Technical Textiles The Spirit of Sports High-value membranes for sportsvenues 2 Municipal Stadium KKS Lech Poznan,´ Poland, for the European Football Championship 2012 Rendering by courtesy of Modern Construction Systems Sp. z o.o.

In September 2010, the first Polish stadium of the UEFA EURO 2012 in Poland und Ukraine opened its gates. The (Municipal Stadium) of club KKS Lech Poznan has been rebuilt and expanded.

Venue: Municipal Stadium KKS Lech Poznan, Poland Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1400 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 52,000m Year of completion: 2010 Dr. D Y Patil Stadium, Mumbai, India 3

The Dr. D Y Patil Cricket Stadium in Mumbai is at the moment the largest membrane roof in India. The shape of the membrane roof was developed in order to avoid any natural shadow on the playground but at the same time able to grant sun protection to the spectators.

Venue: Dr. D Y Patil Stadium, Mumbai, India Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 9,300 Year of completion: 2008 4 Stadiums and sports venues around the world

Venue: Commonwealth Games Athletes Village Swimming Pools, New Delhi, India Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1400 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 3,300 Year of completion: 2010

Venue: Rhoda JC Stadium, Kerkrade, The Netherlands Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1400 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 4,500 Year of completion: 2000

Venue: Olympia Swimming Stadium, Munich, Germany Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1400 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 8,250 Year of refurbishment: 2006 Venue: Yamuna Vihar Sports Complex Archery Pavilion, New Delhi, India Fabric: VALMEX® FR 900 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 6,000 Year of completion: 2010

Venue: Aintree Racecourse ‘Triple Crown’, Liverpool, U.K. Venue: The Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, Australia Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1400 MEHATOP F Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 600 Fabric area in sq.m: 10,240 Year of completion: 2007 Year of completion: 2006 5

Venue: Sports stadium, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 3,000 Year of completion: 2010

Venue: Lucheng Olympic Bike Stadium, Beijing, China Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 12,000 Year of completion: 2006

Venue: Sports stadium, Harbin, China Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 30,000 Year of completion: 2007

Venue: Sports stadium, Xiamen, China Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 15,000 Year of completion: 2006

Venue: Olympic Sports stadium, Wuhu, China Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1400 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 30,000 Venue: Zhejiang Swimming Gymnasium, Zhejiang, China Year of completion: 2002 Fabric: POLYMAR® 8964 FR liner Fabric area in sq.m: 10,000 Year of completion: 2006

Venue: Aquatics Centre, Yamuna Vihar Sports Complex, Venue: Huamark indoor stadium, Bangkok, Thailand New Delhi, India Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 & FR 900 MEHATOP F, VALMEX® TF 400 Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1400 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 12,000 Fabric area in sq.m: 3,500 Year of completion: 2000 Year of completion: 2010 6 Grand stands, roofings and air domes

Venue: Zhejiang Uni stadium, Hangzhou, China Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 4,500 Year of completion: 2005

Venue: Grand Stand, Gera, Germany Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 1,900 Year of completion: 2000

Venue: Muncipal Stadium, Yanzhou, China Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Venue: Baiyun University Sports ground, China Fabric area in sq.m: 10,000 Fabric: VALMEX® FR 900 MEHATOP F Year of completion: 2002 Fabric area in sq.m: 2,000 Year of completion: 2009

Venue: Sports Complex, Al-Gassem City, Saudi Arabia Venue: Grand Stand, Litomysl, Czech Republic Fabric: VALMEX® FR 900 MEHATOP F Fabric: VALMEX® FR 900 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 2,300 Fabric area in sq.m: 1,000 Year of completion: 2008 Year of completion: 2003

Venue: Yanqing Stadium, Beijing, China Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 5,000 Year of completion: 2000

Venue: Yenimahalle, Turkey Fabric: VALMEX® FR 900 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 2,300 Year of completion: 2006 7

Venue: Suzhou Swimming Centre, China ® Fabric: VALMEX FR 1000 MEHATOP F Venue: Schwarzl Sportshall, Graz, Austria Fabric area in sq.m: 5,000 Fabric: VALMEX® FR 700 MEHATOP F Year of completion: 2003 Fabric area in sq.m: 35,000 Year of completion: 1994

Venue: Canada Golf Dome, Beijing, China Venue: Private Horse Riding Manezh, Lavasanat-Tehran, Iran Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Fabric: VALMEX® FR 900 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 10,000 Fabric area in sq.m: 966 Year of completion: 2006 Year of completion: 2010 Venue: Muncipal Stadium, Yanzhou, China Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 10,000 Year of completion: 2002

