The combined company now has a total of four productions sites on three continents. They are located in Bramsche, Germany; Neugersdorf, Germany; Pulaski; and Zhangjiagang, China. Current and future Heytex and BondCote customers will benefit from quicker response in products and information from the entire group, according to the companies.

 

“We pursue a long-term strategy and set standards with our innovative products,” said Dr. Heribert Decher, CEO of they Heytex Group. “With BondCote as a new member of the Heytex family we have made the next, very important step.”

 

Current BondCote management and employees will be retained, according to the companies. BondCote will be the center of operations for North America, including sales, technical, and logistics for all of Heytex Group’s products.

 

“Together with our customers we will develop new products made of our innovative textiles,” said Ted Anderson, CEO of BondCote. “To do so, we value direct customer contact and our proximity to the markets.  We look forward to offering our customers these products and being part of the Heytex Group and to sharing our experience and the know-how we will gain with Heytex.  This will increase the worldwide presence of the new group in the field of functionalized technical textiles.”