# MaruHachi installs high-temperature thermoplastic tape line

Japan-based composites manufacturer MaruHachi has installed a new high-temperature unidirectional tape line to produce thermoplastic UD tapes and laminates. In the first phase, it will produce up to 40 tons/year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-02-16
- Where: Japan
- Starts operating: 16 Feb 2021
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 40 tons/year
- Products: high-temperature thermoplastic unidirectional tapes, multi-layer sheet laminates
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [MaruHachi](https://endata.com/companies/53250.md)

## Sources

- [textination.de](https://textination.de/en/news/archive?fromyear=2022&newstype=210&page=%2C12&t=ONSgWDsf&toyear=2017), 2021-02-16: "With their recently installed high-temperature unidirectional tape line, Japan-based composites manufacturer MaruHachi enables new opportunities for high-end applications."

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