McLaren has been on the bleeding edge of carbon fiber technology for more than 40 years now. It all started way back in the '80s when it started using carbon fiber in the construction of its Formula 1 ...

Carbon fiber is known for being incredibly strong, lightweight, and versatile—but how is it actually made? This article breaks down the key stages of carbon fiber manufacturing and shows how different ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 22, 2016 - Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a production method they estimate will reduce the cost of carbon fiber as ...

The growing calls for lower weight carbon fiber composites in automotive applications is propelling the carbon fiber industry towards the development of high quality inexpensive carbon fiber. Most ...

Mitsui Chemicals and Microwave Chemical have developed a process to make carbon fiber using microwaves. The process uses microwaves to heat fibers during the oxidation process and subsequent ...

Toray Industries, Inc. announced the successful development of recycled carbon fibre (rCF) derived from the production process of the Boeing 787 components using Toray’s advanced carbon fibre, ...