- In February 2025, SGL Carbon SE announced a strategic restructuring of its loss‑making Carbon Fibers business unit to focus on its profitable core segments and improve overall financial performance
- In August 2024, Toray Industries presented its latest continuous composite and carbon felt solutions at the CAMX 10th Anniversary Conference in San Diego, highlighting advances for aerospace and energy storage applications
- In July 2024, Mersen enhanced its graphite processing portfolio by acquiring two U.S. companies—GMI and Bar‑Lo Carbon Products—expanding capacity for specialty extruded graphite and insulating felts
- In September 2021, SGL Carbon expanded and upgraded the production of soft felts. The company has invested some million euros into the additional carbonization facility located at its Meitingen site near Augsburg in Germany. This facility is now in regular operation
- In August 2019, Toray Industries, Inc. announced a new line of fabric products and carbonized felt targeted at various energy storage applications. Zoltek's new fabric materials and carbonized felt has been evaluated and qualified as product of the choice for the battery electrode for redox flow and other new battery storage technologies
