Nagoya Institute of Technology in Aichi Prefecture has teamed up with Lamborghini SpA on finding a way to mass produce carbon fiber-reinforced plastic so the light yet durable material can be applied to products other than cars and planes.
The CFRP project will be based at the university, which established the Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory Japan on its campus Tuesday.
Paolo Feraboli, the leader of Lamborghini's research team in Seattle, became head of the new lab, the automaker's first in Japan. Feraboli will be a professor at NITech while conducting research with Japanese companies.