The new SIGRAFIL C T50-4.9/235 carbon fibre will match the high strength requirements for common pressure vessel designs and exhibits a high elongation capacity.
SGL Carbon has received a multi-year order from Koller Kunststofftechnik for the production of novel carbon fibre profiles for serial use in windshields for a future high-volume model of BMW Group.
SGL Carbon will begin serial production of landing gear made from braided carbon fibre material early this year. The landing skids will be installed in around 500 air taxis worldwide over the next two years.
Following the production of first prototypes of battery enclosures for a Chinese automotive manufacturer in 2018, SGL Carbon has now received a substantial contract from a North-American automaker for high-volume serial production of carbon and glass fibre-based composite top and bottom layers for battery enclosures.
Solvay and SGL Carbon have entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) to bring to market the first composite materials based on large-tow intermediate modulus (IM) carbon fibre.
SGL Carbon and Elbe Flugzeugwerke, a long-established German aircraft manufacturer, have extended their contract to supply prepregs (impregnated carbon fibre textiles) for use in the Airbus A350 cabin’s floor panels until the end of 2020.
Airbus Helicopters Germany and SGL Carbon have been working together for years in the field of processing composite materials for aircraft doors of the Airbus Group.
BMW Group has chosen SGL Carbon to supply carbon fibre and semi-finished textile products for a range of components in its upcoming next-generation electric vehicle, the BMW iNEXT.
Sulzer Chemtech, specialist in separation and mixing technology, and SGL Group, a worldwide manufacturer of carbon made products, are expanding their cooperation in the field of column internals based on SGL’s carbon fibre composite materials (CFC) going by the brand name Sigrabond.