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In July 2019, SAERTEX^® acquired one hundred percent of shares in the Bavarian company TK Industries GmbH, further expanding its range of heavy-tow carbon fiber multiaxial fabrics.

In September SAERTEX will be exhibiting worldwide at three composites fairs. We are looking forward to meeting you at our booths.

On Tuesday June 23 the 2^nd public workshop of the FIBRESHIP project took place in La Ciotat, France. In order to show the achievements of this project, a full-scale block of a Fishing Research Vessel was built as a demonstrator. Our customer iXBlue equipped structural parts of this demonstrator with our SAERTEX LEO.

SAERTEX was awarded “Best Global Partner” at the Global Supplier Day of our long-standing customer NORDEX/ACCIONA. The award was granted as the result of the close interlinks between the global SAERTEX production network and the worldwide rotor blade production centers of NORDEX/ACCIONA.

Saerbeck, May 24 2019 – SAERTEX^® is pleased to announce its contribution to the prototype production of a wind turbine blade with probably the longest carbon fiber spar cap made in vacuum infusion technology so far.

SAERTEX Saerbeck and DEVOLD, Lithuania are from now on certified by the CHINESE CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY.

Paris, March 13, 2019 - SAERTEX announces a strategic partnership with the internationally operating manufacturer of resins, gelcoats, adhesives and specialty polymers SCOTT BADER for the production and distribution of its SAERTEX LEO system. At JEC WORLD 2019, a cooperation agreement has been signed by both companies. It aims at combining the performance capabilities of both partner companies for applications that meet the highest fire protection requirements and further developing the LEO system. To this end, the sales and support teams of SAERTEX and SCOTT BADER work closely together and can provide their customers on the world market with high-quality consultancy and fast availability of fire-protection-relevant materials for the production of composites.

SAERTEX is nominee among the final three projects in this year´s JEC WORLD Innovation Award competition in the category “land transportation”. Together with its partners WABASH National Corporation, NEG and Structural Composites, SAERTEX developed an innovative structural composite solution for a refrigerated trailer.

Looking to raise the performance of your applications? Wind blades over 100m, next generation of wings, composites with extreme fire protection, full-electric lightweight boats, fossil energy savings...

See how Roctool & SAERTEX partnered to reach cost competitive and A-class thermoplastic composites.

The SAERTEX LEO series stands for optimum fire protection in rail transport, the marine market or the construction industry. For the renovation of the floor panels in 66 trains of the ICE fleet of the Deutsche Bahn with fireproof SAERTEX LEO materials, SAERTEX recently received two awards: On November 5th, SAERTEX was awarded 3rd place at the AVK Award in the Products/Applications category for its project at the International Composites Congress (ICC) in Stuttgart. In addition, the entry won 1st place in the Railways category at the JEC ASIA Innovation Award, which was presented on November 15th at the JEC ASIA trade fair in Seoul, Korea.

SAERTEX is again attending the JEC Asia Composites Show taking place on November 14-16, 2018. The 11^th edition of the International Composites Show organized by the JEC GROUP will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

SAERTEX will be showcasting itself in cooperation with the dealer Advanced Plastics Benelux from the Netherlands at the METSTRADE exhibition in Amsterdam, the world’s largest trade exhibition of marine equipment, materials and systems. The exhibition takes place from the 13th to the 15th of November 2018.

SAERTEX introduces a new solution designed specifically for the use of leaf springs in trucks and passenger vehicles: Ultra Fatigue UD.