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The article informs that company SGL Group has inaugurated its new manufacturing unit in Lavradio, Portugal for the production of its new polyacrylonitrile (PAN) carbon fibre precursor.

The article reports production of carbon fibres using microwave carbonization and plasma surface treatment in order to reduce cost of production by Japanese company Toho Tenax, and talks of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibres, commercialization of technology, and saving of time and energy cost.

The article reports that UHT Unitech Co. of Zhongli City, Taiwan has developed a cost-effective process for converting standard modulus polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fibres into intermediate- and high-modulus (IM and HM) carbon fibres. It is mentioned that the need for most of the initial investments required by conventional carbon fibre production techniques is eliminated by UHT Unitech's system.