Cato, based in the Netherlands, manufactures lightweight thermoplastic composite products for aircraft interior, personal ballistic protection, consumer electronics, luggage and sporting goods. The company can achieve cycle times of less than 1 minute and a production capacity of 1000 to 1,000,000 products/year.
AMAC GmbH (Advanced Materials Advisory & Consultancy), based in Aachen, Germany, was founded in 2012 and is headed by Dr Michael Effing. AMAC is an advisor to the new Aachen Centre for Integrated Lightweight Production (AZL) at RWTH Aachen University.
Sales expansion
Cato's aim is to further develop its business worldwide and is targeting the aerospace, automotive, electronics, protection, consumer products and sporting goods sectors.
"Early 2013, we started our initial and successful sales expansion through our cooperation with Mr Michel Jansen, who is an experienced thermoplastic composites professional, especially with a proven track record in the area of self reinforced composites," explains Joost van Lindert , Co-founder and Managing Director of Cato.
"Together with Michael Effing, we now have a very strong team, fully dedicated to our global expansion."
