As the demand for metal meshes picked up speed, and additionally the option for a very large contract for an LDR-Subsystem (LDRS) with Europe´s Copernicus Program, namely “CIMR” appeared at the horizon, the directors of the two companies HPS and IPROTEX decided to take the next step: A Joint Venture, founded in February 2020.
With that, two expertise merge: the extraordinary technical skills of IPROTEX in „Technical Textiles” and the heritage of HPS in „Space Programs”. Since then, orders for high quality metal meshes of all kinds and for various purposes keep on pouring in.
Back in 2015, in the context of an ESA technology study, HPS joined with Frauenhofer Application Center as development partners for metal meshes, aiming a 5m engineering model.
Inspection of the HPtex-Mesh for ESA’s Next-Gen Earth Observation Satellite Successfully Completed After months of precision manufacturing at HPtex GmbH, a specialist in space-grade textiles based in Upper Franconia, Germany, a major milestone was reached on June 24, 2025, for the European space mission CIMR
Japan has its own startup culture in space technologies. One of the most prominent enterprises among them is iQPS Inc.. Founded back in 2005 by Dr. Yasaka and two colleagues, the company was established on the island of Kyushu in the southwest of the country.
Size matters – there are different opinions about this motto depending on the context. As far as the production of MESH is concerned, however, there are no dissenting voices. Why? With the size of the reflector in space, the economic efficiency of the deployment technology
Muenchberg (Germany), May 3rd, 2023. HPtex, the new hidden champion in the market for European Space Mesh (ESM), has now succeeded in taking long series of development phases to final success: knitting stainless steel to form a mesh for training and experimenting purposes. “The new
India completes development of an unfurlable reflector antenna As the Times of India recently reported, deployable antennas do not only hold significant potential for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), but are also considered a key element as subsystem for space radars that may
