METS yields global rewards for ATL Composites
by Jeni Bone 22 Dec 2019 23:15 PST
vdL-ATL Composites stand at METS 2019 © Jeni Bone
ATL Composites is pleased to announce agreements with three new European distributors as a result of exhibiting at this year's METSTRADE Amsterdam in November, the company's seventh show with joint venture partners vdL Composites GmbH.
"We have established Distributors for our DuFLEX and Featherlight composite panels in France, Turkey and Italy," confirmed Inga von der Linden, Director at vdL Composites, based in Wesel, Germany.
"They are the WEST SYSTEM distributors for those countries, and consequently, we have had relationships with their companies through the WEST SYSTEM network. But it was through exhibiting at METS that we met face to face and decided to work together."
The new DuFlex and Featherlight distributors are Etap Marine, Istanbul, Directeck in Aubiere, France and WS Marine S.r.L. in Genova, Italy.
"They are extremely well placed in key markets to supply some of the world's premium boat builders," added Lorraine Murray, Director at ATL Composites.
"We are looking forward to more vessels coming on to the global market with the quality DuFlex/Foam and Featherlight panel systems for light-weight, strength and durability."
The new distributors will stock a mixture of DuFLEX/Foam and Featherlight panels in various thicknesses and with single and double layers of e-fibreglass skins to service their local customers. They will also be in a position to offer custom panels including full sized component packs, for one-off projects and/or for their local production builders, produced to specifications by vdL Composites GmbH, which is based in Germany.
"These custom panels could also include panels with high density inserts for hardware installations which were of great interest to many of the professional boat builders who visited our stand at METS," added Lorraine.
METS 2019 was an extremely successful show for ATL Composites.
"This was our seventh consecutive year exhibiting with vdL Composites GmbH and the most fruitful," said Lorraine. "Australian brands and businesses enjoy great respect for our ingenuity, quality and proactive approach to tailoring solutions to every customer's unique requirements."
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