9 May 2014
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- Additional investment of 200 million US dollars
- Medium-term capacity of 9,000 tons per year
- Moses Lake to become the world’s
largest carbon fiber plant - Workforce in Moses Lake to be stepped up to 200
explained Dr. Jürgen Köhler,
CEO of SGL Group.
Together with the BMW Group,
we are doing pioneering work to establish
CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics)
as a material in large-series automotive production.
In a mix of materials, CFRP offers new opportunities in
lightweight construction for an eco-friendly mobility,”
Dr. Klaus Draeger,
Board Member Purchasing and Supplier Network
at BMW AG:
“CFRP is a key material for
the automotive industry of the 21st century.
In our endeavor to identify
increasingly lightweight materials
in order to reduce a vehicle’s weight and
thus its fuel consumption and carbon emissions,
this material plays a crucial role.
As part of an intelligent mix of materials,
we will apply carbon also beyond our
BMW i and BMW M models in the future.
Thanks to the pooling of
- the SGL Group’s expertise and
- our knowledge in large-series production
of CFRP components,
we will be able to produce
the ultra-lightweight high-tech material also
for other model series,
at competitive costs and in large quantities.”
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