At a recently held seminar on China's carbon fiber development strategy, it was informed that the Ministry of Industry and Information will introduce a policy to encourage the development of carbon fiber industry during the year.
According to the report, carbon fiber has promising applications in development of new textile materials, but the industry is still not yet ripe for development. Carbon fiber industry is in urgent need to establish its own standards.
The industry believes that the introduction of standards will help guide sound development of carbon fiber and its applications.
At present, China's carbon fiber grades follow Toray's carbon fiber series, such as T300, T700 and T800, China's industry has not yet established its own brands of practical and complete number series.
Also, industrial players say, it does not make sense, if the policy only defines standards; the policy should also give direction to downstream enterprises by specifying application range of the products under certain standards.