TenCate opens new production facility in France

After signing a first major contract for aerospace armour solutions in December 2009, TenCate Advanced Armour started a design and qualification process for lightweight armour systems for several aircraft platforms. The extensive design and qualification process was finalised in 12 months, where parts of the systems have been tested against the highest quality requirements as well as environmental and mechanical requirements. Steen Tanderup, managing director of TenCate Advanced Armour commented: “We are very pleased with the commitment from our customers to have TenCate supply these lightweight protection kits for their aircraft. TenCate is committed to support our customers with these state of the art armour materials to protect all key areas and systems of their aircraft.” www.tencate.com