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Tab. 6: Global estimated production of continuous aramid fibre for 2012 (publisher’s estimates)

Company (headquarters)

Production sites

Brand names used
in composites

Estimated production capacity
(metric ton/year)

DuPont (United States)

Richmond, Va., USA
Maydown, Northern Ireland, UK
Charleston, S.C., USA

Kevlar®
Nomex®

27,600

Teijin (Japan) - Taijin Aramid (Netherlands)

Emmen, Netherlands
Delfzijl, Netherlands

Twaron®
Technora®

26,400

Kolon Industries (Republic of Korea)

Gumi, Republic of Korea

Heracron®

5,000

Hyosung (Republic of Korea)

Ulsan, Republic of Korea

Alkex®

1,000 (5,000 by 2015)

OJSC “SvetlogorskKhimvolokno”
(Republic of Belarus)

Svetlogorsk, Gomel region,
Republic of Belarus

Arselon®

?

JSC “Kamenskvolokno” (Russia)

Kamensk-Shakhtinsky,
Rostov region, Russia

Руслан® (Ruslan)

?

Yantai Tayho Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. (China)

Yantai City, Shandong Province, China

Taparan®

?

Bluestar Chengdu New Materials Co., Ltd. (China)

Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China

?

Suzhou Zhaoda Specially Fiber Technical Co., Ltd.
(China)

Jiangsu Changshu, China

?

Hebei Silicon Valley Chemical Co., Ltd. (China)

Hebei, ChinaProvince, China

?

									

63,000

Share devoted to composites

							

Total

2,500

Tab. 7: Global estimated production of continuous basalt fibre for 2012 (publisher’s estimates)

Company (headquarters)

Production sites

Trade name

Estimated production capacity
(metric ton/year)

Kamenny Vek (Russia)

Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia

Basfiber®

4,000

GBF Basalt Fiber Co., Ltd. (China)

Zhejiang, China

-

3,500

Technobasalt - Invest LLC (Ukraine)

Slavuta, Khmelnytsk region, Ukraine

-

2,000

Vulkan RPA LLC (Russia)

Perm, Russia

-

2,000

Isomatex (Belgium)

Gembloux (Isnex), Belgium

Filava®

1,000

Hebei Tong Hui Science Technology Co., Ltd. (China)

Handan City, China

-

?

Asamer Basaltic Fibers (Austria)

Ebensee, Austria

Asa.Tec®

?

Russia Basalt Composite Materials - Volna, Ltd.
(Russia)

Krasnoyarsk, Russia

-

?

									
							

sectors, such as armour and
ballistic protection (civil
and military applications
such as vehicles, helmets,
etc.); aerospace (helicopters, secondary structures,
containment belts in turbine engines, tyre explo-

sion containment, fairings
and airfreight containers);
sports & leisure; marine
(vessels); industrial components (speaker cones,
plates, etc.); automotive
(power train and body components); ground transpor-

Total

15,000

Share devoted to composites

2,500

tation; engineering plastics;
and cables (optic cables for
communications). Honeycomb cores made of aramid
fibre are used mainly in
aerospace and marine applications. The number of
applications is growing, but

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the consumption volume
of aramid for composites remains low for the moment.
Production capacities
Table 6 shows manufacturers of the continuous aramid fibre that can be used

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