Teijin: Carbon fiber technology will boost sales of spare parts

According to Bloomberg News, Teijin, a supplier of carbon fiber components, expects that sales of carbon fiber parts will increase to 200 billion yen by 2020, as automakers are looking for lightweight components to produce energy-efficient models. One hundred million U.S. dollars).

Yasunari Hotani, managing general manager of carbon fiber components at Teho Tenax, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teijin, said that carbon fiber technology is not currently contributing much to the company’s sales, but carbon fiber parts will be in the car in the next few years. The industry is widely used.

Hotani said Teijin’s goal is to supply 1 million vehicles with carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic parts by 2020. As early as the beginning of this month, Teijin has signed a cooperation agreement with General Motors Co., Ltd. The two sides intend to jointly develop carbon fiber components.

Other car manufacturers such as BMW and Daimler believe that carbon fiber components can help improve fuel efficiency and meet stringent emission standards. In the past, the reason why car manufacturers did not adopt carbon fiber material was mainly because the material required a long drying time, which was inconsistent with the production pace of the entire assembly line.