The German business magazine Wirtschaftsforum.de has featured BAFATEX in Wipperfürth. In the interview, Konstantin Dreyer, representing the owners, and sales manager Nardo Rebecchi explain what makes BAFA® laid scrims special.
In a laid scrim, the yarns are not woven but laid on top of each other and bonded at the crossing points with a binder. The result is a very light yet stable reinforcement. Thanks to their diagonal structure, BAFATEX laid scrims absorb forces in more directions than right-angled constructions, and the mesh size can be adapted flexibly to customer requirements.
The range of applications is correspondingly broad: skis, packaging such as potato sacks, subsea cables, sails and high-tech carbon components. Customers are served mainly in German-speaking countries and, depending on the project, in North America and Asia – with a clear commitment to “Made in Germany”. Recently, the company has also received more enquiries from the defence sector, for example for protective nets against drones.
Since mid-2025, a family from Salzburg holds the majority of BAFATEX together with managing director Christoph Schroeder. Production and know-how remain in Wipperfürth. The goals for the coming years: retaining employees, attracting new talent and further expanding sales and production.
