The origin of the inflatable boat is military, but, for the last 50 years, its development is primarily situated in leisure and professional boating. This evolution has been possible due to the improvement of materials and inflatable boat design.
Coated fabrics have known some spectacular perfectioning, from cotton, a natural fiber, to synthetic fibers of high durability, such as polyamide or polyester.
The coating which protects the textile and assures the air-tightness has equally known large revolutions, passing from natural rubber, sensitive to aging, to synthetic Neoprene and Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene (CSM) rubber; incontestably the most resistant product used in the profession today.
PENNEL & FLIPO has not only followed the progress, but for the last 40 years has provoked it and occupied the position as leader in the production of fabrics destined for the inflatable. The result has been obtained by the ideology, which relies on three principles:
QUALITY
RELIABILITY
DURABILITY
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