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 NAWAH, the global leader in vertically aligned #carbonnanotube (#VACNT) materials for composites, today inaugurated its first North American manufacturing facility in Englewood, Ohio. The $10 million, 38,000 sq. ft. site — built in close partnership with JobsOhio, the Dayton Development Coalition, and the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) — went from site selection to productionready in less than 12 months, among the fastest greenfield builds of its kind in Ohio's advanced-manufacturing corridor.

The Dayton facility positions #NAWAH at the epicenter of American aerospace, defense, and advanced industry — and establishes a strategic Franco-American industrial alliance in a class of materials critical to next-generation #sportsequipment, #aviation, #aerospace, and #mobility applications.

A FRANCO-AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL ALLIANCE NAWAH's Dayton plant illustrates a new model of transatlantic industrial cooperation: French deep-tech innovation — born from pioneering collaboration between the CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) and MIT — combined with American advanced-manufacturing scale. As both nations invest in supply-chain resilience for critical materials across defense, aerospace, and energy, NAWAH stands at the intersection of France's France 2030 industrial sovereignty program and the United States' reshoring of advanced manufacturing. "Fifteen years ago, our research at MIT demonstrated that integrating vertically aligned carbon nanotubes as interlaminar reinforcement could fundamentally transform composite materials. Seeing NAWAH bring this technology to full industrial production is deeply gratifying. This inauguration marks a milestone not just for one company, but for the entire field of structural nanomaterials — proof that breakthrough science can become a manufacturable reality." — Prof. Brian Wardle, MIT, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Department of Mechanical Engineering

"NAWAH-STITCH® — A WORLD-FIRST INDUSTRIAL CAPABILITY NAWAH is the only company currently producing VACNT interleaving film in continuous roll-to-roll volumes. Its first product, NS-Film, places vertically aligned carbon nanotubes precisely where they deliver the most value in #composite parts — significantly enhancing resistance to delamination, energy absorption, and fatigue performance. The process is patented. The Englewood site will enter full commercial production this summer with its first rolls of material coming off the line. NAWAH targets operational profitability by 2028 and $30 million in revenue by 2030.

source : NAWAH