# IPROTEX and HPS form HPtex joint venture

IPROTEX and HPS founded a joint venture, HPtex (High Performance Textiles GmbH), in February 2020 to produce metal meshes for space applications, including telecommunications and earth observation.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2020-02-01
- Where: Münchberg, Germany
- Status: completed
- Products: metal meshes, space mesh, antenna reflectors
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md), [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [HPtex](https://endata.com/companies/49640.md)
- [IPROTEX](https://endata.com/companies/49638.md) (partner)
- [HPS](https://endata.com/companies/49639.md) (partner)
- [HPtex](https://endata.com/companies/49640.md) (target)
- [Iprotex GmbH & Co KG](https://endata.com/companies/53163.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [hptex.de](https://www.hptex.de/), 2020-09-01: "A Joint Venture, founded in February 2020."
- [hptex.de](https://www.hptex.de/hptex-space-textiles-made-in-bavaria/), 2021-02-10: "With the foundation of HPTEX GmbH in February 2020 in equal shares by the Bavarian companies HPS GmbH and Iprotex GmbH & Co KG, a company is being launched that no one else in the space industry has ever had on the cards before."
- [hptex.de](https://www.hptex.de/company/), 2021-04-09: "In a Joint Venture, unique as such in Germany, IPROTEX and HPS combine extraordinary competence in the field of technical textiles with tremendous heritage in Space Tech."

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