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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

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The new institute pairs leading carbon fiber producers and suppliers—such as Materials Innovation Technologies, Harper International, and Strongwell—with key end users such as TPI for wind turbines and Ford, Honda and Volkswagen for automobiles. Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.;

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Consortium Develops Automotive Carbon Fiber Material as Easy to Process as Metal

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A consortium including the University of Tokyo, Toray Industries Inc., has developed a new automotive carbon fiber material that is as easy to process as metal. and Honda Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Rayon Co. ( The consortium will work with Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. Nissan Motor Co.