New Company Syntec acquires portion of Tenax

October 21, 2009 rockman Miscellaneous 1

Tenax is a well known name in the geosynthetics industry. Recently a new company, Syntec, acquired portions of Tenax. From GeosyntheticsMagazine.com:

According to a press release distributed Oct. 13, Syntec acquired the assets related to the manufacturing of drainage nets and geocomposites, and also entered into a series of multiyear agreements for the distribution of geogrids used in environmental applications such as landfills and ponds.

…Syntec is positioned to direct all of its resources into continuing a successful evolution of legacy geosynthetic products such as Tendrain and Tenflow, high-performance geonets and geocomposites, and the promotion of Tenax geosynthetic products such as TT HDPE uniaxial reinforcement geogrids, MS and LBO integral-formed stiff polypropylene biaxial geogrids, Multimat turf-reinforcement mats, and Tenweb cellular confinement systems.

The Baltimore based Syntec started its operations on October 1, 2009.

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1 Comment

  1. THIS WAS THE WORSE THING THAT HAPPENED TO THE TENAX EMPOLYEE FAMILY SINCE THE COMPANY BEEN OPEN

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