特种石墨材料常被用于半导体、太阳能电池以及高技术陶瓷等领域,目前随着耐高温材料、储能设备以及核能反应器工业的迅速发展,对特种石墨材料的需求量巨增,如仅法国Chedde和 美国Morganton两家公司的用量估计到今年年底可突破18,000吨。德国SGL Carbon公司鉴于此决定增加其特种石墨材料的产量,计划到今年年底产量由3,000 吨增至5,000吨。
SGL Carbon Increases Production Capacity for Graphite Specialties
SGL Carbon (Wiesbaden, Germany) is about to increase its production capacity for Graphite Specialties by the end of 2006 due to rising customer demand. The capacity for isostatic graphite in the Bonn plant will be expanded from 3,000 tons to 5,000 tons.
The greater demand is particularly due to the growing need for special graphite in the semiconductor, solar and technical ceramics industries. Moreover, due to increasing demand from customer industries in high temperature applications, energy storage and nuclear energy reactor construction, the capacity for extruded graphite in the production plants at Chedde (France) and Morganton (USA) will be expanded to 18,000 tons by the end of 2006, thanks to optimisation measures.
As early as 2005, capacities for coating high purity graphite in the Graphite Specialties segment were increased by 50% in part for the semiconductor industry in the North American St. Mary’s plant.
The relevant capex costs were included in the budget for 2006 and will not result in increased expenditure. With these measures, SGL Carbon said it was underlining its global market leadership in the overall field of Special Graphite.
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