ENG / NL COMPANY PRODUCTS SCINTISS EVENTS DESIGN VACANCIES CONTACT CONTACTS COMPANY PRESENTATION PRESS RELEASE (23 MAY 2011) TISSAGE DE KALKEN (TDK) TAKES OVER THE ETROTEX VELOR DEPARTMENT OF ITM INTERNATIONAL FROM KRUISHOUTEM. ITM INTERNATIONAL IS MANUFACTURER OF JACQUARD WOVEN FLAT AND POLAR FABRIC. THIS ACQUISITION LIES IN THE LINE OF THE WAVE OF CONSOLIDATION UNDERGOING WITHIN THE INTERIOR TEXTILE SECTOR. TDK, MANUFACTURER AND DESIGNER OF CURTAIN FABRIC COLLECTIONS, TAKES A FIRST STEP INTO THE FURNITURE FABRICS MARKET SEGMENT. THE MACHINE PARK AND THE ALMOST COMPLETE TEAM FROM THE VELOR DEPARTMENT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO LAARNE. THIS ACQUISITION GROWS TISSAGE DE LIME TURNOVER TO ALMOST € 12 MILLION. With this, TDK FURTHER STRENGTHENS ITS LEADER POSITION IN THE TOP SEGMENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL AND CONTRACT MARKET. THE INTENTION IS TO KEEP THE KNOW-HOW OF PRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN IN BELGIUM AND EVEN EXTEND IT FURTHER. FURTHER ACQUISITIONS ARE NOT HEREBY EXCLUDED. READ MORE: THE NEWS SHEET (26/05/2011) HISTORY TISSAGE DE KALKEN WAS FOUNDED IN 1903. THEN IT MAINLY PRODUCED LINING FOR TIE, A NICHE PRODUCT WITH NEARLY COMPETITION. AROUND 1980 THE COMPANY SWITCHES ITS PRODUCTION TO JACQUARD LOADS. IN 1995, THE KALKEN FACTORY MOVED TO AN EXTENSIVE SITE IN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE OF LAARNE. THE PRODUCT RANGE IS NOW ALMOST COMPLETELY EVOLVED TOWARDS THE CURTAIN SECTOR. TODAY, TDK, WITH SOME 60 EMPLOYEES AND THE MOST SOPHISTICATED Looms, PRODUCES ABOUT 2.5 MILLION METERS PER YEAR, 80% OF WHICH ARE EXPORTED TO MORE THAN 30 COUNTRIES. << PREVIOUS NEXT >>

ENG/NL COMPANY PRODUCTS SCINTISS EVENTS DESIGN JOBS CONTACT WHO'S WHO COMPANY LOGIN PASSWORD SUBMIT PRESENTATION HISTORY TISSAGE DE KALKEN WAS FOUNDED IN 1903. AT THAT TIME, THE COMPANY PRODUCED LINING FOR TIES, A VERY SPECIAL PRODUCT WITH ALMOST NO COMPETITION. AROUND 1980, THE COMPANY SWITCHED ITS PRODUCTION TO JACQUARD WEAVES. IN 1995 THE WEAVING MILL MOVED FROM KALKEN TO LAARNE, IN ORDER TO ENABLE FURTHER EXPANSION. THE PRODUCT RANGE EVOLVED TO THE CURTAIN MARKET. WITH AROUND 60 EMPLOYEES, TDK WORKS WITH THE MOST SOPHISTICATED LOOMS, PRODUCING NOWADAYS ABOUT 2,5 MILLION METRES OF HIGH QUALITY DRAPERY FABRICS PER YEAR, AND EXPORTS 80% OF ITS PRODUCTION TO MORE THAN 30 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. TEXSTREAM.BE WE PARTICIPATE IN TEXSTREAM.BE