What Carpro Textile Building does

Carpro Textile Building ("CARPRO") is a privately held Belgian manufacturer of custom technical textiles, headquartered in Eynatten near the German border, founded under its current ownership in 1986 by Harry Buskes and led since 2017 by Managing Director Steve Aerts. The company designs, engineers, and fabricates tarpaulins, tents, membranes, partitions, transport covers, agricultural textiles, sound/visual barriers, architectural facades, and event structures using materials including PES/PVC, PE, PU, ETFE, PTFE, and mesh, joined through advanced welding techniques (high-frequency, hot wedge, impulse, hot air, ultrasonic, induction, sonar) and supported by in-house CNC plotting, tensile testing, prototyping, and ISO 9001:2015 quality management.

CARPRO's business model is project-based B2B custom manufacturing sold via direct sales, with multilingual German/Dutch/French coverage of the Germany-Netherlands-Belgium tri-border region. Revenue is generated across at least six vertical segments — industrial, events and entertainment (including enterprise customer Tomorrowland Festival), architecture and construction, agriculture, transport and logistics, and fire safety — through made-to-order products and contract manufacturing services (Lohn Konfektion, Maßanfertigung, cutting service). A growing product vector is the proprietary FlameCover sub-brand of fire blankets targeting electric vehicles, forklifts, e-bikes, and small lithium-powered devices.

The company operates from a 4,000 m² production facility with approximately 12 employees (10 production and office staff), supplemented by 250 m² of storage and 300 m² of office space. Marketing is limited to a professional website, LinkedIn and Instagram presence, and earned media in local press (Grenzecho). There is no public pricing, no institutional capital, no disclosed revenue, and no subsidiaries or parent company, consistent with an independent, owner-managed specialty industrial firm.

Name

Carpro Textile Building

Legal name

CARPRO

Website

https://carpro.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Carpro Textile Building is a privately held Belgian custom manufacturer of technical textiles — tarpaulins, tents, membranes, partitions, and fire blankets — serving industrial, events, architecture, agriculture, transport, and fire-safety customers across the Germany-Netherlands-Belgium tri-border region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technical Textiles Manufacturing

NAICS

Laminated Plastics Plate, Sheet (except Packaging), and Shape Manufacturing (326130)

akta.pro primary industry

Coated & Laminated Industrial Fabrics (Tarpaulins/Awnings/Inflatables/Architectural Membranes) (IMAOADAI)

Keywords

• Technical textiles manufacturing
• Custom tarpaulins
• Membrane structures
• Fire blankets
• Transport covers

Headquarters

HQ city

Eynatten

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Technical Textile Products: CARPRO generates revenue through manufacturing custom-made technical textiles, tarpaulins, tents, and membranes. Products are manufactured to customer specifications in both small and large quantities. The company offers complete solutions from development and engineering to production and assembly.
2. Custom Manufacturing Services: Custom fabrication services (Maßanfertigung) for specialized projects, with modern machines executing production with high precision. Services include planning, project engineering, and packaging.
3. Contract Manufacturing (Lohn Konfektion): Contract sewing and fabrication services for technical textiles with various techniques including hot air, hot wedge, impulse, high-frequency, hot bar, sonar, and induction welding.
4. Cutting Services: Precision cutting services for various materials including textiles, cardboard, plastic sheets, and foam, available in small quantities as well as larger production runs.
5. FlameCover Fire Blanket Products: Sale of proprietary FlameCover fire blankets in various sizes for cars, forklifts, e-bikes, and small lithium devices. Made in Belgium by CARPRO.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CARPRO designs, engineers, and manufactures custom technical textile products including tarpaulins, tents, membranes, partition walls, transport covers, sound barriers, and fire blankets. The company provides complete in-house capabilities from form and force engineering and prototyping through CNC cutting, advanced welding fabrication (high-frequency, hot wedge, ultrasonic, hot air, impulse, induction), and final assembly, serving industrial, agricultural, transport, architectural, and event sectors.

Product overview

CARPRO is a specialist manufacturer of technical textiles, canopies, tents, and membranes based in Eynatten, Belgium, serving the tri-border region of Germany, Netherlands, and Belgium. The company's product portfolio is organized into three main divisions: Industry (Trennwände, Agrar und Landwirtschaft, Transport, Clean Air, Safety, Hüllen und Hauben, Wasser und Luft, Lohn Konfektion, Maßanfertigung), Sound/Visual Screening (Schallschutz Mobil, Schallschutzwand, Sichtschutz Mobil), and Events/Architecture (Bühne, Festivals, Stretch Zelte/Sonnensegel, Luft, Specials, Membranbau, Textilfassade). Supporting services include Cutting Service for precision cutting and FlameCover, a sub-brand offering fire blankets for vehicle and equipment fire containment. Products are manufactured using various technical textiles including PES/PVC, ETFE, PTFE, MESH, and utilize advanced welding technologies such as high-frequency, heated wedge, impulse, hot air, and ultrasonic welding. All products are made-to-order with custom sizing available.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FlameCover: Fire blankets designed for extinguishing vehicle fires (cars, forklifts, e-bikes) and small lithium-powered devices. Made in Belgium by CARPRO. Available in various sizes for PKW, forklifts, e-bikes, and small lithium devices.

