Policy Deployment Regarding Research and Development of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic in the Hokuriku Region

• Kazuhiro NOZAWA

  愛媛大学社会共創学部准教授．博士（学術）

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 北陸地域における炭素繊維複合材の実用化の取組みと政策展開

Abstract

Many regions have been trying to revitalize local industries that have lost competitiveness by introducing cutting-edge technology. To strengthen the local textile industry, in the Hokuriku region the prefectural government as a leading actor has aggressively promoted a central government-funded initiative to develop carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP). This study aimed to unveil the current situation and policy deployment regarding research and development (R&D) of CFRP in the Hokuriku region, and to analyze the establishment of new businesses utilizing cutting-edge technology in the textile industry cluster. The results indicate that the main actor in CFRP R&D in Ishikawa prefecture is a university and that local firms have collaborated with each other. In Fukui prefecture, the main actor in CFRP R&D is a public research laboratory that has developed core technology. The development of CFRP will not mean that the conventional textile cluster will evolve into a high-value modern textile industry, but local industries will become embedded subordinates in the supply chain for airplane and automobile components as a completely different industry.

Journal

• E-journal GEO

  E-journal GEO 13 (1), 24-49, 2018

  The Association of Japanese Geographers

Keywords

• carbon fiber-reinforced plastic
• university–industry–government collaboration
• regional innovation
• absorptive capacity
• Hokuriku region
• textile industry

Details

• CRID: 1390001205324250752
• NII Article ID: 130006514243
• DOI: 10.4157/ejgeo.13.24
• ISSN: 18808107
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ejgeo/13/1/13_24/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
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  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
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