🚖TEIJIN | News | Toho Tenax’s Multi-material Roof Cover for Use in Toyota’s Mass-production Fuel-cell Bus.
Tokyo, Japan, November 2, 2017 — Toho Tenax Co., Ltd. Opening a new window, the core company of the Teijin Group’s carbon fibers and composites business, announced today that it has developed a lightweight multi-material roof cover for a fuel-cell bus made of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), aluminum and other lightweight engineering plastics.
The roof cover, which boasts a visually appealing surface, can be manufactured in one large piece with complex shapes and is suitable for mass production.
The roof cover is adopted for the world’s first mass-produced fuel-cell bus, which was developed by Toyota Motor Corporation.