# 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.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-11-09
- Where: El Salto, Jalisco, Mexico
- Value: $100.0M
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: announced
- Products: regular tow carbon fiber, Z600 carbon fiber
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Toray Industries](https://endata.com/companies/4565.md)
- [Zoltek Companies](https://endata.com/companies/22740.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [mexico-now.com](https://mexico-now.com/japan-based-toray-industries-builds-new-carbon-fiber-plant-in-jalisco/), 2017-11-09: "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."
- [autotechinsight.spglobal.com](https://autotechinsight.spglobal.com/news/5242993/toray-industries-builds-new-carbon-fiber-plant-in-mexico), 2017-12-04: "Japan-based Toray Industries plans to build a new carbonization facility for mass production at the premises of its Mexican plant located in El Salto, Jalisco, which is run by its US subsidiary Zoltek Companies"

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