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Engineered technical
textiles for
Tensile Architecture
RIFF Bucharest
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1. Mehler
Texnologies
Company profile

Mehler Texnologies, more then 170 years

history
1837

1837
1888
1944
1994

today

Founding of the parent house by

MEHLER in Fulda
Founding of the parent house by
HAKU in Wuppertal
Manufacture of first PES-PVC coated textiles

2008

First weldable PVDF paint "VALMEX Mehatop F" is presented (improved

durability as compared to acrylic paints)
MEHLER and HAKU fusion under the company MELHER-HAKU
First coating of polyester fabrics with longstanding performing and chemically
resistant THV (fluorplastics)
Renaming of Mehler HAKU GmbH and bundling of the painting and colander
coating activities in Mehler Texnologies GmbH
Mehler Texnologies GmbH is joining the Low & Bonar Group

2011

Development and patenting of technical textiles with acoustic properties

1998
2005
2006

Locations of Group 1/2

Capacityofcoating
>60Miom/year
Headquarter of
Group
Production site
Sales company
Sales office

Locations of Group 2/2

A large network of sales companies and offices ensure we meet orders swiftly
everywhere across our global footprint
Own wide distribution network delivers our products to approximately 4,000
contract customers in 80 countries worldwide
Located sales companies and offices in 15 countries and rapidly distribute our
products to clients from 17 warehouses

Warehouses
Germany (3)
USA (2)
Switzerland
Dubai
Turkey
Poland
Australia

Italy
France
Romania
Czech Rep.
Latvia
Denmark
India

Sales
Companies

Germany
Czech Rep.
Italy
France
UK

Poland
Latvia
Turkey
Romania
USA
Russia

Sales Offices
UAE
Netherlands
Uzbekistan
India

MTX Product divisions

Print

Industrial
Nautic

Tarp

Enviromental

Sports

Sun protection
Tents and
tensile
structures
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2. Our architectural
membranes

Technical textiles at a glance

Mehler Texnologies produce and was the first in Europe in
developing PVC coated PES fabric with weldable PVDF top coat,
since more then 15 years.
Our technical textiles are an high tech bundle of performances:
Top coat upgraded PVDF MEHATOP F1
TiO2 nano-titan reinforced primer
Main coat UV stable high quality PVC
Yarn adhesion layer
Base fabric special densely woven low-wick yarns
Yarn adhesion layer
Main coat UV stable high quality PVC
Back side primer
Top coat upgraded PVDF MEHATOP F1

Diversified engineered materials

on standard
FR products

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Long-standing performances
Comparision non
wicked vs. lowwicked coated
fabric

Comparition soiling on
PES/acrylic vs.
PES/PVDF coated fabric

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Fine-tuned light/thermal properties

Comparing light and energy transmittance properties
Glass-PTFE

PES-PVDF

Knitted Fabric (Mesh)

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Optimized benefits and performances

Measurement of light transmission at 550 nanometers is giving real transmission grade.

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Implemented white index and surface

Implementation with Titaniumdioxide primers and improved UV stability
stability
gives engaged white index greaten than 90%

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Flexibility performances
Mehler PVDF coates PES tested @ 100.000 folding times
DIN 53359 A - NO CRACKS between -5 and +70

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Overviewmaterialsforfacadesapplications

Permanent vertical building cladding & shading:

VALMEX TF 400 is Mehler Texnologies newly developed
fabric for long lasting cladding applications.

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Future tensile architecture application: fully

versatile and sustainable inductive materials in
conjunction with adaptive architectural
systems

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Reflective

Materials

Communicati
ve

Profiles

Climate
neutral

Lights

In partnership with
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b. Practical support to the tensile

architecture industry

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An easy approach to tensile structures design:

Mehler Tensile DrawLT

Compatible and easy to use: the program as uniqueAUTOCAD&RHINO

plug-in and will give architects and planner the possibility in design 3-D
membrane roofs and get first relevant information at very preliminary design
stage.

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Please note that Rhinoceros and AutoCAD are trademarks

Mehler TensileDrawLT skilled advantages: less files exportation

MehlerTD is an useful help in 3D model design: it
can simulate well balanced force
stress distribution on the membrane surface
without complicating file exportation and related
compatibly problems.
Every node of the mesh
is force-balanced in all
3D space direction.

3 D Model

Tensile structure

The application can calculate the form of

complex geometry fabric structures thanks
to the generation of a warp and weft beam
mesh reproducing orthotropic behavior of
fabric
material.

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A valid support to tensile structures realizations:

Mehler technical guideline
A comprensive and practical set out of
preliminary information all around tensile
structures.
To download at:
www.mehler-texnologies.com

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Reliable design support case by case

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4. Architectural realizations

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Sport

Stadion Miejski, Poznan Poland

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Schalke 04 Stadion, Gelsenkirchen,

Germany

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Bunyodkor Stadion, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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Huamak indoor arena, Bangkok,

Thailand

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Dr. D Y Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

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Yamuna Vihar Sports Complex, India

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Xiamen Stadium,
China

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Harbin stadia, China

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Adidas World of Soccer

Stadium, Berlin Germany

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Adidas Ajax Tennis hall, Holland

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Zhejiang swimming pool, China

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Leisure

Melbourne Showgrounds,
Australia

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Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Palace, Riyadh

Saudi Arabia

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Race course main entrance,

UK

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Shopping area covering, Brazil

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Entrance Mall, Paulina, Brazil

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Shopping Mall roof, Brazil

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Facades

Expo Biel, Switzerland

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Private estate facade, France

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Church tower fassade, Germany

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Toll station, Pakistan

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Kadzielna Amphitheater , Poland

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Oum Omar School Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Sunshading

Dubai Airport Terminal 2, UAE

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School Courtyard Shades, Al-ain

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Zhangjang convention centre, China

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An example of performing longevity

The open air theatre of Elspe made in 1978,
Germany

Mehler fabrics mechanical properties along the time

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Front view
Underextreme loads

Lastmeasurement
95%againsttheinitialvalue
Theroofisneverbeen
re-tensioned

Back view
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Other examples of longevity

in heavy environments

ToddStreetMall
Alice Springs, Australia
1986 ongoing
25+years

DeanParkSoundShell
Townsville, Queensland
19802005
25Years

GlenorchySoundShell
Hobart, Tasmania
1985 - 2005
20years

ShellWestgateStation
Melbourne, Australia
1988 ongoing
25+years

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SunhillGardenCentre
Auckland, NZ
1988 ongoing
25+years

PortLincolnLeisureCentre
USA
1985
25+years

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THANKS FOR
YOUR ATTENTION
Contact us in Romania !
Stefanestii de Jos
Str. Linia de Centura nr,2, D2
Ilfov
Tel:
+40 (0) 21 369 57 51
Fax:
+40 (0) 21 369 57 50
office@mehler-texnologies.ro
www.mehler-texnologies.com

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