2007 Carbon Fiber Industry Manufacturer 
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 24, 2015
Gurit, a worldwide developer and manufacturer of advanced composites and technologies, has been selected as the supplier for carbon fiber based automotive body panels at a total contract value of more than CHF 30 million (US$34.2 Gurit has been supplying carbon fiber based Class-A car body panels to leading OEMs since 2007.
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
Toray Industries, Inc. Zoltek is a large two carbon fiber manufacturer; large tow carbon fiber is carbon fiber with 40,000 or more filaments applied for applications such as wind turbine blades and reinforced plastics compounds, and is produced on modified acrylic staple fiber production lines for textiles.
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OCTOBER 6, 2016
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Department (DOE) released a new report showing continued momentum and growth in the fuel cell industry. Fiscal year 2017 funding will also be targeted at the development of low-cost, high-strength precursors for carbon fibers that can be used in vehicular hydrogen storage vessels.
Electric Vehicles India
APRIL 1, 2021
The first attempt at this type of technology started back in 2007, but it has failed due to the difficulty in manufacturing these batteries. The positive electrode of this battery is made up of lithium iron phosphate- coated aluminium foil and the negative electrode is made up of carbon fibre.
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JULY 3, 2009
GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a world-class carbon composites manufacturing Center of Excellence on the TUM campus in Garching, near Munich, Germany.
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FEBRUARY 5, 2010
Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype multifunctional structural composite material composed of carbon fibers and a polymer resin which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts.
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Earlier this year, BASF established a lightweight composites team to show its commitment to the growing importance of lightweight design in the automotive industry. Structural chassis or body components can be manufactured only from composite materials based on endless carbon or glass fibers, and require fiber contents of about 65 wt %.
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