Composites

Is Japan close to the next carbon fibre era?

What’s currently being developed in a government-funded project promises to resolve the major issue of its current high cost.

Professor Takashi Ishikawa, managing director of Japan’s National Composites Centre based at Nagoya University.

2nd December 2016

Innovation in Textiles
| Düsseldorf

Transport/Aerospace, Construction

Speaking at the 2^nd International Composites Congress held in Dusseldorf, Germany, on November 29^th, Professor Takashi Ishikawa, managing director of Japan’s National Composites Centre based at Nagoya University, spoke of new carbon fibres that are now nearing commercialisation following the Innovative Carbon Fibre Project over the past few years.

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