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The International Fiber Journal recently published an overview of Zoltek’s OPAN product line, Pyron. Pyron Takes the Heat: an Overview of Zoltek’s OPAN Product Line Pyron® fiber is an oxidized polyacrylonitrile (OPAN)  carbon fiber and the premier price/performance choice for fire and heat resistant applications. Zoltek has been producing  OPAN fiber for over 20 years, […]

Source: Composites Technology From its inception, the wind energy industry has had to fight to compete with other forms of electric power generation. Wind energy producers not only face that battle, but also wage war against each other for a competitive share in the wind market. Both battles boil down to a need to improve

ST. CHARLES, Mo. – A St. Charles-based business that has hired four military veterans in the past year under the Show-Me Heroes program is the recipient of the “Flag of Freedom” award from Gov. Jay Nixon. The Governor presented the designation to Zoltek Companies Inc. at a ceremony today. “I am proud to award the

Carbon fiber manufacturer, Zoltek Corporation (ZOLT), has taken a major step toward growing its carbon fiber prepreg capabilities by expanding into a new 135,000 sqft. facility just outside of St. Louis, MO. The new facility will house Zoltek’s prepreg manufacturing and new Technical Center. The company is making the move in response to the growing

By Composites World – 18 April 2010Zoltek Companies Inc. (St. Louis, Mo., USA) on April 12 announced the formation of a new subsidiary, Zoltek Automotive Inc., to speed the development of high-volume applications for lightweight carbon fibers within the automotive industry. More than a dozen Zoltek engineers and technicians from across Zoltek’s existing business, as