Recycled Carbon Fiber Market 2025
Language:
Japanese
Product Code No:
C67116700
Issued In:
2025/10
#of Pages:
187
Publication Cycle:
Biannual
Format:
PDF
Geographic Coverage:
North America
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Europe
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Japan
Industry:
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Coverage: (Product/service)
Carbon Fiber Recycling, Recycled Carbon Fiber (rCF)
Research Target:
CF manufacturer, carbon fiber recyclers, manufacturers of raw materials, intermediary materials and finished products using rCF
Research Content:
I Perspectives of Recycled Carbon Fiber Market
- Shifting focus from “collection” to “utilization (application)”
- Developing technology and application for rCF utilization
- Redefining rCF’s value better than cVF, not comparable to cVF
- Transitioning from “recycler” to “material manufacturer”
- Developing applications beyond reusable materials: Intermediary materials and finished products
- Balancing rCF quality and material procurement (collecting prepreg waste and manufacturing offcuts)
- Progress in international business and end-to-end business
II Recycled Carbon Fiber Market Trends
1. Trends Regarding CFRP Recycling
(1) Volumes of CFRP (prepreg waste, manufacturing offcuts)
(2) Volumes of rCF Collectedand CFRP Recycled
(3) Treatment of used CFRP (end-of-life CFRP products)
(4) Recycling Technologies (Pyrolysis, Chemical Solvolysis, and Other Methods)
2. Noteworthy Business Trends of Leading Domestic CFRP Recyclers
- Fuji design and Shinryo have separately launched rCF business beyond scrap collection, developing intermediary materials (pellets) and finished products (non-woven fabric) jointly with partners
- Mirai Kasei shifts to “end-to-end”, including intermediary material production and post-processing
- Ai Carbon produces slurry for non-woven fabric while producing cut fiber for pellet
- Teijin and Mitsubishi Chemical Group separately introduced new rCF brands
- Toray expands rCF application domestically through alliance with recyclers
- JFCC (Public NPO) works on developing technologies for processing high-purity/high-strength rCF, retrieving CFRP from end-of-life airplanes
3. Overseas Trends
(1) Europe
(2) The U.S.
(3) China
(4) Other
III Utilization Status of Recycled Carbon Fiber
1. CFRP Molding Technologies
2. Technology Development for rCF Utilization
(1) Molding Technologies
(2) Technologies for Enhancing Processability of rCF
3. Intermediary Materials made of rCF
4. Adoption of rCF
IV Trends of Recycled Carbon Fiber Manufacturers and Research Institutions
- Fuji design co.,ltd
- Ai-Carbon
- Mirai Kasei Inc.
- Shinryo Corporation
- Teijin Limited
- TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
- UBE
- UCHIDA
- Innovative Composite Center (ICC), Kanazawa Institute of Technology
- National Composite Center, Nagoya University
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
- Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials AG
- SGL Carbon SE
- Gen 2 Carbon Ltd.
- Carbon Fiber Recycling Inc.