Toray and Specialty Materials Strengthens Partnership for Next Generation Aerospace Application at CAMX 2022

Morgan Hill, California (October 18, 2022)— Toray Advanced Composites strengthens their commercial partnership with Specialty Materials this October at CAMX 2022. The joint collaboration will improve the supply chain by uniting Specialty’s boron fiber with Toray Composite Materials America’s domestically produced high-strength intermediate modulus carbon fibers T1100G and a variety of Toray Advanced Composites’ resin systems including toughened epoxies, cyanate esters, bismaleimides, and polyimides for the Specialty Materials’ Gen 2 Hy-Bor® product family.

The next-generation product family is a high-performance hybrid prepreg tailored to enhance the structural efficiency of composite structures such as spars, longerons, rotors, and control surfaces for aerospace applications by tuning compression and stiffness properties. “Our relationship with Toray Advanced Composites has enabled this unique prepreg portfolio which provides engineering teams new options for optimizing performance of composite structures,” said Monica Rommel, CEO of Specialty Materials.

This commercial partnership enables engineers to easily control and manage key variables for unique solution innovations with domestically produced high-quality products within the US supply chain. “Toray Advanced Composites partnership with Specialty Materials leverages both companies’ technologies to tailor a solution to the most demanding applications,” commented Joe Morris, Director of DoD programs from Toray Advanced Composites.

Toray (booth U14) and Specialty Materials (booth Z33) are exhibiting at CAMX 2022 from October 17^th - 20^th in Anaheim, California. To connect with the Toray team, visit https://www.toraytac.com/contact/contact-us.

About Specialty Materials

Specialty Materials is a woman-owned small business manufacturing firm in Lowell, Massachusetts specializing in CVD monofilament production with a portfolio of boron fibers and prepregs. Specialty Materials is a long-term supplier to the F-15, B1B, Predator and Seahawk helicopter programs. www.specmaterials.com 

Media Inquiries
Garrett Bernard, Marketing
t +1 978-322-1956
e gbernard@specmaterials.com 

About Toray Composite Materials America, Inc.

Developer, manufacturer and supplier of TORAYCA™, polyacrylonitrile-based carbon fibers, and thermoset prepreg. www.toraycma.com 

About Toray Advanced Composites

Toray Advanced Composites is a leader in the development and production of advanced thermoplastic and thermoset composite materials. The broad product portfolio is incorporated in high performance products for aerospace, space, communications, automotive, consumer, and industrial applications. Toray Advanced Composites has a long heritage of combining state-of-the-art materials technology with world-class technical expertise to deliver a unique customer-centric business model. Production and operation facilities are in North America, Europe, and Asia. Toray Advanced Composites is a subsidiary of the Toray Group. For more information visit www.toraytac.com.

Media Inquiries (North America): 
Laura Sordello, Marketing Manager, USA

t +1 408-465-8602 
e l.sordello@toraytac-usa.com

 Media Inquiries (Europe, Middle East):
Jenny Hodgson, Marketing Manager, EMEA
 t +44 1773 536966
e j.hodgson@toraytac-europe.com