Carbon fiber program

In 1958, Dr. Roger Bacon created the first high performance carbon fibers at the Parma Technical Center outside of Cleveland, Ohio. Bacon's carbon fibers were mainly graphite whiskers that were sheets of graphite rolled into scrolls, they contained graphite sheets that were continuous over the entire length of the graphite filament. Bacon's development was a remarkable achievement at the time, but the cost to make high performance carbon fiber was very high. That is why scientists and manufacturers were determined to find a cheaper and efficient way of producing the fibers.
On the 14th January 1969, Carr Reinforcements wove the first ever Carbon fiber fabric in the world.