The first materials of the present-day
TEPEX family were created in the early 1990s in the research laboratories
of the DuPont company. Today, the TEPEX® product range represents a
benchmarkamong thermoplastic fibre composite materials. In 1997 the materials
experts Jochen Bauder and Joost van Lindert, who had played a pivotal role
in the development process, acquired all sales andtechnology rights to TEPEX®
through a management buy-out. In 2000 Centrotec Sustainable AG (Brilon,
Germany) acquired an interest in the company. This was one of the key developments
in thesuccess story of the new company Bond-Laminates, now one of the world's
leading composite semifinished product (advanced composite) developers,
manufacturers and distributors. Bond-Laminates'operations are now based
in Brilon, where it has three continuous production plants with a capacity
of 2.000 t and its own materials and prototypes development laboratory.
Topics: · Thermoplastic fibre composites
· Origins in 1992 at DuPont
· Establishment of Bond-Laminates in 1997
· Investment by Centrotec Sustainable AG in 2000
· Owner TEPEX® trade name
· Products distributed worldwide
