Zoltek Companies, Inc., a global leader in low-cost industrial-grade carbon fiber, announced that it will expand its carbon fiber production capacity at its Guadalajara plant in Mexico.
Through the expansion of operations, the annual carbon fiber production capacity in Mexico will increase to 13,000 tons, and the total global production capacity of Zoltek PX35 carbon fiber will increase to 28,000 tons. Zoltek continues its mission of commercializing carbon fiber and enhances its position as a global leader in industrial-grade carbon fiber.
In March 2017, Zoltek announced that the production capacity of the Mexico plant was doubled to 10,000 tons, and the total global production capacity reached 20,000 tons; in April 2018, it announced that the production capacity of the Hungary plant was expanded by 50%, and the total global production capacity was increased to 25,000 tons. Based on this calculation, the increased production capacity of the Mexican plant is about 3,000 tons.
Zoltek's PX35 50K carbon fiber is produced in Hungary and Mexico and is the established standard for large-scale industrial applications such as wind energy and automobiles. "As wind turbines continue to improve efficiency through longer, lighter blades, we continue to see increased demand for carbon fiber. We also see application development in automobiles and energy storage.