The Government has awarded Runcorn-based, carbon fibre converter, Sigmatex, £3.8 million to aid in the development and manufacture of carbon fibre for the production of lightweight cars.
The project is aimed at addressing the lack of high volume production of carbon fibre in the automotive industry. The grant comes from the government-backed Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) and has been awarded for the company’s lightweight excellence programme (LX). The rest of the money for the project is coming from industry with…
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