SAERTEX GmbH & Co. KG, which has its head office in Saerbeck, Germany, again successfully exhibited its products from the first to the third of April 2008 at the JEC Composites Show in the French capital city of Paris. At the world's biggest composites show the company presented the innovative products and solutions it is known for to the public and its business associates.
Two exhibition pieces which stood to represent the impressive spectrum of use of SAERTEX stitch bonded constructions were of particular interest to visitors. An Airbus A320 fin along with the body of an Indian Rickshaw "Tuk tuk" vehicle were exhibited at the 85mē stand.
Furthermore, particular interest was shown in a future US project: SAERTEX USA shall in the future supply stitch bonded constructions from which composites for a new type of transit bus will be manufactured. The future orientated transit bus, a fuel cell driven vehicle will be constructed entirely from composites with no supporting metal structures. Visitors to the SAERTEX stand were able to view the project in model form.