The award recognizes Toray’s contribution to broadening the potential of carbon fibers and to carbon neutrality.
Toray manufactures and sells high-strength Torayca T1100 and T800 carbon fibers for structural materials for aerospace, sporting goods, and other applications. The company developed Torayca T1200 to deliver far greater strength than conventional carbon fibers, refining its proprietary nanoscale structural control technology to design and achieve an internal structure that resists damage.
The award recipients are Jun Watanabe, Research Associate, Composite Materials Research Laboratories, Toray Industries Inc; Fumihiko Tanaka, Senior Research Associate, Composite Materials Research Laboratories, and Assistant General Manager, Torayca Technical Department, Toray Industries Inc; and Tatsuya Nakatani, Staff, Torayca Technical Department, Toray Industries Inc.
