In 2018, Nanjing Advanced Thermoplastic Composites Co.,LTD was jointly established by JITRI Advanced Polymer Materials Research Institute Co., Ltd and the Polyarylene Sulfide Research Group of Sichuan University. It is one of the earliest high-tech enterprises engaged in R&D, production and sales of high-performance thermoplastic composite materials in China.
In 2020, the company successfully mastered the technology of equipment production and the molding process for a composite material made from "pre-impregnated" fibers and a partially cured polymer matrix (pre-preg) for high-performance thermoplastics. It built a 20 ton/yr special engineering plastic-based thermoplastic composite production line, and produced continuous fiber, long fiber and short fiber with high-performance thermoplastic composite with polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) and high-temperature resistant nylon (PA6T). The company filed 30 patents and undertook three science and technology projects in Jiangsu Province and Nanjing City. It obtained certifications of "Jiangsu Province 2020 Storage of Technology-based SMEs", "Nanjing first batch of innovative products", "Weapon Equipment Quality Management System" (GJB9001C-2017) and "Quality Management System" (GB/T19001-2016/ISO9001:2015).
At present, the company’s main products include carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite sheet pre-preg, continuous carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite wire pre-preg of 3D printing, continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite fabric pre-preg, long carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite sheet pre-preg. The fiber mass content of the pre-preg is 60-65%, and the specification of the 3D printing wire is φ 0.4mm-1mm.