Products and services

• Industrial Partition Walls (Trennwände)
• Agricultural Textile Solutions Agricultural textile products including manure bags, biogas covers, fermentation caps, livestock stable covers, and silo covers for agricultural operations.
• Transport Tarpaulins and Covers Custom transport tarpaulins and covers including DEKRA-certified sliding curtains for load safety, tipper tarpaulins, container tarpaulins, trailer tarpaulins, roof tarpaulins, and custom solutions.
• Clean Air Textile Solutions Textile-based clean air solutions using PES/PVC, TRANSPARENT, PE, PU, and STRETCH materials for air purification and containment applications.
• Safety Textiles Safety textile products manufactured from PES/PVC, MESH, TRANSPARENT, and KEVLAR materials for protective industrial applications.
• Industrial Covers and Hoods (Hüllen und Hauben) Custom protective covers and hoods available as series production or made-to-measure for industrial and commercial applications.
• Water and Air Textile Solutions (Wasser und Luft) Textile solutions for water and air applications using PES/PVC, PU, PE, and ETFE materials, including drinking water, wastewater, and slurry handling products.
• Contract Manufacturing Services (Lohn Konfektion) Contract sewing and fabrication services for technical textiles using various welding techniques including hot air, heated wedge, impulse, high-frequency, hot bar, sonar, and induction welding.
• Custom Manufacturing Services (Maßanfertigung) Custom manufacturing services for technical textiles in both large and small quantities using modern CNC cutting and production machines for high precision, including planning, project engineering, and packaging services.
• Mobile Sound Barriers (Schallschutz Mobil) Mobile acoustic walls that absorb up to 20 dB of sound for flexible noise reduction in various settings.
• Sound Barrier Walls (Schallschutzwand) Sound barrier walls in PES/PVC, MESH, and TRANSPARENT materials with customizable decibel reduction values for industrial noise control.
• Mobile Visual Screening (Sichtschutz Mobil) Mobile visual screening solutions with standard dimensions 300cm x 200cm, double-sided technical textile, flame-resistant M2/B1 rating, lightweight, connectable, with interchangeable textile designs.
• Stage Covers and Backdrops (Bühne) Stage textile covers and backdrops using PES/PVC, ETFE, PTFE, PE, PU, and natural textiles for event and performance venues.
• Festival Textile Solutions Festival textile solutions using PES/PVC, MESH, TRANSPARENT, and STRETCH materials for weather protection at outdoor events such as Tomorrowland.
• Stretch Tents and Sun Sails (Stretch Zelte / Sonnensegel) Stretch tents and sun sails using PES/PVC and PU textile materials for flexible outdoor shade and shelter solutions.
• Inflatable Textile Structures (Luft) Air-filled textile constructions and inflatable structures for innovative architectural applications.
• Special Custom Projects (Specials) Specialty custom textile projects including helmets, SkyDinner dining structures, and other unique one-off textile solutions.
• Membrane Construction (Membranbau) Membrane construction using PES/PVC, ETFE, and PTFE materials with full development, engineering, production, and installation support for complex membrane structures.
• Textile Facades (Textilfassade) Textile facade solutions using PES/PVC, MESH, and ETFE materials with development, engineering, manufacturing, and custom printing/labeling services.
• Precision Cutting Service Precision cutting services for textiles, cardboard, plastic sheets, foam, and other materials with high accuracy, including small batch production capability with planning and packaging services.
• FlameCover Fire Blankets Proprietary fire blankets designed to contain vehicle fires (cars, forklifts, e-bikes) and small lithium device fires, isolating smoke and fire within seconds without releasing toxic fumes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Mobile sound barriers absorb up to 20 dB noise reduction
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Low & Bonar (Coats): Acquired by Coats Group; produces technical textiles including geotextiles, construction membranes, and industrial fabrics. Broader incumbent with significant scale and geographic reach overlapping Carpro's industrial and architectural membrane offerings.
• ContiTech (Continental): Industrial rubber and plastics subsidiary of Continental AG producing technical textiles, conveyor belts, hoses, and elastomer coatings. Broad incumbent that overlaps with Carpro's industrial coverings and transport product categories but at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Sioen Industries: Belgian-headquartered manufacturer of technical textiles, coated fabrics, and protective textiles serving industrial, architectural, and transport markets. Same Belgian/Dutch/German commercial ecosystem as Carpro and overlapping product lines including membranes and tarpaulins.
• Serge Ferrari: French manufacturer of flexible composite materials and technical textiles for architectural, industrial, and solar-protection applications. Direct competitor to Carpro in membrane construction, tarpaulins, and custom technical fabrications across Europe.
• Verseidag-Indutex: German manufacturer of coated fabrics and membranes focused on architectural tensile structures, industrial applications, and protective textiles. Direct peer in membrane construction and textile facades.
• Heytex Bramsche: German manufacturer of technical coated textiles for applications including truck tarpaulins, architectural membranes, pool covers, and biogas systems. Direct competitor across Carpro's industrial, transport, and agricultural product categories.
• Sattler AG: Austrian manufacturer of technical textiles including architectural membranes, truck tarpaulins, and industrial fabrics. Direct peer with comparable product portfolio spanning industrial, transport, and architectural applications.
• Mehler Texnologies: German manufacturer of coated technical textiles and membranes for architecture (tensile structures), transport (tarpaulins), industry, and defense. Closest direct peer to Carpro on membrane construction, transport tarpaulins, and event textile applications.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/carpro-textile-building

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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