Japanese carbon fibre reinforced plastic supplier Teijin said it had integrated its development and marketing units to strengthen the group’s business in the auto sector.

Its new Automotive Business Development Group is responsible for marketing thermoplastic CFRP formerly handled by the Teijin Composites Innovation Centre and thermoset CFRP formerly handled by Toho Tenax, the core company of the group’s carbon fibres and composites business.

“Integrating and reorganising these functions will enable Teijin to accelerate its CFRP business, especially in the highly promising automotive field. Teijin expects to become Japan’s leading provider of CFRP composites for automotive applications,” the supplier said in a statement.

Teijin developed Sereebo, the first mass production technology for thermoplastic CFRP with a one minute takt time, in 2011.

Current efforts are focused on developing automotive CFRP products for global automakers in Japan and other countries.

Toho Tenax is developing automotive use products such as high efficiency thermoset CFRP and rapid curing carbon fibre sheet pre impregnated with matrix resin.

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