North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT, Penthalaz, Switzerland) is expanding its offering of conventional weight prepreg following the installation of new equipment at its facility in Poland. The new machine dedicated to high-volume prepreg production has been successfully installed in NTPT’s new 2,000 m2 plant in Zory, Poland, allowing the company to ramp up production for higher volume marine and industrial sectors, as well as the traditional high tech applications such as Formula 1 and UAVs.
"While NTPT is known for its expertise in thin ply prepreg materials, we understand that customers typically want to marry the performance and chemistry of thin ply with more conventional prepregs," said James Austin, NTPT's CEO. "With our expanded production facilities and additional equipment in Poland we are in a position to build our conventional prepreg range and provide these products to the market at very competitive prices."
NTPT's automated tape laying (ATL) equipment, used to produce custom multiaxial preforms from prepreg tapes, has also been successfully relocated to Zory. All machines are in full operation, supplying NTPT's complete portfolio of prepreg products that include:
thin ply unidirectional (UD) prepreg of 15-100 g/m2 made from carbon, glass, quartz, aramid and other fibers; and
conventional UD prepreg of 100-600 g/m2, 200 g/m2 and 300 g/m2 woven fabric (0/90) prepreg, and 300 g/m2 and 400 g/m2 biaxials (+/-45), based on carbon, glass aramid and other fibers.
The relocation of the company's Polish production plant to Zory commenced in March and is on schedule to be completed in June.
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