Overview
Trespa International B.V.
Trespa International B.V. is a manufacturer of high-pressure laminate (HPL) panels for exterior facades, exterior siding and interior applications. Its address is Wetering 20, 6002 SM Weert, the Netherlands, and all of its products are manufactured at its headquarters in Weert. Trespa dates its foundation to 1960. It delivers to more than 80 markets and has 3 design centers, 12 local offices and more than 650 employees. It sells through a global sales organization together with local agents and distributors. Trespa North America Ltd. was created in 1997 as the company’s first branch outside Europe.
The product families are Trespa Meteon for exterior panels and decorative facades, Trespa Pura NFC for exterior siding, TopLab for scientific and laboratory surfaces, and Izeon. Two of these are in the library.
Trespa Meteon is a decorative high-pressure compact laminate with an integral surface, made with Trespa’s in-house Electron Beam Curing (EBC) technology. Its core blends natural fibers and thermosetting resins pressed under high pressure and temperature, which produces a dense panel with a good strength-to-weight ratio. It is used in ventilated facade systems, balconies and sunblind solutions.
Meteon is offered in six collections. one collection holds solid colors, Metallics are metallic finishes, Naturals are stone-inspired decors, Wood Decors are wood decors, Focus is a textured range with the Tribeca, Brooklyn and Chester ranges, and Lumen holds the light-play finishes. There are seven surface finishes: Satin, Matt, Rock, Matt-Rock, Diffuse, Oblique and Specular. Availability varies by collection. Diffuse applies to all Lumen and Focus products, and Oblique and Specular apply to all Lumen decors. The Meteon collection carries a 10-year warranty.
Trespa Pura NFC is the exterior siding product, used in a ventilated facade. It is offered in Lumen and Wood Decors looks and keeps a smooth surface.
Trespa’s 2008 introduction of the ZF panel size of 4270 by 2130 mm is the largest panel format named in the company’s history timeline.
Relevant manufacturer history
Hermann Krages, a timber merchant, founded the high-pressure laminate maker Thermopal in Weert, the Netherlands, in 1960. The panel factory started in 1962 with two presses, two impregnation lines and a resin tower, and the first panels were sold under the Trespa name in 1963. In 1969 Trespa Volkern was tested outdoors as a sunshade in Delft, which marked the start of exterior panel production.
A patented Dry Forming process using natural fibers and phenolic resin was introduced in 1984. Electron Beam Curing was developed and patented in 1987. In 1994 the earlier product lines were replaced by Meteon, Athlon and TopLab. Trespa International B.V. was established in 1995, and HAL Holding NV acquired it in 1996.
Meteon Wood Decors were introduced in 2003, and the ZF panel size of 4270 by 2130 mm followed in 2008. The Matt finish arrived in 2012. In 2015 the EBC 2 line was developed and Pura NFC, a natural-fiber siding, was launched. Trespa marked its 60th anniversary in 2020.
