SAERTEX-CHRONOLOGY – SUCCESS THROUGH INDIVIDUAL SOLUTIONS

	2008	Production at the new location in Portugal will begin on February 1. The new location provides even better service through its greater proximity to the clients on the Iberian Peninsula. They come primarily from the intensely growing wind industry. In October 2008, the SAERTEX Group officially opened its 8th location worldwide, in the Dongying, China. The new factory, 4000 square meters in size, produces primarily glass-fiber fabrics for the growing Chinese wind industry.
	2007	25 years of SAERTEX - 25 years of success through customized solutions: The anniversary is celebrated with friends and partners. SAERTEX Portugal is being established. In the region of the port city of Port, in northern Portugal, a factory with a production area of 2400 square meters is being constructed, with an investment volume of 2.5 million Euros. SAERTEX China is being established. In Dongying, approx. 400 kilometers southeast of Peking, glass-fiber fabrics for the Asian market will be produced in a 4000 square meter factory. The investment volume amounts to 6 million Euros.
	2006	Opening of the production facility in India: located in Pune, 150 kilometers south east of Mumbai (formerly Bombay). The factory primarily serves the wind power, automobile and shipbuilding industries of the Asian market.
	2005	SAERTEX USA LLC moves into its new plant in Huntersville, North Carolina. The area of about 6,500 m2 offers SAERTEX USA LLC three times the space of its former plant in Mooresville. Change of parent company name to SAERTEX GmbH & Co. KG Foundation of SAERTEX India Pvt. Ltd.
	2003	Installation of the CNC cutter machine SAERTEX receives EN 9100 certification
	2002	Foundation of SAERTEX France SAS Foundation of SAERTEX Stade GmbH and Co. KG
	2001	SAERTEX begins production of multiaxial fabrics in the USA on 1 January 2001. The production plant is situated in Mooresville, North Carolina. This is the fourth production centre to begin operations worldwide.
	2000	Installation of the first 100" multiaxial machine
	1999	The Saerbeck-based parent company relocates to new and larger offices.
	1997	Foundation of SAERTEX South Africa (PTY) LTD
	1996	Foundation of SAERTEX multiCom GmbH (sewer refurbishment)
	1993	SAERTEX is certified by Germanischer Lloyd in October 1993. Our production is therefore in accordance with the quality standards laid down in ISO 9001/EN 29001.
	1990	Production of the first carbon fabric
	1988	Installation of the first multiaxial machine
	1982	SAERTEX is founded in Saerbeck in north-west Germany. The company brings its experience of textiles production into the concept of producing stitch-bonded reinforcing fabrics - so-called Non-Crimp Fabrics (NCF).