominated by need for shorter cycle times / Thermoplastics increasingly used as matrix materials / "JEC" in Paris with record exhibition area / Carbon fibre market still seeing double-digit growth

SGL CARBON

Volkswagen acquires 8% of shares in carbon manufacturer

DAIMLER / TORAY

Agreement to jointly develop carbon fibre reinforced plastics components / Serial production to be launched in three years' time