To meet the rising demand for composites in wind energy sector Turkish reinforcement fabrics specialist Metyx has agreed to a deal with long-time partner Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik (Obertshausen / Germany; for the supply of additional warp knitting production lines.
The new lines will provide 12,000 t/y of extra glass and carbon fibre multi-axial fabric knitting capacity that Metyx will install at its main factory in Manisa/Turkey, and at other overseas facilities. The company also has a plant in Hungary, where it recently completed an expansion.
The recent growth of the technical fabrics division and the successful qualification programmes with key OEM customer’s globally producing composite wind generator blades has given Metyx the confidence to place this multi-machinery order with Karl Mayer, says Ugur Üstünel, managing partner of Metyx composites.
Since 2011 the company has stated it has responded rapidly to the Turkish wind industry’s significant growth in the Aegean region, from both wind blade manufacturers as well as other composites sectors in Turkey.
