Nitto Boseki aiming to increase orders for automotive glass cloth

Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. (Nitto Boseki) is aiming to increase its intake of orders for glass cloth for automobiles, which is increasingly used for electric parts. To respond to advances in electrification technologies like autonomous driving and connected vehicles, Nitto Boseki intends to offer high-quality glass cloth used in control and millimeter-wave radar printed circuit boards. The company’s plants in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefectures, will become specialized in the production of high-grade cloth by the end of March 2021 (end of its current mid-term business plan period). (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun  October 19, 2018)