The company's goal is to have a pilot plant operational in West Virginia by mid-1999. Founded in 1980 by Ms. Kraftician and Joseph, Touchstone serves as the new product developer and industrial problem-solver for hundreds of U.S. companies. Touchstone has been successful in developing innovative materials and manufacturing processes for the aerospace, defense and automotive industries. The company has worked with NASA and United Technologies to develop an environmentally-friendly thermal protection material for the space shuttle. Touchstone also worked with Century Aluminum in Ravenswood to develop new aluminum alloys and fabrication processes that are expected to generate much new business annually for the manufacturer.
Carbon is a cross-cutting material essential to almost every other industry.
Five of the seven focus industries of the future identified by the Department of Energy's Office of Industrial Technology require or use carbon. Both sides are optimistic their partnership will pay off in the long run. Everything we've done so far has been in an academic setting on a smaller scale. All Rights Reserved. Original site design by MarCom, Inc.