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In brief
Construction & public transport

Research and development of sustainable, fire-resistant composites

Agenda

NEWS

Meeting

Airbus is open for innovation

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Acquisition

NEWS in brief
Mitsubishi Rayon acquires US carbon fibre plant from SGL

MRC's 100% subsidiary Mitsubishi Rayon Carbon Fibre and
Composites plans to acquire all the shares of the said fibre
production company from its present parent company SGL
Technologies North America, incorporating it into MRCFAC, by
the beginning of April, 2017.
MRC has developed "high-performance large tow", a carbon fibre
that supports high productivity in the molding of large components whilst exhibiting the physical and quality properties equivalent to regular-tow carbon fibres. It has been cultivating applications in fields such as the aircraft industry and compressed gas
tanks since the launch of operation in its Otake Production
Center in July 2011.
Given the increasing demand for large tow especially for application in wind turbine blades, MRC has been strengthening its
business operation in this area having founded a joint venture
manufacturing and distributing carbon fibre composite laminates
for window turbine blades in October last year.
MRC decided to acquire SCF to increase its carbon fibre capacity
in order to meet the growing demand for large tow. This addition
will increase MRC's carbon fibre production capacity by 1,000
tons. Combined with the expansion of capacity of regular-tow

carbon fibre at MRCFAC's plant in Sacramento in the U.S., commercial operation of which will commence shortly, and the expansion of production capacity at MRC's Otake Production
Center scheduled in 2017, MRC's carbon fibre production capacity will increase from 10,100 tons per year to 14,300 tons within
2017.
www.mrc.co.jp

Rockman Industries acquires Moldex Composites
Rockman Industries, a Hero technology. Rockman has acGroup company, invests in quired a majority stake in
next generation carbon com- Moldex Composites, a Gujaratposites technology by buying based British-Indian design
majority stake in Moldex and manufacturing company.
Composites.
Moldex Composites provides
This shift, which has already world-class and advanced cargained significant momentum bon composites to USA's prein motorsports and aerospace, mier motor racing series. This
is now making inroads into au- diversification is a part of
tomobiles.
Rockman's strategy to be a
In preparation Rockman front runner in emerging techIndustries, the auto-compo- nologies.
nents arm of the $5 billion
www.rockman.in
www.moldexcomposites.com
Hero Group, announces an entry into the carbon composites

Safran enter into exclusive negotiations for an acquisition of Zodiac Aerospace
Safran, an international Zodiac Aerospace, a global
The transaction would create a
high-technology group and specialist in Aerosafety,
global leader in aircraft equiptier-1 supplier of engines, sys- Aircraft systems, Seats and
ment, allying the market leadtems and equipment in its Cabins, announced that they
ing positions, expertise, techcore markets of Aerospace, have entered into exclusive
nologies and talents of both
Defense and Security, and negotiations for an acquisiSafran and Zodiac Aerospace.
tion of Zodiac Aerospace by
Safran through an agreed
The new entity would compublic offer of €29.47 per
bine Safran's capabilities in
share and a subsequent merglanding gear, wheels and
er on the basis of 0.485 Safran
brakes, nacelles, power sysshares for one Zodiac
tems, actuation and avionics,
Aerospace share.
with Zodiac Aerospace's lead-

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ing positions in seats, cabin interiors, power distribution,
lighting, fuel, oxygen and fluid
systems and safety equipment.
In electrical systems, Zodiac
Aerospace's assets would reinforce Safran's portfolio of technologies and position the
group ideally for future developments towards the "more
electrical aircraft".
www.safran-group.com
www.zodiacaerospace.com

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http://www.mrc.co.jp http://www.rockman.in http://www.moldexcomposites.com http://www.safran-group.com http://www.zodiacaerospace.com
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