ALMELO, NETHERLANDS -- (Marketwire) -- 05/24/10 -- TenCate subsidiary Xennia Technology in Letchworth (England) has today announced a major agreement with printhead manufacturer Trident from Brookfield (USA) for the supply of industrial inkjet printheads for a number of specific applications. Trident supplies printheads to Xennia exclusively for industrial textile decoration and finishing, as well as other industrial coating products.

Trident printhead technology is important for Xennia because these heads are very robust and fully consistent with the modular inkjet solutions that Xennia provides to key industrial markets. In addition, the printheads print large drops which spread to form uniform layers that are ideal for industrial coatings. The Trident printheads can be used in Xennia's inkjet systems for applications like textiles, glass, floor and wall decorations, furniture, wallpaper and laminates.

Royal Ten Cate

Almelo, the Netherlands, Monday 24 May 2010?

For further information:

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

Background information on Trident via: www.trident-itw.com

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

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As the world's leading chemistry-driven industrial ink jet integrator, Xennia has been instrumental in revolutionising outdated manufacturing processes by creating reliable inkjet solutions for markets like product decoration, ceramics, textile printing and electronics.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.

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Press release as PDF: http://hugin.info/130798/R/1418136/368454.pdf