Toray extends carbon fibre deal with Boeing

摘要

Toray Industries has signed a long-term agreement with The Boeing Company to supply carbon fibre TORAYCA prepreg for the production of the new Boeing 777X aircraft, extending the existing supply agreement for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The new agreement extends the deal that was signed in November 2005. The total value of prepreg Toray Group will supply for both 787 and 777X programmes is expected to exceed 1.3 trillion yen (US$11 billion). Together with the extension, Toray has made a decision to invest around 50 billion yen in the new construction of an integrated production line for yarn (precursor), high-performance carbon fibre TORAYCA with an annual production capacity of 2,000 tons, and TORAYCA prepreg in the new commercial premises it acquired in South Carolina, US.