U.S.-based Hexcel will invest $250 million in the construction of a carbon-fiber plant in Roussillon, France.

Harper International finalized a contract for a research-scale carbon-fiber processing line for a leading carbon-fiber research institute in Asia.

Joint-venture partners SGL Group and BMW Group announced they will triple the capacity of their carbon-fiber plant, SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, in Moses Lake, Wash.

As a material, carbon fiber has fundamentally changed many of the products we use every day, making them lighter, stronger and more durable. The manufacturing process is typically unique to each supplier, and it can be as complex as the fiber molecules themselves. Equally as challenging are the air-pollution control systems used on the production equipment.