TenCate Advanced Armour renamed to Integris Composites
With its rebranding, Integris maintains the ability to develop, test and manufacture ballistic armor and survivability solutions while expanding into new markets where composite solutions can be advantageous.
Integris ballistic testing at its French facility. Photo Credit, all images: Integris Composites
TenCate Advanced Armour (Vissenbjerg, Denmark), a company that has provided military and law enforcement with protective composite armor for 25 years has changed its name to Integris Composites and broadened its mission.
For decades, the firm has been a trusted partner in the design, engineering and manufacturing of survivability solutions for many demanding defense contractors, including Boeing, Airbus, General Dynamics and BAE Systems as well as major police agencies. Specifically, the company provides body armor plates for military and law enforcement personnel, as well as ballistic and blast protection for land vehicles, aircraft and naval vessels and antiballistic composites that also serve as structural housings for sensitive technologies such as optronics.
“In 2020, we reestablished the company as a standalone business. Now, I am delighted to announce we have a standalone identity,” says CEO John W. Mercer, who was executive chairman of the steering committee before being named CEO in July. “Our name has changed, but not our company, nor our dedication to customers and innovation, nor our commitment to creating cutting-edge composite solutions.”
Integris maintains the ability to develop, test and manufacture armor solutions in its Danish, French and U.S. facilities. “We stand apart because of our ability to collaborate with and supply major contractors virtually anywhere in the world,” Jonas Holck, group vice president for strategy, adds.
Integris CEO John Mercer and managing director Specht.
The company’s goal is to engineer and manufacture cutting-edge composite solutions, in high-performance applications or high-risk environments, that meet or exceed its customers’ expectations of quality, performance and value. Going forward, Integris is expanding its market into other sectors where lightweight, high-performance, innovative, fit-for-purpose composite solutions can be an advantage.
With its new name also comes a recentering of the company’s mission. “Integris” evokes the reasons for longstanding customer loyalty, according to Mercer. The new name was developed following a survey of employees that asked what characteristics most accurately define the business. “Reliability, integrity, innovation, design-engineering, research and development. All of that is packed into our new name,” Mercer says.
“Integris stands apart because we design, engineer and produce the full range of ballistic armor and survivability solutions for personal protection; air, land and sea vehicles; and tactical technologies used by defense authorities and leading police agencies worldwide,” Mercer concludes. “Other firms support one or two of these needs. Integris supports all segments.”
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