Integrated manufacturing of REciclable multi-material COmposites for the TRANSport sector
DowAska, Vestas Sign Agreement to Develop Carbon Fiber Spar Caps for Wind Turbine Blades
Turkey-based carbon fiber manufacturer DowAksa (a 50/50 joint venture between The Dow Chemical Co. and Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii A.?) has completed a long-term commercial supply agreement with Vestas Wind Systems AS (Randers, Denmark), the world’s largest supplier of wind turbines and the largest consumer of carbon fiber. DowAksa will produce laminates for carbon fiber spar caps using advanced process technology that assures the strength, stiffness and lighter weight needed for more productive, reliable and efficient wind turbine operation.
DowAksa expects to provide more than $300 million worth of parts for carbon fiber-pultruded spar caps over the projected four year contract. The parts will be manufactured at the DowAksa production facility in Yalova, Turkey. DowAksa is using a specially-designed pultrusion process with Dow polyurethane technology to reduce cost and improve performance. These high-strength, light weight parts will initially serve Vestas customer installations in Turkey and Europe, with additional capability to supply installations in the Middle East, Africa and India.
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» Publication Date: 08/06/2017
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 768737
