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Pennel & Flipo (ORCA)

Maker of ORCA® coated technical fabrics (CSM/Hypalon, CR, PU, NBR) for RIBs and inflatable boats, liferafts, oil booms and flexible tanks, with a plant in Mouscron, Belgium.

Mouscron, Belgium · Company

About

Pennel & Flipo was founded in 1924 in Roubaix, when Jean Pennel and Joseph Flipo began coating rubber onto textile. In 2001 Olivier Lavedrine took control and focused the company on inflatable, flexible high-tech products; it moved to a new plant in Mouscron, Belgium in 2009 and was taken over by IDI in 2015. It acquired FAIT PLAST in 2017 and Angeloni Group in 2019.

The company reports 60 M€ sales in 2023, 110 employees, 4 sales offices and 1.5 million m² of fabric produced per year. It has held ISO 9001 certification since 2004, and its laboratory validates fabrics to SOLAS, FIA, ISO 6185, ISO 15372, TSEN, DIN, NFF and NFPA requirements.

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