Corebon has new method to make carbon fibre components
September 06, 2018 - Sweden
Swedish material tech start-up Corebon has come out with a new revolutionary method for producing components of carbon fibre reinforced plastics which is applicable to a wide range of products in industries such as automotive, telecommunication, aerospace and robotics. Scania’s corporate venture capital fund is investing in the patented innovation.
The patented process is based on induction heating and enables Corebon to produce carbon fibre components at significantly higher speed than through existing established methods. The quality of the produced carbon fibre component is also improved, and energy consumption in production is considerably lower.
Corebon is already a supplier to a leading player within the telecom sector and is in different stages of implementation projects with several other key companies within different industries.
“We are in an acceleration phase and are growing both our production capacity and our organisation. With Scania Growth Capital as lead investor in our SEK 45 million capital raising rounds and Scania’s ecosystem and knowledge will certainly help us accelerate growth,” says Tobias Björnhov, founder and CEO of Corebon.
“Corebon has developed a truly disruptive method for production of carbon fibre components. The technology has the potential to fundamentally change the reach of carbon fibre in industrial applications, which traditionally has been limited due to long lead-time and high cost,” says Christian Zeuchner, partner at the management company of Scania Growth Capital.
This marks the fourth investment by Scania’s corporate venture capital fund. For each investment, the approach has been to contribute with industry knowledge, in addition to the invested capital. In this case, Per-Arne Eriksson head of Customised Truck Development at Scania, will join the board of directors of Corebon. Eriksson says: “The strategy has been to invest in companies that have strategic relevance to the ecosystem in which we operate and Corebon fits very well. In the rapidly changing automotive industry, we see many opportunities to expand the use of carbon fibre composites to more applications as an enabler in product development, including in vehicle electrification.” (SV)
The patented process is based on induction heating and enables Corebon to produce carbon fibre components at significantly higher speed than through existing established methods. The quality of the produced carbon fibre component is also improved, and energy consumption in production is considerably lower.
Corebon is already a supplier to a leading player within the telecom sector and is in different stages of implementation projects with several other key companies within different industries.
“We are in an acceleration phase and are growing both our production capacity and our organisation. With Scania Growth Capital as lead investor in our SEK 45 million capital raising rounds and Scania’s ecosystem and knowledge will certainly help us accelerate growth,” says Tobias Björnhov, founder and CEO of Corebon.
“Corebon has developed a truly disruptive method for production of carbon fibre components. The technology has the potential to fundamentally change the reach of carbon fibre in industrial applications, which traditionally has been limited due to long lead-time and high cost,” says Christian Zeuchner, partner at the management company of Scania Growth Capital.
This marks the fourth investment by Scania’s corporate venture capital fund. For each investment, the approach has been to contribute with industry knowledge, in addition to the invested capital. In this case, Per-Arne Eriksson head of Customised Truck Development at Scania, will join the board of directors of Corebon. Eriksson says: “The strategy has been to invest in companies that have strategic relevance to the ecosystem in which we operate and Corebon fits very well. In the rapidly changing automotive industry, we see many opportunities to expand the use of carbon fibre composites to more applications as an enabler in product development, including in vehicle electrification.” (SV)