French textile company TDV Industries has completed the acquisition of Klopman International, a leader in technical fabrics for professional clothing. This alliance will strengthen the position of both companies, securing both jobs and investments, Klopman International reports. The new group, profitable and with strong financial and industrial foundations in Italy and France, represents over EUR 150 million in sales, covering the whole European market and Asia.

The two companies will maintain their own identities and management and handle their respective brands in complete autonomy. Thanks to their various complementary strengths, the two companies will develop strategies guaranteed to benefit the personal protective equipment and professional clothing markets with a more complete, flexible and competitive range of products for professional, civil and military clothing.

This goal will be achieved by reinforcing the research and development departments and through the combination of the companies’ advanced expertise in differing but complementary areas.

New era

“We are extremely satisfied with this acquisition and we can now affirm that Klopman is entering a new era that I am sure will lead to great opportunities, thanks to the experience and solidity of TDV, together with the know-how and capacity of Klopman,” said Alfonso Marra, CEO of Klopman International. 

“The factory in Frosinone will be the backbone of this new era and we will work on making it a stronger organisation, able to bring even more innovation and quality to the market. TDV responds to all the requirements that we as management aimed for in order to ensure a great future for our company and all our employees.”

Addressing European marketplace

The market will also benefit from the efficiency that the collaboration between the companies can bring in terms of purchasing, management of industrial tools, share of know-how and through the development of a multicultural marketing group, which will lead the business forward by studying, understanding and interpreting all different customer’s needs, the company reports.

“The acquisition of Klopman shows our intention to create a leader of the technical textiles on the European and global markets. Klopman has been an undisputed reference for decades. It started the history of textiles for professional clothes and personal protective equipment (PPE) and it has been strengthening its position for decades,” commented Christophe Lambert, CEO of TDV Industries,

“Regarding TDV Industries, we are proud that our long lasting, sustainable, and socially responsible business model has been recognised by our clients and led our enterprise to a leading position in the French technical fabrics industry. Our strong and consistent capital expenditure policy, up to 5% of our turnover, has been driven by our willingness to meet our stakeholders’ expectations. Having decided to address the European marketplace, Klopman International appeared to be the best and most complementary partner with which to create a competitive and reliable player in this segment.”

Profiles

Klopman was established in 1968 in Frosinone, Italy, and is today one of the biggest players in the production and commercialisation of technical fabrics for the workwear, protective wear and corporate wear markets.

According to the manufacturer, one out of three of today’s workwear garments in Europe is made of Klopman fabrics, with a total of 40 million metres produced annually. Klopman’s Frosinone plant is one of the most important industrial locations in the Lazio region.

TDV Industries established its roots in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1866 the Coisne and Lambert families formed a partnership and created a textile factory in Armentières in northern France. After 150 years, the two families, shareholders of TDV Industries, are still convinced that the global technical textile marketplace has significant growth potential for the European textile industry.

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