A nearby major development was the fabric manufacturing facility built on heathland by the Japanese organisation Toray.
The company has also diversified into areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical products, reverse osmosis bigmembranes, electronics, IT-products, housing and engineering, as well as advanced composite materials.
In September 2013, Toray Industries announced a plan to buy Zoltek for half a billion dollars.
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