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NOVEMBER 2016
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BIZ BRIEF
Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd.
(MRC, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
and Fiberline Composites
(Middelfart, Denmark) will
form a joint venture company
to manufacture and distribute
carbon fiber composite lami-
nates for wind turbine blades.
MRC will supply high-perfor-
mance, large-tow carbon
fiber produced at its Otake
Production Center to the joint
venture based in Denmark.
The joint venture will then
leverage the molding and
processing technologies of
Fiberline, a composites pultru-
sion manufacturer, to enable a
lightweight, price-competitive
composite laminates supply to
the wind turbine blade market.
MRC will seek to expand its
share in the carbon fiber wind
turbine market through this
joint venture.
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