History
TenCate is a leading supplier of specialty materials ranging from ballistic armor protection to advanced composites
to geosynthetics. TenCate, a company with a rich 300+ year history, employs over 3,500 personnel in 15 countries
and has annual sales in excess of $1 billion. All groups focus heavily on innovation and on delivering value through
materials technology.
TenCate Advanced Composites (TCAC) operates two prepreg facilities in the United States and one in the Netherlands.
Our aerospace facilities are approved with ISO9001:2008 and AS9100:2004 Rev B approvals. The Corporate office for
TCAC-USA along with manufacturing is located in Morgan Hill, CA which is approximately one hour south of our Benicia,
CA prepreg facilities. The European corporate office and manufacturing is located in Nijverdal, the Netherlands.
Each of these facilities has full capability for the production of high performance materials. Both sites in the U.S. maintain carbon-free areas for the production of low-dielectric materials used in radomes and communication composite structure.
TenCate is a leading supplier of high performance prepregs to the following segments:
• Commercial & military aircraft
• Satellite and space structure
• UAV programs
• Aircraft interiors
• General aviation and helicopter
• Missile applications
• Industrial applications
• Aerospace composite compression molded parts
• Radomes for military & commercial aircraft and defense systems
TenCate’s thermoplastic technology is based upon reinforced thermoplastic laminates provided out of our Nijverdal Netherlands facility, and thermoplastic UD tape produced in our California location. PPS-based thermoplastic fabric laminates are used on commercial aircraft leading edges, rib stiffeners, keel beams and interior panels. PEI-based thermoplastic fabric laminates are used primarily on aircraft interiors. Our thermoplastic aerospace grade unitapes
based upon PEEK, PPS, Nylon 11 and PEKK polymers are manufactured in Morgan Hill.
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