SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers expands Moses Lake facility . . . again : CompositesWorld

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers expands Moses Lake facility . . . again : CompositesWorld

SGL ACF, BMW and Washington state officials break ground on the third building at the SGL ACF site in Moses Lake, Wash., USA. The building will house lines five and six, each 1,500 tons capacity, to bring the entire site up to 9,000 tons capacity by the end of 2015.

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers (SGL ACF), a joint venture of carbon fiber manufacturer SGL Group (Wiesbaden, Germany) and automaker BMW Group (Munich, Germany), hosted corporate and government dignitaries on May 9 at its Moses Lake, Wash., USA, carbon fiber facility to announce a third expansion of the plant designed to increase output at the site to 9,000 tons per annum by the end of 2015.