The EU project 'FIBRALSPEC' will come to an end in 2017 after four years of successful research cooperation.
After more than five (5) decades of research, carbon fibres and their composites have reached maturity and they are not a “high-end” costly solution for low rate production. A growing industry with a multitude of applications has been established and the need on new precursors that not derive from petroleum has been revealed. EU states need also to be independent of the current supply chain on the availability of carbon fibres in the future.