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Currently, Toray's carbon fiber division makes mostly exterior parts for the automotive business, with annual sales ranging from 10 billion yen to 20 billion yen. Share 0 Share 0Japanese company, Toray Industries is planning on major expansion of its carbon fiber business in the coming years to meet the surge in demand from automotive companies. This factory will become operational in 2018, will make enough electrode sheets every year for use in 100,000 fuel cell vehicles. Currently, Toray is already supplying electrode sheets in smaller quantities for use in Yoyota's Mirai and the Clarity fuel cell vehicles from Honda. Switching from steel to carbon fiber for key components would decrease a vehicle's weight by about 30%.
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