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Mitsubishi Rayon enforces to develop carbon fiber for tanks. May, 2016

【Supercategory:6. Products Subcategory:6.4 New products of 2016

Mitsubishi Rayon enforces to develop carbon fiber for pressure vessels. Mitsubishi Rayon is actively working on the project to promote compressed natural gas (CNG) tanks to be loaded on trucks in South East Asia, and aims to expand to a full-scale business by 2018. Mitsubishi Rayon is planning to build its own plant for tank manufacturing in collaboration with the US and European tank manufacturers. Mitsubishi Rayon expects a rapid increase of the demand for high-pressure hydrogen tanks mounted in fuel cell vehicles (FCV).

JCFA News Letter (No.12) May, 2016/Japan Chemical Fibers Association
Researcher MITSUBISHI RAYON
University or institution MITSUBISHI RAYON

Keywords

carbon fiber, tanks, natural gas (CNG) tanks