Our company and Fuji Design Co., Ltd. jointly researched the “Circulating carbon fiber fabric Kobatron” and received the “2023 Good Design Award”
October 6, 2023
On October 5, 2023, Fuji Design Co., Ltd.(Head Office: Ono City, Hyogo Prefecture, President: Morihiko Sugino, hereinafter referred to as "Fuji Design"), an investor in ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. (Head Office: Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture, President: Isogawa Tatsuyuki, hereinafter referred to as "our company") and a joint venture in the carbon fiber recycling business, was awarded the "2023 Good Design Award" by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion for its recyclable carbon fiber fabric Kobatron. Fuji Design has received the "2023 Good Design Award" sponsored by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion.
This project proposes a technology to reuse CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic), which has been considered difficult to recycle, and a recyclable carbon fiber fabric recycled through this process. While the use of CFRP in mobility vehicles such as EVs and aircraft is progressing to reduce environmental impact through weight reduction, they are also facing the issue of mass disposal. This proposal is the world's first technology that uses precision carbonization, a unique method of extracting carbon fibers as long fibers, to allow them to be reused with virtually no deterioration in performance, and the impact it will have on the world in the future is immeasurable. do not have. It was highly praised as a blessing for CFRP, which is facing headwinds due to LCA regulations.
Fuji Design is a corporation established by Fuji Kashoku Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Ono City, Hyogo Prefecture, President and Representative Director Morihiko Sugino) for the purpose of mass producing recycled carbon fiber. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.(Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Masashi Fujii), we are taking an active role in commercializing the award-winning "Kobatron,'' a recycling-oriented carbon fiber fabric.
While a wide variety of items will be submitted in 2023, we will continue to strive for quality in the future by taking this award for our "Circulating Carbon Fiber Fabric Kobatron'' as proof that the value of this product has been recognized by society. We will focus on achieving stability and mass production.
- * For information on the Good Design Award, please check the website of the Japan Institute of Design Promotion.
- GOOD DESIGN AWARD site https://www.g-mark.org/
Contact Information Regarding this Matter
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Public Relations Department, Corporate Planning Division ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd.
1-1 Shinmeiwa-cho, Takarazuka, Hyogo, 665-8550, Japan
About recycled CFRP business
ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. Strategic Planning Department Aircraft Division
1-1-1 Ogi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 658-0027, Japan
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