Tricover

What Tricover does

Tricover is a Dutch machinery manufacturing company founded in 1979 and operating under Heynen Systems BV, headquartered in Lelystad, the Netherlands. The company combines a knitting factory with a machine construction plant, producing high elastic single and double jersey Tricot fabric in-house and designing semi/fully automatic machines that insert an interliner between comfort foam and outer cover. Its core technology is protected by European patent EP 2714522 and has been deployed with customers globally since founding. Tricover serves comfort foam manufacturers across five end-use verticals: bedding (mattresses, toppers, pillows, cushions), upholstery (indoor and outdoor seating, sofas), automotive and specialized seats (with flame retardant requirements), medical foam (hygienic, non-allergic, non-dyed products), and special-purpose applications with non-standard shapes.

The company operates a direct enterprise field sales motion targeting comfort foam manufacturers and reinforces customer engagement through international trade fairs, notably Heimtextil in Frankfurt and U-Tech Europe in Maastricht. It also collaborates with Heynen Systems BV to co-design or redesign integrated foam production lines for both new and existing factories. Revenue is generated across four streams: one-time machine sales, licensing of the patented system, sale of spare parts, and professional support and maintenance services to the installed base. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and requires direct contact with the company. The legal entity is a privately held Dutch BV (Heynen Systems BV), with no public listing, no disclosed venture capital backing, and no parent company referenced in available data.

Name

Tricover

Legal name

Heynen Systems BV

Website

https://tricover.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tricover (Heynen Systems BV) is a Dutch machinery manufacturer founded in 1979 that designs semi/fully automatic machines and in-house knitted Tricot fabric for inserting interliners between comfort foam and outer covers, serving foam manufacturers globally across bedding, upholstery, automotive, and medical industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Foam Manufacturing Machinery

NAICS

Packaging Machinery Manufacturing (333993)

akta.pro primary industry

Wrapping & Bundling Equipment (Shrink/Stretch) (IMAHAOAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Packaging & Wrapping Technical Textiles (FIBCs/Big Bags/Industrial Sacks/Strapping Substrates) (IMAOADAN)

Keywords

• Foam manufacturing machinery
• Interliner insertion systems
• Comfort foam production equipment
• Automated wrapping machines
• Knitted tricot fabric

Headquarters

HQ city

Lelystad

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Machine Sales: Sale of semi-automatic and fully automatic machines for comfort foam manufacturing
2. System Licensing: Licensing of patented system (EP 2714522) for foam interliner insertion
3. Spare Parts: Sale of spare parts for machines
4. Support and Maintenance: Support and maintenance services for existing clients

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Tricover designs and manufactures semi-automatic and fully automatic machines that insert interliner between comfort foam and outer cover for comfort foam manufacturers. The company also operates an in-house knitting factory producing high elastic single and double jersey Tricot fabric that is integrated with the patented system (EP 2714522). Machines, spare parts, and licensing of the patented system are delivered to clients worldwide, with support and maintenance services offered to existing customers.

Product overview

Tricover operates as both a knitting factory and machine construction plant, offering a unified system for comfort foam manufacturing. The company produces high elastic single and double jersey Tricot fabric in-house and deploys its patented interlining system (EP 2714522) through fully automatic and semi automatic machines. This integrated product suite enables clients to insert interliner between comfort foam and outer cover with minimal energy, labor, and material costs. The system serves comfort foam manufacturers globally across bedding, upholstery, automotive, medical, and specialized applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fully Automatic Machines Fully automated machines that insert interliner between comfort foam and outer cover using Tricover's patented system (EP 2714522), delivering minimal energy, labor, and material cost for comfort foam manufacturers worldwide.
• Semi Automatic Machines Semi-automatic machines for inserting interliner between comfort foam and outer cover, offering flexibility for various production requirements of comfort foam manufacturers.
• Patented Interlining System (EP 2714522) Proprietary patented system for inserting interliner between comfort foam and outer cover, licensed to clients worldwide for use in foam manufacturing across bedding, upholstery, automotive, medical, and specialized applications.
• Tricot (high elastic single and double jersey knitted fabric) High elastic single and double jersey knitted fabric produced in-house for use in comfort foam applications and integration with Tricover's patented interlining system.

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Heynen Systems BVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHeynen Systems BV is the parent company/contact for Tricover. Located in Lelystad, The Netherlands, they collaborate with clients on integrated foam production line design/redesign and offer added value solutions. They provide support, maintenance, and spare parts services.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Stoll (H. Stoll AG & Co. KG): Stoll is a leading manufacturer of flat knitting machines for industrial and apparel textiles. Tricover operates its own knitting factory producing high elastic single and double jersey fabric, putting both companies in the industrial knitting machinery and textile production space, though Stoll focuses on apparel rather than technical/foam-related fabrics.
• Shima Seiki: Shima Seiki is a global leader in computerized flat knitting machines and is comparable to Tricover's knitting factory operations. While Shima Seiki primarily serves apparel and technical textile markets, both companies produce high-elastic knitted fabrics and operate knitting machinery engineering capabilities.
• KraussMaffei: KraussMaffei is a large diversified machinery manufacturer whose Reaction Process Machinery division supplies polyurethane foam processing equipment. As a much larger incumbent, KraussMaffei competes with Tricover for capital equipment budgets at global foam manufacturers and offers broader integrated production line solutions.

Others

• Karl Mayer Group: Karl Mayer is a leading warp knitting and technical textile machinery manufacturer. While Karl Mayer focuses on warp knitting for apparel and technical textiles rather than Tricover's weft knitting and foam-related machinery, both companies operate textile machinery engineering businesses serving industrial fabric producers.

Direct peers

• Cannon Group: Cannon Group produces polyurethane processing equipment, including foam machinery and dosing systems. Like Tricover, Cannon sells capital equipment to comfort foam manufacturers globally, and the two companies can compete at the line-integration level when foam producers design or retrofit production facilities.
• Hennecke: Hennecke manufactures machinery and processing technology for polyurethane foam production. While Hennecke focuses on foam metering, mixing, and processing equipment rather than Tricover's interliner insertion step, both companies supply specialized capital equipment to comfort foam manufacturers and compete for share of foam production line budgets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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