Smart textiles and advanced composites TENCATE MATERIALIZED

Smart teXtileS and adVanced cOmPOSiteS
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The multinational company Royal Ten Cate (TenCate) combines
textile technology with related chemical processes and material
technology in the development and production of functional
materials with distinctive characteristics. Products of TenCate are
sold worldwide.
Systems and materials from TenCate come in four areas of
application: safety and protection, space and aerospace,
infrastructure and the environment, and sport and recreation. TenCate
occupies leading positions in protective fabrics, composites for
space and aerospace, antiballistics, geosynthetics and synthetic turf.
Since 2005 TenCate is sponsoring the Solar Team Twente of the
University of Twente with a series of functional materials, which may
be decisive for their successes during the World Solar Challenges in
Australia. Every two years, in one week time the team drives a
distance of 3,010 km from Darwin to Adelaide, straight through the
outback.
c h a l l e n g i n g fu t u r e te c h n o l o g y
adVanced cOmPOSiteS
TenCate Advanced Composites develops and produces composites
for space and aerospace and industrial applications. TenCate
Advanced Composites has plants in Europe and North-America.
PrOtectiVe FaBricS
TenCate Protective Fabrics develops and produces protective and
safety fabrics for industry, services, firefighting and defence.
TenCate Protective Fabrics has plants in Europe, Asia and North-
America.
OutdOOr FaBricS
TenCate Outdoor Fabrics develops and produces protective fabrics
for outdoor applications. TenCate Outdoor Fabrics has a plant in
Europe.
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