The recent purchase of Amber Composites by TenCate Advanced Composites has allowed the materials technology company to merge a number of industry leading composite tooling products into the TenCate AmberTool® prepreg range.
The industry leading TenCate AmberTool® HX-series will be exhibited within the Holland Composites Pavilion Hall 4, stand B34 during the upcoming Composites Europe show in Stuttgart, Germany.
The TenCate AmberTool® thermoset portfolio incorporates the original Amber Composites tooling range with previous tooling prepregs available from TenCate Advanced Composites. With a 20 year pedigree across high performance industrial sectors, the range comprises of the HX-series and the collaboration with 3M's nanosilica fortified resin technology.
Nick Tiffin, Director Marketing and Sales Europe for TenCate Advanced Composites states: "The convergence of the TenCate thermoset tooling brands is a unique event from which our customers and new prospects will benefit. This comprehensive range of tooling products offers complete tooling design freedom sold by a proven team of experts who are consistently delivering successful composite tooling solutions on a global basis. The Composite Europe show is an opportunity for us to showcase this complete range and to react to latest industry challenges, offering our high-grade services and support."
TenCate AmberTool® composite tooling prepregs are available directly from TenCate Advanced Composites in the UK and USA. Additionally it is sold exclusively in mainland Europe by the official TenCate AmberTool® distributor Axson Technologies.
TenCate Advanced Composites (business unit automotive composites) is a leader in the development and production of thermoplastic and thermoset prepreg composites for the automotive industries. Its product portfolio is incorporated in automotive products, medical equipment and numerous other industrial applications. TenCate Advanced Composites has production facilities and operations in North America, Europe and Asia.
Royal Ten Cate (TenCate) is a multinational company that combines textile technology with chemical processes and material technology in the development and production of functional materials with distinctive characteristics. TenCate products are sold throughout the world.
Systems and materials from TenCate come under four areas of application: safety and protection; space and aerospace; infrastructure and the environment; sport and recreation. TenCate occupies leading positions in protective fabrics, composites for space and aerospace, antiballistics, geosynthetics and synthetic turf. TenCate is listed on NYSE Euronext (AMX).