Kenjiro Ota

Toray Advanced Composites USA, Inc. produces fiber reinforced thermoplastic and thermoset composite materials. Its products include composite pre-impregnated thermoset epoxies and cyanate esters, thermoplastic laminates, adhesives and syntactic foams. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Morgan Hill, CA.

Royal Ten Cate (USA), Inc. develops, manufactures and markets textiles and functional materials. Its products are used for safety and protection, aerospace, sports and recreation, infrastructure, and environment applications. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Pendergrass, GA.

Euro Advanced Carbon Fiber Composites GmbH (EACC) is a rapidly growing company based in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. However, they continue to use SMC for their trunk flaps because the antenna is located there and carbon blocks radio signals while glass fiber allows them. EACC uses carbon sheet molding compound (C-SMC), a fiber plastic composite with carbon instead of glass fiber, for their cargo floors. The joint venture company was founded in 2011 and is focused on supporting premium carmakers in building safe, efficient, and low-emission vehicles.