Toray Industries to build carbon fiber carbonization facility in Jalisco, Mexico

Toray Industries, through its U.S. subsidiary Zoltek Companies, will build a new carbonization facility for mass production at its Mexican plant in El Salto, Jalisco. The facility is expected to start production at the end of 2018. Investment is speculated to be over US$100 million.

“To respond to this demand growth, Toray has been advancing the development of new varieties of regular tow, which has impressive cost and performance characteristics.”mexico-now.com

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• mexico-now.comJapan-based Toray Industries builds new carbon fiber plant in Jalisco - MEXICONOWNov 9, 2017
• autotechinsight.spglobal.comToray Industries builds new carbon fiber plant in Mexico - Automotive Technology Insight | Forecasts | Industry News | Supply ChainDec 4, 2017

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