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Ornl seeks licenses for its lowcost carbon fiber technology, jeff sloan, composites world, march. Oak ridge national laboratory is managed by utbattelle llc for the us department of energy. These efforts are directed toward solutions that will drive us economic competitiveness and energy productivity. Advancing carbon fiber manufacturing technology the carbon fiber technology facility, established in 20, is the department of energys only designated user facility for carbon fiber innovation.
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