Venue: Swimming Sports Complex, Chenkou, China Venue: AZ Stadium, Alkmaar, The Netherlands Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Fabric: POLYMAR® FR Color 8212 Fabric area in sq.m: 1,900 Fabric area in sq.m: 2,900 Year of completion: 2003 Year of completion: 2007

Venue: Tasker Millward School – Airdome, Haverford West, U.K. Venue: Tennis Hall, Germany Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F (outer), VALMEX® FR 650/2 (inner) Fabric: VALMEX® FR 900 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 7,625 Fabric area in sq.m: 4,000 Year of completion: 2010 Year of completion: 1996 8 Side show, car parks and marquees

Open air theatre Rosarium, Sangerhausen, Germany Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1400 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 1,750 Year of completion: 2008

Soundshell Olympia 2000, Sydney, Australia Fabric: VALMEX® FR 900 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 1,000 Year of completion: 2000

Car park shading Dubai Airport, U.A.E. Fabric: VALMEX® FR 900 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 30,000 Water Amusement Park, Shaoxing, China Year of completion: 2007 Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 4,000 Year of completion: 2009

Car park shading Abu Dhabi Airport, U.A.E. Fabric: VALMEX® FR 700 MEHATOP F Car park shading Terminal 3, Abu Dhabi Airport, U.A.E. Fabric area in sq.m: 10,000 Fabric: VALMEX® FR 900 MEHATOP F Year of completion: 2004 Fabric area in sq.m: 14,000 Year of completion: 2010

King Abdullah University for Science and Technologies, Jeddah-Tiwal, Saudi Arabia. Fabric: VALMEX® FR 900 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 21,000 Year of completion: 2009 9 by courtesy of Custom Covers Frame tent, U.K. Fabric: VALMEX® FR 700 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 2,000 Frame tent, USA Year of completion: 2002 Fabric: VALMEX® FR 700 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 2,000 Year of completion: 1999 by courtesy of Custom Covers Frame tent, U.K Fabric: VALMEX® FR 700 MEHATOP F G8 summit, Calgary, Canada Fabric area in sq.m: 2,000 Fabric: VALMEX® FR 700 MEHATOP F Year of completion: 2001 Fabric area in sq.m: 4,000 Year of completion: 2002

Pole tents, Germany Wedding tent, Asturias, Spain Fabric: VALMEX® FR 700 MEHATOP F Fabric: POLYMAR® FR color metalic 8509 Fabric area in sq.m: 10,000 Fabric area in sq.m: 1,325 Year of completion: 1990 Year of completion: 2009

Car park shading Abu Dhabi Airport, U.A.E. Fabric: VALMEX® FR 700 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 10,000 Year of completion: 2004

Restaurant „El Trasgu“, Torrelodones - Madrid, Spain Rawal Lake Promenade, prayer area, Islamabad, Pakistan Fabric: VALMEX® tent several Fabric: VALMEX® FR 1000 MEHATOP F Fabric area in sq.m: 125 Fabric area in sq.m: 930 Year of completion: 2009 Year of completion: 2009 10 Membranes to make visions into reality

In the market of coated fabrics, Mehler Texnologies is one of the leading internati- Made in Germany onal companies. More than 50 million square metres of material are manufactured and supplied under the brands VALMEX®, POLYMAR® and AIRTEX®.

ALL COMPONENTS In the company’s production operations, Mehler Texnologies REACH COMPLIANT uses only approved components geared, amongst other things,

Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals to the European REACH directive for chemicals.

The responsible way in which the company deals with energy and resources, its use of environmentally sustainable materials and its activities related to the recycling of coated textiles have been bundled by Mehler Texnologies under one all embracing label.

Manufactured in Germany Due to its commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability Mehler under the internationally recognized standard of quality Texnologies is participating in external recycling systems and in the ‘voluntary DIN EN ISO 9001: 2008 commitment of the PVC industry’ VinylPlus.

Mehler Texnologies offers a large variety of coated fabrics for tensile architecture. Whether tensioned, frame supported or air supported structures, architects, engineers and fabricators receive the specific membrane required for construction.

Mehler Texnologies always tries to support architects, engineers and fabricators in Apart from others, the company has brought out a ‘Technical their ambition for perfection. Therefore, a number of tools have been developed. guideline to permanent tensile With TensileDraw, users have a new 3D modelling planning software for tensile architectures’ that provides draw a comprehensive overview of structures. It can simulate well balanced force stress distribution on the membrane the benefits and applications of membranes for textile surface without complicating file exportation and related compatibly problems. architecture.

