Carbon fiber brake rotors have become quite the norm for supercars these days. Check out this video from this Discovery’s Science Channel to see how they are made.
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Brembo is the company that has the monopoly on this process, and supplies all the supercars manufacturers with its designs. These carbon composites are not only lightweight, but they actually run abotu 60% cooler than cast iron as standard.
Source: http://www.cquence.net/blog/brake-rotor-material-upgrades/