This week Wildcat-Taconic celebrates it's first anniversary, and what an exciting year it has been. The move from the old premises to the new factory in February 2004 has facilitated a more efficient production flow and increased order volume. September saw Taconic UK merge with Wildcat, the combined strengths giving Wildcat-Taconic a powerful platform to move forward in this ever more competitive industry. The addition of Wildcat-Taconic to the Taconic portfolio of businesses has proved an outstanding success.

Clive Langhorn, General Manager of Wildcat-Taconic commented, “With the positive changes that have taken place in 2004, Wildcat-Taconic is now ready for the challenges of 2005 when the main goal is to substantially increase UK market share and to grow the sales of specialised belt products through the Taconic group and the world market." Clive added his thanks to the Wildcat-Taconic team for all the hard work this year in making the transition a success.

Taconic is a global manufacturer and marketer of engineered products for demanding specialty applications. These products serve the aerospace, automotive, chemical, food, medical, packaging, textile, and wireless communication industries; encapsulating a broad spectrum of available substrate materials with PTFE, fluoropolymer based materials.

For more information, contact Taconic at their Mullingar Ireland office at +353-44-38300, by fax at +353-44-38390 or by visiting their web-site: www.taconic-ipd.com or call Wildcat-Taconic on +44 1444 247756, e-mail info@wildcat-taconic.com