LAMIFLEX, a leading global composite products company, pioneered an innovative new solution which solved a big challenge in the textile machinery industry back in 1976. The Italian-headquartered company invented the very first rapier tape made of special composite material able to withstand higher temperatures, which has since become the staple and the benchmark of all rapier weaving operations worldwide. This invention changed the textile machinery industry forever, making Lamiflex both a pioneer and an undisputed leader in the composite materials sector today. Over the years, Lamiflex has expertly leveraged its know-how and experience of technical composite materials and technology by branching into new sectors. Besides the textile machinery industry, Lamiflex is also a leading supplier of tailor-made composite solutions for the aeronautical, medical, and the wider industrial sector, including the printing and packaging sectors, to name just a few. The Italian technology company's unique and customer-oriented approach lies in offering a complete and reliable turnkey solution: from feasibility, co-design, prototyping, production and all the way to after-sales assistance. In its world-class manufacturing facilities, Lamiflex applies the top most advanced technologies available today on the market of technical composite materials, such as Solvent Impregnation, Filament Winding, Pultrusion & Pullwinding, Wrapping, Progressive & Multi-Chamber Presses, Autoclaves, Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) and Low Pressure Moulding Compound (LPMC) technology, to respond to its customers’ needs. Technology and design, plus typical Italian style and skill for 100% tailor-made products. In 2017, Lamiflex became an Itema Group company with the aim to jointly develop and produce highly innovative and high-tech solutions and guarantee enhanced value that is unmatched elsewhere in the market, thanks to optimized processes, improved product performance and long-term vision.