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- Title
Toray Industries: PA airbag yarn expansion.
- Abstract
This article reports on the decision of Japanese fiber producer Toray Industries Inc. to produce nylon 66 filament yarn and fabrics for airbags in Thailand, as of March 2003. In addition, the company will also reinforce the production of nylon yarn for airbags in Japan. Toray will install nylon 66 filament yarn equipment at Toray Fibers Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand. The plant plans to start operating nylon 66 filament yarn equipment in two steps, 3,000 tons/year by the end of 2003 and another 3,000 tons/year by the end of 2005. In Japan, Toray will increase the capacity for nylon 66 filament yarn for airbags by 2,000 tons/year at its Okazaki plant and start working in September 2003. As a result, the Toray Group's capacity of nylon 66 filament yarn for airbags will be doubled from the current 7,500 tons/year to 15,500 tons/year by the end of 2005. Along with the expansions, Toray is going to manufacture airbag fabrics at Luckytex Public Co. Ltd., a textile manufacturer in Thailand.
- Subjects
THAILAND; TORAY Industries Inc.; SYNTHETIC fibers; NYLON; AIR bag restraint systems
- Publication
Technical Textiles / Technische Textilen, 2003, Vol 46, Issue 1, pE12
- ISSN
0323-3243
- Publication type
Article