: The fabrication of high perforn~ance metal matrix conlposites reqoires the optinlization of the interfacial bonding, which supposesa strict control of the reactivity and of the wettability between the matrix and the reinforcement, specially for materials produced by casting techniq~ues. In this stop, two methods are described consisting on the one hand, in the surface treatment of carbon fibres by a particular type of CVD and, on the other hand, in modifying the composition of the nlatrix. The two methods can be used either separately or in combination, sucessful tailoring of the interface being the result of thermodynanlic or kinetic effects.