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Lightening up vehicle batteries with carbon fiber
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A United Kingdom-based make of lightweight composite battery systems for electric vehicles is collaborating with a carbon fiber supplier in a program is intends to put to use at its Richmond, Ky., facility.
TRB Lightweight Structures, a global high-volume composites manufacturing company and a manufacturer of composite battery enclosures for Evs has initiated a collaboration with Kordsa, a specialized Turkey-based carbon fiber fabric supplier, in a bid to is lighten up the composite housings it produces.
The TRB Lightweight Structures site in Kentucky is a joint venture with Toyota Tsusho America.
The project originated at TRB’s facilities in the UK but will be expanded to include the company s US facilities in Kentucky. Kordsa’s strong global supply chain will enable the company to provide carbon fiber fabrics to TRB both from Turkey and its US-based company, Fabric Development Inc. Kordsa shipped the first orders to t