Japan's Teijin, one of the world's two largest aramid giants, uses para-aramid to make a parachute, which is adopted by the American "Perseverance" rover and will play a key role in the landing on Mars in February next year. The parachute made of aramid can adapt to the harsh environment of Mars, and the quality is 50% lower than that of ordinary materials. It is currently the most reliable, strongest and most flexible parachute.
Aramid honeycomb composite materials made of aramid are widely used in fighters, unmanned aerial vehicles and other aircraft. The US F-35 fighter plane uses a large number of aramid fiber honeycomb cores to become a general low-cost light fighter.
In recent years, with the breakthrough of China's aramid fiber R&D and production technology, China's C919, C929 Passenger Jet, and F-20 have also begun to adopt Chinese domestic aramid honeycomb composite materials to reduce weight.
China's para-aramid demand exceeds 10,000 tons per year, but more than 60% is dependent on imports, and the main production capacity is occupied by DuPont and Teijin in Japan. Since para-aramid can be widely used in many fields such as body armor, bulletproof armor, fighter aircraft, drones and warship manufacturing, with the breakthrough of domestic technology, the demand for military applications is rapidly increasing, and the industry has great potential for development.
China's leading aramid fiber composite technology company:
YTTH Aramid Technology Group: YTTH is a leading company in China's aramid industry, and its production capacity of meta-aramid and para-aramid ranks first in the country.
HNSM Aramid Technology Group: The company is the undertaking unit of the National 863 Plan "Para-aramid and its application key technology research" project. The company is accelerating its expansion into the military and high-end fields. Differentiated products such as polyester and composite aramid cords have been promoted and applied in the fields of military industry and civil aviation.