Japanese firm, professor create carbon fiber venture

Oct. 2, 2003 — Japanese chemical manufacturing firm Showa Denko KK (SDK) and an engineering professor at Japan’s Shinshu University have established a joint venture for research of advanced carbon materials for use in energy devices, according to news release.

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Shinshu engineering professor Morinobu Endo serves as chief technology officer of MEFS Co. Ltd. Its chief executive is Toyoharu Fujii, director and executive officer of SDK’s inorganic materials sector.

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In 1982, Endo and SDK started joint research into vapor-grown carbon fiber, a multiwall carbon nanotube. The efforts promoted the use of the fiber as a high-performance additive in lithium-ion batteries, and led to volume production. SDK now produces 40 tons of carbon nanofiber annually, the release said.

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