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US: TenCate plays down impact of defence cuts
29 November 2011
Protective fabric specialist TenCate has played down the expected impact on its business of potential cuts in the US defence budget.
SOUTH KOREA: Samil Spinning inks Defender M fabric deal
19 October 2011
Protective fabrics supplier TenCate has inked an agreement with Seoul-based Samil Spinning to expand the TenCate Defender M product line in the South Korean military and police market.
US: TenCate wins new Army orders for Defender M fabrics
11 October 2011
Protective fabric specialist TenCate Defense & Tactical has won major orders for three of its TenCate Defender M fabrics which provide flame resistant (FR) performance for ground troop uniforms.
CHINA: TenCate inks protective fabric venture
13 September 2011
Protective fabrics supplier Royal Ten Cate (TenCate) is teaming up with Chinamex, the official trading platform of the Chinese government, to develop the Chinese market for protective fabrics.
US: PGI sells protective fabrics unit to TenCate
6 May 2011
Textile company Polymer Group has reached an agreement to sell certain assets of its Difco Performance Fabrics operating unit of its Oriented Polymers Division to TenCate Protective Fabrics Americas.
NETHERLANDS: TenCate to supply Italian military
5 April 2011
Protective clothing specialist TenCate Protective Fabrics EMEA has secured an order to help supply fabrics for a new Italian military programme.
NETHERLANDS: TenCate sees sales doubling on army orders
11 October 2010
TenCate Protective Fabrics USA has reported a surge in demand for its lead TenCate Defender M product during the fourth quarter.
NETHERLANDS: Digital textile printer edges closer to production
25 June 2010
Xennia Technology, a unit of protective fabric maker Royal Ten Cate, has developed a full-scale demonstration model of its new diagonal multi-pass digital inkjet textile printing system.
NETHERLANDS: TenCate to outfit Norwegian marines
13 April 2010
TenCate Protective Fabrics has won a Norwegian defence order to supply its flame-resistant TenCate Defender M fabric to the country’s marines.
US: TenCate in new military shirt order
1 April 2010
Protective fabric maker TenCate has secured another order for its Defender M fabric, which will be used in 180,000 garments for the US Marine Corp.
NETHERLANDS: Xennia in digital printing development
18 February 2010
Xennia Technology, a unit of protective fabric maker Royal Ten Cate, has developed a new nano-process based on inkjet technology to print and apply finishes and coatings to textile materials.
US: TenCate wins $13m protective fabric order
29 May 2009
Protective fabric maker TenCate has secured the largest single order of its Defender M fabric for the US Marine Corp's Flame Resistant Organizational Gear (FROG) program.
NETHERLANDS: TenCate sees $35m in military fabric orders
8 December 2008
Protective fabric maker TenCate today (8 December) said it expects the US military to order $35m worth of its Gen2 fabrics for use in combat uniforms in 2009.
THAILAND: TenCate sets up protective fabrics joint venture
26 September 2008
Netherlands based protective fabric maker Royal Ten Cate has set up a joint venture company with Thailand’s Union Textile Industries to supply high performance workwear fabrics to the Asian market.
NETHERLANDS: TenCate sees $100m Defender M orders
21 July 2008
Protective fabric maker TenCate today (21 July) said it expects the US Military to order Defender M fabrics worth at least $100m over the next 12 months.
NETHERLANDS: TenCate posts 40% Q2 profit hike
17 July 2008
Strong demand for its protective fabrics from the US military has helped Royal Ten Cate NV to a 40% hike in first-half net profit before amortisation.
US: Lenzing ups fibre output for TenCate Defender M
14 July 2008
Austrian fibre maker Lenzing is stepping up production of its heat protective rayon fibre so that TenCate can supply larger quantities of its Defender M flame retardant fabric to the US military.
THAILAND: TenCate in protective fabrics joint venture
11 July 2008
Dutch fabric maker Ten Cate Advanced Textiles is setting up a joint venture in Thailand to produce work wear and safety wear materials for emerging markets.
NETHERLANDS: Ten Cate to reorganise Technical Fabrics unit
3 June 2008
Specialist textile maker Royal Ten Cate is restructuring its Advanced Textiles division to focus on high-grade textile activities, with the loss of 47 jobs.
US: New law safeguards TenCate fabric imports
14 February 2008
A new law signed by the US Congress will safeguard the continued sale of hi-tech supplier TenCate’s Defender M fabric for the US military.
NETHERLANDS: TenCate buys majority stake in Xennia
1 February 2008
Hi-tech fabric producer TenCate is to buy a controlling stake in inkjet technology specialist Xenia Technology Ltd.
NETHERLANDS: US Marine Corps choose Defender M fabric
22 August 2007
Dutch firm Royal Ten Cate NV has won an order from the US Marine Corps for its flame-resistant Defender M fabric.
US: Flame-resistant combat uniforms go into battle
18 June 2007
Soldiers in the US army have started to wear flame-resistant combat uniforms made from Defender M – a newly-developed and patented flame resistant fabric incorporating Lenzing FR fibres.
BELGIUM: European Technology Platform calls for more funding
5 June 2007
The EU textile and clothing sector needs a bigger slice of European funding if it is to improve it global competitiveness, delegates were told last week at a conference in Brussels.
Technical textiles sew up apparel success
16 April 2007
Technical textiles for the apparel industry, ranging from stain resistant clothing for catering staff to all-in-one suits for nuclear, biological and chemical warfare, looks set to be a fruitful area of growth over the next half-decade. Joe Ayling takes a look at a new report on the sector.
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