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Teijin Carbon Europe and the UK’s National Composites Centrestrengthen innovation partnershipin carbon fiber composite materials
Wuppertal, Germany, July 30, 2020 --- Teijin Carbon Europe GmbH, the Teijin Group'scarbon fiber business in Europe, has upgraded to Tier 2 membership today with theNational Composites Centre (NCC) in Bristol, UK as a key part of Teijin’s strategy tosupport next generation aerospace manufacturing projects.
Teijin originally joined the NCC as an Associate Member in November 2018. As a global
manufacturer of carbon fiber, Teijin Carbon Europe is well placed to support the NCC toadvance its materials and manufacturing technologies. Many of their digital automateddeposition technologies were funded by the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) as partof the NCC iCAP program (Digital Capability Acquisition Program, an investment
program for digitalizing composite manufacturing, increasing production rates and quality
while improving efficiency and reducing costs), including the Ultra High Rate Deposition
Cell, which has two huge industrial robots that automate the aircraft wing production
process. The robots measure, cut, lift and place pieces of carbon fiber fabric (‘plies’) withmillimetric accuracy – laying 5m wide strips of composite material, up to 20m long, in
one precise movement. This cuts the number of fabric components required from around
100,000 to just 150 and therefore can significantly reduce Wing component build time.
This has the potential to revolutionize aircraft production and is playing a critical role in
the Wing of Tomorrow – a research and development program led by Airbus to deliver
the next generation of aircraft wings, which also includes UK-based Tier 1 suppliers GKN
Aerospace and Spirit AeroSystems.
Teijin Carbon Europe looks forward to supporting the NCC and partners on various highperformance aerospace projects as well as contributing to the UK composites community.
As a Tier 2 member, the company will provide unique carbon fiber Non-Crimp Fabrics aswell as Thermoset and Thermoplastic prepreg materials for diverse applications in theseprojects and in other NCC development programs.
Enrique Garcia, Chief Technology Officer at the NCC, commented: “We’re delighted that
Teijin are enhancing their membership with the NCC, which will enable us to explore
many more opportunities for future collaboration. We have already established a fruitfulworking relationship with Teijin, who have consistently provided us with materials, so that
we can continue to develop new processes and products across all sectors. This

strengthened partnership will make a valuable contribution to both the NCC’s and Teijin’s
future growth in the composites industry.”
As one strategic focus of its medium-term management plan for 2020-2022, the TeijinGroup is intensively accelerating its development of mid- to downstream applications foraircraft. Teijin Carbon Europe has already been selected to supply carbon fiber basedNon-Crimp Fabric (NCF) to the Wing of Tomorrow project.
Going forward, Teijin intends to further strengthen its carbon fiber and its intermediatematerial business as a leading solution provider for aircraft applications, targeting annual
sales in this field in excess of USD 900 million by around 2030.
About the NCC
The National Composites Centre (NCC) is a world-class research centre, wherecompanies of any size and across industry sectors can access cutting-edge technology
and specialist engineers. It is one of seven centres that form the High Value
Manufacturing Catapult and focuses on accelerating the adoption of high-value,sustainable engineering solutions in composites, in order to stimulate growth, andenhance capability for the benefit of the UK.
The NCC has over 350 composite specialists based at its Bristol facility and offers openaccess to cutting-edge digital manufacturing technology for the design, and developmentof new composite products pulling through technology from the lab to large-scaleproduction.
Visit www.nccuk.com
About the Teijin Group
Teijin (TSE: 3401) is a technology-driven global group offering advanced solutions in thefields of environmental value; safety, security and disaster mitigation; and demographic
change and increased health consciousness. Originally established as Japan's firstrayon manufacturer in 1918, Teijin has evolved into a unique enterprise encompassing
three core business domains: high-performance materials including aramid, carbon
fibers and composites, and also resin and plastic processing, films, polyester fibers andproducts converting; healthcare including pharmaceuticals and home healthcare
equipment for bone/joint, respiratory and cardiovascular/metabolic diseases, nursing
care and pre-symptomatic healthcare; and IT including B2B solutions for medical,corporate and public systems as well as packaged software and B2C online services for
digital entertainment. Deeply committed to its stakeholders, as expressed in the brandstatement “Human Chemistry, Human Solutions”, Teijin aims to be a company that
supports the society of the future. The group comprises more than 170 companies andemploys some 20,000 people across 20 countries worldwide. Teijin posted consolidatedsales of JPY 853.7 billion (USD 8.0 billion) and total assets of JPY 1,004.2 billion (USD9.4 billion) in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2020.

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Katie Clark, Communications Manager
National Composites Centre (NCC)+44 7469 146943
Katie.Clark@nccuk.com