Tencate Geosynthetics21 May 2010 – TenCate subsidiary Xennia Technology in Letchworth (England) has today announced the planned acquisition of software company Cametrics from Cambridge (England). Cametrics specializes in printing software for inkjet technology. With this take over, market leader Xennia Technology will have complete control over printing software as a critical component of its modular industrial inkjet solutions, including for textile applications.

Xennia Technology has been working very successfully with Cametrics on various types of software for inkjet printing. This software is one of the major components in the modular inkjet solutions that Xennia brings to various markets, such as the textile industry and product decoration, packaging and medical applications.

Financial information regarding this planned acquisition will not be provided.

More information–including the press release of Xennia–is stated on the website of Xennia: www.xennia.com

ABOUT TENCATE

Royal Ten Cate (TenCate) is a multinational company which combines textile technology with related chemical processes and material technology in the development and production of functional materials with distinctive characteristics. Products of TenCate are sold worldwide.

Systems and materials from TenCate come under four areas of application: safety & protection, space & aerospace, infrastructure & the environment, and sport & recreation. TenCate occupies leading positions in protective fabrics, composites for space and aerospace, antiballistics, geosynthetics and synthetic turf. TenCate is listed on the NYSE Euronext (AMX).

Xennia Technology ltd is specialist in inkjet technology for industrial applications. As the world’s leading chemistry-driven industrial ink jet integrator, Xennia has been instrumental in revolutionising outdated manufacturing processes by creating reliable inkjet solutions for markets like product decoration, ceramics, textile printing and electronics. Xennia solutions comprise research and development capabilities, printers and printing modules, software and printing fluids. Xennia has a plant in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

CONTACT

Frank Spaan, Director Investor Relations & Corporate Development
Telephone: +31 (0)546 544 338
Mobile: +31 (0)6 12 96 17 24
E-mail: f.spaan@tencate.com
Internet: www.tencate.com

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