JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - 13

www.rpctechnologies.com

Hyosung carbon fiber factory
starts production
Hyosung announces that its carbon
fiber factory located in the southeast
of Jeonju city, South Korea, starts
production. The annual output is
expected to reach 2000 tons.
The next step, company will also invest 1.2 trillion Won (US$ 1.1 billion)
to expand its own brand Tansome
carbon fiber production capacity. The
production is expected to achieve
annual output capacity of 17000 tons
in 2020.
At present, the Japanese carbon fiber
companies represented by Toray and
Mitsubishi have accounted for 60% of
the global market. According to market observers’ prediction, the global
carbon fiber market is about US$ 2
billion or 50000 tons. And the market
size will reach US$ 5 billion by the
year 2020.

Boeing opens largest R&D lab outside of United States in Australia
Marking five years of engagement in
Australia’s aerospace industry Boeing Research & Technology Australia
(BR&T-Australia) has opened its
latest research and development presence at Port Melbourne in Victoria.
The recently upgraded BR&T-Australia technology centre was officially
opened by the Minister for Climate
Change, Industry and Innovation,
Greg Combet.
www.minister.innovation.gov.au

Toray celebrates 40th anniversary of its business in Malaysia
Toray held a commemorative ceremony and exhibition in Penang
for its 40th anniversary.
In conjunction with is celebration,
Toray Group companies engaged
in business in Malaysia, would donate
through 4 million ringgit (approx.110
million yen) to Universiti Sains
Malaysia (USM) based in Penang, for
establishing a facility.

Announcement

materials announce they have taken
steps to expand their footprint in
South East Asia, by creating new companies: RPC Technologies Co Ltd of
Thailand and RPC International Sdn
Bhd ( Malaysia).

www.hyosung.com

China national aramid fiber center
established in Yantai
China national aramid fiber engineering & technology research center has
recently settled in Tayho Advanced
Materials in Yantai city, Shandong
province.
This center is the fourth research
institution established by National
Engineering Technology Research
Center in Yantai city.
The formation of the national Aramid
Fiber Engineering Research Center
is of strategic significance to the
national security, the development
of aramid fiber industry cluster and
to the competitiveness in the fierce
international market.
www.tayho.com.cn

The facility to promote, protect and
salvage the local culture, traditions,
heritage, environments and other related issues is named the Toray USM
Knowledge Transfer center. The construction of the center, to be built on
the university’s campus, is expected to
be complete by 2015.
www.toray.com

North Sea Boats embarks on a
deeper partnership with DIAB
North Sea Boats work for many years
with DIAB which is its exclusive supplier of core materials. In addition
to collaborating closely with North
Sea Boats in the setup of production

in Banyuwangi, Indonesia, DIAB has
helped the company’s employees to
develop their skills in infusion technology.
After a recent series of meetings in
Sweden, Singapore and Banyuwangi,
North Sea Boats has once again chosen
to commit to DIAB. The two companies have agreed to an exclusive
arrangement, running until at least the
end of 2013. This arrangement comprises a number of exciting opportunities, including the potential to produce
2–3 units of North Sea Boats’ new 63
meters trimaran OPV.
www.diabgroup.com
www.northseaboats.com

Toray, EconCore and Itochu enter
into a license option agreement for
ThermHex technology
After preliminary process and product
development work, Toray, EconCore
and Itochu decided to enter into an
agreement securing an option for a
license for the EconCore’s ThermHex
technology for Toray.

ThermHex technology allows minimizing the weight and cost of the
ultimate sandwich solution thanks
to the most lightweight honeycomb
structure and due to the cost efficient
process whereby the honeycomb panel
is manufactured in a fully integrated,
in-line production process.

No81 May - June 2013

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http://www.rpctechnologies.com http://www.minister.innovation.gov.au http://www.diabgroup.com http://www.northseaboats.com http://www.hyosung.com http://www.toray.com http://www.tayho.com.cn http://www.econcore.com

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