http://www.tencate.com TenCate's market groups make advanced materials for a wide range of applications. All TenCate products have in common the fact that they enable our customers to achieve goals that were previously unattainable. That is why we call our products: Materials that make a difference. TenCate On Wednesday 8 December 2010 TenCate concluded a credit facility with an international syndicate of eleven banks in the amount of € 450 million. The term of this facility is five years. In this way TenCate is renewing the existing credit facility, which was concluded in 2007 for € 250 million and was increased to € 400 million in 2008. http://www.tencate.com/?id=13081 2010-12-10T08:00:00+01:00 Nieuws TenCate http://www.tencate.com/?id=13081 The Superbus by Prof. Dr. Ockels is officially presented at the start of the Millionaire Fair on Thursday 9 December in the RAI Congress Centre in Amsterdam. TenCate Aerospace Composites has supplied various composite materials for the construction of the Superbus. Besides the composite material for the construction, carbon material is supplied for the panels of the doors. Thanks to the excellent safety properties this material is already widely applied in the interior of airplanes. http://www.tencate.com/?id=13079 2010-12-09T08:00:00+01:00 Nieuws TenCate http://www.tencate.com/?id=13079 During the final conference of the Digitex project, new breakthrough technologies and functionalities are presented to the public. Smart Textiles, Green Factories and Mass Customization are now real possibilities for the textiles industries. http://www.tencate.com/?id=13025 2010-12-02T17:00:00+01:00 Nieuws TenCate http://www.tencate.com/?id=13025 TenCate Geosynthetics has appointed Paul Firrell (44) as new managing director Europe, effective January 1, 2011. http://www.tencate.com/?id=13019 2010-12-02T08:00:00+01:00 Nieuws TenCate http://www.tencate.com/?id=13019 TenCate Geosynthetics North America is recognized with the 2010 International Achievement Award (IAA) presented by the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) for design excellence in specialty fabrics applications. TenCate received an Award of Excellence in the category Geosynthetic Products for its Incheon Bridge project in South Korea utilizing TenCate Geotube® technology http://www.tencate.com/?id=12971 2010-11-16T16:59:00+01:00 Nieuws TenCate http://www.tencate.com/?id=12971 TenCate Geosynthetics North America is recognized with the 2010 International Achievement Award (IAA) presented by the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) for design excellence in specialty fabrics applications. TenCate received an Award of Excellence in the category Geosynthetic Products for its Incheon Bridge project in South Korea utilizing TenCate Geotube® technology. http://www.tencate.com/?id=12963 2010-11-16T08:00:00+01:00 Nieuws TenCate http://www.tencate.com/?id=12963 TenCate has entered into an agreement to purchase the geosynthetics activities of Emas Kiara Industries Berhad, a publicly listed company based in Rawang, Malaysia. This transaction will provide TenCate Geosynthetics with a significantly larger position in the supply of geosynthetics solutions to the Southeast Asian markets.  The purchase is expected to be finalized in early 2011. http://www.tencate.com/?id=12960 2010-11-15T08:00:00+01:00 Nieuws TenCate http://www.tencate.com/?id=12960 TenCate Advanced Composites Europe today announces that an enabled material contract has been signed to supply TenCate Cetex® carbon fabric laminates for use in the new Airbus A350 XWB among other EADS applications. Based on this award the delivery of TenCate Cetex® will start towards several Tier 1 and Tier 2 partners of Airbus that produce fuselage panels and components for the Airbus A350 XWB. http://www.tencate.com/?id=12862 2010-11-05T08:00:00+01:00 Nieuws TenCate http://www.tencate.com/?id=12862 TenCate trading update for third quarter of 2010 Highlights of third quarter of 2010 Sales € 273 million (+22% compared to 3rd quarter of 2009) Increase in EBITA of 40% compared to 3rd quarter of 2009 Net profit up 47% compared to 3rd quarter of 2009 Substantial recovery in the result by European activities in protective fabrics The TenCate Geosynthetics & Grass sector exhibits an outperformance Profit growth hampered by tight conditions in a number of raw materials markets and costs related to the coordination of downstream activities in the synthetic turf market Turnaround at TenCate Enbi proves successful Debt ratio 2.5 (3rd quarter of 2009: 2.5) http://www.tencate.com/?id=12823 2010-11-04T08:00:00+01:00 Nieuws TenCate http://www.tencate.com/?id=12823 Eleven companies, three universities and a college of higher professional education in the eastern Netherlands will jointly develop bio-based pigments, paints, brushes and yarns. This will result within three years in concrete product concepts, which are expected to capture the market in subsequent years. Bio-based is the collective name for products made of natural raw materials that are biodegradable and harmless to both people and the environment. The fifteen collaborating parties in the eastern Netherlands intend to move from concepts to tangible products within three years. http://www.tencate.com/?id=12782 2010-10-26T08:45:00+01:00 Nieuws TenCate http://www.tencate.com/?id=12782