® VALMEX FR 700 Type I FR 900 Type II FR 1000 Type III FR 1400 Type IV FR 1600 Type V Art. 7205 7211 7269 7270 7274 Finish PVDF-lacquer on both sides, protected against microbal and fungal attack, UV-protected, low-wick Total weight 700 g/m² 900 g/m² 1050 g/m² 1350 g/m² 1550 g/m² Tensile strength Warp/Weft kN/m 60/60 86/84 120/110 160/140 200/180 N/50 mm 3000/3000 4300/4200 6000/5500 8000/7000 10000/9000 DIN EN ISO 1421/V1 Tear strength Warp/Weft 300/300 N 500/500 N 900/800 N 1200/1200 N 2000/2000 N DIN 53363 Flame retardancy BS 7837 BS 7837 BS 7837 BS 7837 BS 7837 California T 19 California T 19 California T 19 California T 19 D.M.26.06.84(UNI 9177):CL.2 GOST: G1 D.M.26.06.84(UNI 9177):CL.2 D.M.26.06.84(UNI 9177):CL.2 DIN 4102: B1 DIN 4102: B1 DIN 4102: B1 DIN 4102: B1 DIN 4102: B1 NFP 92507: M2 NFP 92507: M2 SIS 650082 NFPA 701 Test 2 CAN ULC S109 EN 13501-1: B-s3-d0 EN 13501-1: B-s3-d0 EN 13501-1: B-s2-d0 EN 13501-1: B-s3-d0 EN 13501-1: B-s2-d0 Most common width 250 cm 250 cm 250 cm 250 cm 250 cm Welding weldable without grinding and with common welding equipment Higher strengths on request, program changes reserved. Program changes reserved. ® Mehler Texnologies‘ membrane VALMEX FR MEHATOP F is a multi-layer composite 11 material with special densely woven low-wick yarns in the base fabric. The surface lacquering, that includes PVDF lacquer (MEHATOP F) developed by Mehler Texnologies, finishes the material with a double top coat that has a protective and refining effect.

top coat primer main coat adhesion layer base fabric adhesion layer main coat primer top coat Schematic sectional drawing of VALMEX® FR MEHATOP F

Attractive widths

fewer seams Living example of longevity: The grand stand of the open-air theatre in Elspe (D), realized in 1978 with Type IV PVC-coated lower manufacturing costs membrane by Mehler Texnologies.

VARIO-STRETCH: UP TO less stretch in warp direction than in weft direction Warp lighter equipment shorter assembly times CONDITIONS APPLY lower erecting costs Weft Fabrics are certified by most of the major fire tests: very flexible easier handling high strength higher safety DIN lacquered both sides more durable high gloss attractive appearance no need to grind directly weldable

VALMEX® VALMEX® VALMEX® POLYMAR® VALMEX® POLYMAR® tivoli FR 650-2 FR 650-2 FR 850 FR 650-2 poly opak low-wick Blackback Art. 7213 Art. 8212 Art. 7216 Art. 8512 Art. 8212 Art. 8596

Total weight 580 g/m² 650 g/m² 650 g/m² 850 g/m² 650 g/m² 800 g/m² Tensile strength 2900/2700 2500/2500 2800/2700 3000/3000 2500/2500 3500/3500 Warp/Weft N/50 mm Tear strength 300/300 N 250/250 N 300/270 N 300/300 N 250/250 N 350/350 N Warp/Weft

Flame retardancy BS 7837 BS 7837 BS 7837 BS 7837 California T 19 California T 19 California T 19 California T 19 California T 19 D.M. 26.06.84 (UNI 9177): CL. 1 D.M. 26.06.84 (UNI 9177): CL. 2 D.M. 26.06.84 (UNI 9177): CL. 2 DIN 4102 B1 DIN 4102 B1 DIN 4102 B1 DIN 4102 B1 DIN 4102 B1 GOST: G1 GOST: G1 NFP 92507: M2 NFP 92507: M2 NFP 92507: M2 NFP 92507: M2 NFP 92507: M2 EN 13501-1: B-s2-d0 EN 13501-1: B-s2-d0 Most common width 250 cm 250, 300 cm 250 cm 250 cm 250 cm 250, 300 cm

Higher strengths upon request, other versions upon request. Program changes reserved. Mehler Texnologies - around the world

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