Month: October 2021

After a wait of 4 ½ years, we were back at Index™, the world’s leading nonwovens exhibition – in full force, with a new brand and a new team.

As COVID wanes, no one was sure how successful the show would be. However, ACE can report that it was worth the wait and that the week was busy and fruitful.

“Launching a new company brand, along with a revitalised range of films and laminates was exciting for us” says Christoph Lentz, Business Development Director at ACE. “Index™20 gave us the perfect opportunity to have in-depth discussions with customers old and new in an industry environment that supports innovation and sustainability” he adds.

Most of the visitors to our Stand were looking for concrete solutions that support their sustainability goals. The reader will already have learned that ACE has ISCC Plus certification – this is a just part of the solution, and discussions were far reaching in mutual ambitions.

“We have returned from Geneva with many new leads, and certainly some tough yet inspiring challenges” says Anna Wellander, Technical Sales Executive. Wellander’s colleague, Thierry Pieteraerens agrees. “Before going to Index™20, we knew that sustainability would be high on the agenda across all of the markets we supply. Now we have to realise the projects we have in hand – which is certainly going to keep us busy going forward!”.

We look forward to seeing you in Geneva at Index™23, which will take place from 18 to 21 April 2023.

ACE’s experts in films and laminates will be at Messe Düsseldorf for Medica 2021, showing a comprehensive range of film and nonwoven based solutions tailor-made for medical drapes and gowns.  Hall 7A : stand number 7AD17.

Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, ACE has been reacting swiftly to new and sudden requests from the market, particularly for personal protective wear.  Anna, Thierry and Frédéric will be presenting an extended range of products, developed specifically to rise to the challenges of the last 2 years.  

Demands in product design have changed significantly over the course of the pandemic. Reinforced fabrics for PPE became the norm as viral barriers are sought after.  ACE has developed new solutions for gowns and disposable protective wear, widening the choice for our customer base.

“Meeting the challenges of a fast-moving market combined with regulatory compliance has been quite a challenge.” says Frédéric Paule, Head of Product Development at ACE. “However, we were able to deliver new innovative choices in the Gownace® and Progace® range which enabled our customers to get product to market swiftly”.  

Meanwhile, the team has also developed new absorbent laminates for the surgical drapes market that comply to both standard and high-performance criteria in the EN 13795.

“Traditionally we have targeted the top end of the norm as our benchmark” says Thierry Pieteraerens, Technical Sales Executive. “Whilst this means that our product portfolio has always met both Standard and High-performance critical area, we realised that we needed to split the range so that our customers could make the right choice the first time.  That makes for happy customers!”

So ACE has introduced Medicace® Classic and Medicace® Ultra.

Anna Wellander, Technical Sales Executive, is excited at being able to meet customers in person again at Medica. “I can’t wait to be sitting down with customers and designing solutions together on the spot!  Of course, we will be online for those people who cannot be in Düsseldorf. Either way, the Team will be at hand.”

Make an appointment now to meet with team 15 Nov 2021 – 18 Nov 2021. Messe Düsseldorf

The Board of Directors of ACE and its Shareholders Standard Investment are pleased to announce that Mr Christoph Lentz has joined ACE as Business Development Director as of 1st October 2021, taking over from Tricia Featherstone.

Christoph comes to us with many years of experience in our industry and we are confident that he will be an integral part of the future success story of this company.

We can also announce that Tricia will retire on 30th November 2021 and will be handing over her knowledge, responsibilities, and duties to Christoph until then. We thank Tricia for her ever professional work and dedication to the success of ACE over the course of more than 30 years with the company.