TenCate Grass announces Heat Reflective technology to be added benefit of TenCate XP Blade™

TenCate Grass, the leader in components for synthetic turf systems, will make Heat Reflective (HR) performance standard on all TenCate XP Blade™ produced for the US market. TenCate XP Blade™, since its introduction in 2004, has become recognized as the most durable fiber on the market and is now an even better performing fiber at no additional cost, offering heat reduction on warm sunny days.

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GreenFields’ sets the benchmark for community football facilities in Chippenham

The Football Foundation, local Member of Parliament and internationally renowned football freestyler, Billy Wingrove, all praise the new GreenFields artificial turf pitch in Chippenham (Wiltshire), England.

For more information: www.greenfields.eu/sports-news

TenCate Advanced Armour opens sales office Singapore to serve APAC region

TenCate Advanced Armour has opened its sales office in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Mr Jacob Abelsen who has previously been the regional agent of TenCate Advanced Armour has been appointed director of this new entity in Singapore.

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TenCate Advanced Composites completes relocation into new facility

TenCate Advanced Composites North America has completed the relocation of its former Benicia California prepreg facility to a 65,000 square foot aerospace certified facility in Fairfield California. The new facility is only ten miles from the former site, which allows TenCate to maintain the original highly skilled work force.

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TenCate Advanced Composites receives Supplier Excellence Award from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

TenCate Advanced Composites North America has received a Supplier Excellence Award from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. This award recognizes TenCate for outstanding quality and delivery performance concerning composite prepreg materials.

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TPRC welcomes four new partners

DTC, Instron, Pinette Emidecau Industries and Italmatic have joined the ThermoPlastic Composites Research Centre (TPRC) in The Netherlands. The TPCR is an open innovation centre dedicated to research and development of thermoplastic composites.  The centre started in 2009 as a collaboration between Boeing, Fokker, Ten Cate and the University of Twente. The addition of the new partners will accelerate the research and development of thermoplastic composites for various markets. Potential applications for thermoplastic composites can be found in the aerospace, automotive, wind energy, marine and construction markets.

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GreenFields helps deliver 2012 Olympic legacy strategy with dual use artificial turf pitch

As part of the 2012 London Olympics and 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games legacy strategy, GreenFields have installed a new dual use artificial turf pitch certified for both Rugby and Football usage. Following the legacy strategy, pitches can still be used after the Olympic Games. The new pitch, which is only the third of its kind in Scotland, will serve the local rugby and football clubs as well as providing access for numerous smaller community clubs and local schools.

For more information see www.greenfields.eu/sports-news

'State visit UAE and Oman offers many business opportunities'

Loek de Vries, CEO and president of TenCate, was one of the members of the Dutch business delegation that accompanied Queen Beatrix during her state visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman. Along with a select number of other Dutch companies, including Shell, Philips and Thales, he sat at the Round Table with representatives of Abu Dhabi.

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