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New aerospace armour systems facility for TenCate

TenCate Advanced Armour EMEA opens its new facility in Primarette, France, for the production of lightweight armour systems for aerospace applications on Thursday 3 November 2011. TenCate Advanced Armour is a leading global supplier of a wide range of armour composite materials for ballistic protection and after signing a first major contract for aerospace armour solutions in December 2009, the company has started a design and qualification process for lightweight

2nd November 2011

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Primarette

Transport/​Aerospace, Protective

New aerospace armour systems facility for TenCate

TenCate Advanced Armour EMEA opens its new facility in Primarette, France, for the production of lightweight armour systems for aerospace applications on Thursday 3 November 2011.

TenCate Advanced Armour is a leading global supplier of a wide range of armour composite materials for ballistic protection and after signing a first major contract for aerospace armour solutions in December 2009, the company has started a design and qualification process for lightweight armour systems for several aircraft platforms.

The extensive design and qualification process was finalised in 12 months, where parts of the systems have been tested against the highest quality requirements as well as environmental and mechanical requirements.  

TenCate Advanced Armour has now finalised a dedicated aircraft armour facility of 1600 square metres in Primarette. In this facility, aircraft protection is produced according to strict aerospace standards. The facility has obtained the Aerospace Quality Certification EN9100:2009, AS9100, JIS Q 9100:2009. The aircraft protection design, development, qualification, production, after service and support are all integrated at the site.

Managing Director of TenCate Advanced Armour, Steen Tanderup, comments: 'We are very pleased with the commitment from our customers to have TenCate supply these lightweight protection kits for their aircraft. We are committed to support our customers with these state of the art armour materials to protect all key areas and systems of their aircraft.'

According to the company the lightweight armour protection system has been designed to meet the toughest requirements in every day usage.  Royal Ten Cate (TenCate) is a multinational company which combines textile technology with related chemical processes and material technology in the development and production of functional materials with distinctive characteristics. Its products are sold worldwide.

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