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AMAC and MaruHachi enter partnership

07 Jul '17

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AMAC has entered into strategic partnership with Japanese thermoplastic composites material manufacturer MaruHachi. The aim is development of new business opportunities in Europe in the field of sports and leisure, consumer goods, electronics and electricity, building and infrastructure as well as transportation like aviation, automotive and train sector.

MaruHachi Group will expand its activities into the European market in cooperation with Dr. Michael Effing of AMAC who will advise and support the company strategically.

The family-owned MaruHachi Group has a strong history in automotive and medical textiles and has been active in the innovative composites market for more than 10 years.

Toshi Sugahara, general manager of MaruHachi, said, “We believe that the cooperation with AMAC will show good results in the establishment of our European presence. We are happy to benefit from Dr. Effing´s longterm experience as a pioneer in the composites industry, developing TEPEX thermoplastic composites sheets at DuPont in the 1990s and his high-quality network. With our products, we want to contribute to significant weight reductions of the final product, thus improve energy efficieny while offering a cost-efficient and high-quality solution.”

Dr. Effing, CEO of AMAC said: “MaruHachi is a specialty manufacturer of small-size tailor-made thermoplastic composite components in form of tapes and so-called organo-sheets, who develops products using various polymer types, ranging from polypropylene to high temperature Peek and the traditional fibre systems of glass, carbon and aramids.”

“I am very pleased to support and advise MaruHachi with the introduction to the highly innovative and most advanced European thermoplastic composites sector. Especially MaruHachi´s products like tapes, sheets and near-net shaped preforms represent an interesting category of material systems and semi-finished products with higher performance, tailored and optimized for any new applications,“ Effing said.

MaruHachi is partner of the AZL in Aachen and participates in the AZL thermoplastic business platform, together with 17 other partners like Cato, DSM, DuPont, Evonik, HELM or Schuler.

AMAC is an industrial and business consulting company in the field of lightweight construction materials based in Aachen, Germany. (SV)

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