FocusCarbon fibre slowly making inroads into petchems' auto territory

By Mark Yost DETROIT (ICIS)--Market sources who supply raw materials such as polycarbonate (PC) and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) to auto parts makers are not concerned about carbon fibre moving into mass-market vehicles -- at least not yet, sources said on Wednesday. "It's something that's been talked about for the past decade," said one source. "It is coming? Certainly. But not anytime soon." Market sources that supply petchem-based plastics and resins also said that even when carbon fibre does become affordable for mass-market vehicles, it will not really compete with the parts of the car for which they provide material. "Most of our material goes into interiors,...