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Teijin aims to develop its automotive CFRP business

13 Apr '15

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Teijin Limited is set to develop and integrate its automotive-use of carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP), aiming to strengthen the group’s business in this highly value-added form of CFRP.

The Automotive Business Development Group was launched on April 1, 2015 as a new entity directly under the Carbon Fibres & Composites Business Unit. It is responsible for marketing thermoplastic CFRP formerly handled by the Teijin Composites Innovation Center and thermoset CFRP formerly handled by Toho Tenax, the core company of the group’s carbon fibres and composites business.

Teijin Composites Innovation Center reforms its function and will focus on developing technologies for individual projects. Integrating and reorganizing these functions will enable Teijin to accelerate its CFRP business, especially in the highly promising automotive field. Teijin expects to become Japan’s leading provider of CFRP composites for automotive applications, the company said in a press release.

Toho Tenax, which spearheads Teijin’s carbon fibres and composites business, is developing automotive-use products such as high-efficiency thermoset CFRP and rapid-curing carbon fibre sheet pre-impregnated with matrix resin.

Teijin now looks forward to providing highly tailored, one-stop solutions for both thermoplastic and thermoset CFRP composites for customers in the automotive field and beyond.

The company's main fields of operation are high-performance fibres such as aramid, carbon fibres & composites, healthcare, films, resin & plastic processing, polyester fibres, products converting and IT. (GK)

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