About Toray Industries (Space)
Toray Industries is a Japanese materials company founded in 1926 and a global leader in carbon fiber composites through its TORAYCA brand. In space applications, Toray's carbon fiber and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer composites are used in spacecraft primary structures, bus panels, antenna reflectors, solar array substrates, and launch vehicle structures by companies including Airbus, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Mitsubishi. Toray supplies virtually all major spacecraft manufacturers worldwide.
Milestones
- 1926 Toray Industries founded
- 1971 Carbon fiber development begins (TORAYCA)
- 1990 Carbon fiber becomes standard in spacecraft structures
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