Anderson, S.C.-based Chomarat North America — the regional division of France-based textiles and composites manufacturer Chomarat Group — is building an additional 58,500-square-foot plant in South Carolina for manufacturing advanced composites.
The facility, which is expected to begin production in mid-2014, will be fully equipped with new equipment, including a LIBA Max5 100-inch variable width machine. The Max5 will be used to produce the company's C-PLY? spread-tow carbon multiaxial reinforcements.
C-PLY is an unbalanced thin-ply biaxial carbon reinforcement non-crimp fabric (NCF) made with unidirectional layers that are mechanically sewn together. Chomarat developed the fabric in collaboration with Stanford, Calif.-based Stanford University's Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics and Korea-based Hanyang University's Department of Mechanical Engineering.
