TenCate Advanced unveils top level body armor line

This full line of personal protection offers higher levels of life saving capabilities then what is currently available on the market for law enforcement and military operational environments.

Mark Bajko, Vice President and General Manager of TenCate Advanced Armor North America, states: "Our new line of personal protection products is revolutionary and continues our heritage of providing state of the art armor solutions.

Using our advanced materials technology and armor design capabilities, we have developed a full line of soft and hard body armor products that offer higher levels of life saving capabilities then what is available on the market today. Our North American product line combined with our comprehensive European personal protection products contribute and enhance our company's mission of protecting people and their working and living environment."

Full range of armor materials, inserts and plates

The product launch includes soft body armor materials, soft body armor inserts, and hard body armor plates. TenCate Aramid-Shield(TM) 1000 is a uni-directional aramid ballistic material. TenCate Pro-Tector 1000 is a woven aramid laminate multi-threat material.

The TenCate Themis(TM) family of soft body armor inserts consists of five models that protect against ballistic, fragmentation, spike and edged blades. The TenCate Cratus(TM) family of hard body armor plates consists of fourteen models that protect against the full range of handgun, edged blade, and rifle threats typically seen in law enforcement and military operational environments.

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