Marubeni Europe has entered a distributorship agreement with Taiwanese company Nanpao for the sales and marketing of lightweight solutions. Nanpao has developed innovative thermoset carbon-fiber-reinforced sheets based on a special epoxy resin. This new technology allows production of pre-cured carbon-fiber-reinforced epoxy sheets that can be easily handled and positioned by robots and stored for a long time. Forming and final curing take place in a press and, due to the pre-curing, the cycle time is decreased (in some cases from one hour to five minutes), leading to higher productivity together with overall reduced costs.
Booth: A4421
