The TenCate APP provides specific information about all products in the TenCate FR portfolio. It also contains technical information in white papers, comparison graphs and charts, product evaluations and laboratory test data. It includes photos, videos and multi-media presentations of important information for anyone wishing to learn more about TenCate products or even about FR protection in general. This ensures that the APP is a pivotal sales and marketing tool that will allow users to show the various applications for and technical aspects of TenCate fabrics. The APP provides useful and important information and presents it in an easily accessible and cutting-edge forum that demonstrates the innovative approach that TenCate brings to all its projects.
TenCate is the global leader in the design and production of protective fabrics for the emergency response, industrial, and military markets. We offer a comprehensive range of products that exceed all others in quality, comfort, and FR performance. TenCate sets the industry pace by creating first-to-market, breakthrough solutions based on unmatched scientific expertise.
TenCate provides protective fabrics for Emergency Response, including Structural Firefighting, Technical Rescue, Wildland Firefighting, Emergency Medical Service, and Law Enforcement.
TenCate FR fabric is the first choice of the U.S. Army and Marines. Our full line of inherently flame-resistant protective fabrics, provides the best overall fabrics for fire hazards encountered by the military. Our fabrics are the FR choice of the Army and Marines, and are certified to meet or exceed the rigorous standards of performance as mandated by government specifications for protection, comfort and durability.
TenCate Protective Fabrics was the first to develop and dye fabrics made from Aramid fibers for use in the fire service industry as well as being first to develop quilted Aramid thermal barriers. Seventy percent of all firefighters in the United States wear turnout gear that is made with TenCate fabric. TenCate is the largest supplier of FR fabrics to Emergency Responders in structural firefighting, technical rescue and emergency medical service.
TenCate Protective Fabrics supplied the first Aramid fabrics for use in the petrochemical industry. TenCate is a trusted leader in the production of FR fabrics for Industrial applications. TenCate was the first to supply flame resistant fabrics to the US Forestry Service and is still the largest supplier of FR fabrics to the US Forestry Service today. As early as 1968, TenCate began the spinning of (solution dyed) Aramid fibers for military applications and remains a large supplier of fabrics to militaries around the globe.
As a business group of Royal Ten Cate, headquartered in Almelo, TenCate Protective Fabrics can tap a well of textile technological knowledge that reaches back over 300 years and which remains virtually unmatched in a worldwide market. TenCate Protective Fabrics holds over two dozen patents and has a long history of cutting-edge achievement as a fully vertical fabric manufacturer with product lines developed, engineered and made in America.
TenCate Protective Fabrics USA has four manufacturing facilities in America and employs over 500 associates. Manufacturing processes include weaving, yarn formation and dyeing and finishing. Through state-of-the-art technology and innovative and proprietary techniques, TenCate has the ability to ensure consistent quality and, through a large and extensive network of supply chain partnerships and mutual agreements, can also assure product availability and shorter lead times for deliveries.
With roots that reach back in time and all over the world, TenCate Protective Fabrics has the ability, the facilities and the know-how to ensure that the future of technical textiles will be created at home and abroad with tireless dedication to safety, quality and performance.
TenCate is a trademark of Royal Ten Cate.