Hexcel Corp. (NYSE: HXL), Stamford, CT, officially opened its new plant in France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region this month.
Located near Isère, France, the new 37-acre plant is the company's first combined precursor and carbon fiber plant outside the United States. The site is operational and increasing Hexcel’s global carbon fiber production capacity. Hexcel’s workforce in France now consists of 1,200 people, with more than 1,000 employees located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.