Technical Foam Services Team Up With Ayrtek

Online, May 19, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Northamptonshire, United Kingdom (May 14, 2010) - Technical Foam Services, Europe's leading, engineering-biased foam suppliers and manufacturers, have teamed up with UK cricket helmet manufacturer Ayrtek to create a new, safer type of cricket helmet.

Ayrtek's brief was to construct a cricket helmet that was lighter and stronger than those currently on the market, but was also safer. No easy task, so they teamed up with specialist foam manufacturers Technical Foam Services to assist them in reaching their goal. Technical Foam Services utilised the latest in foam and materials technology to construct and test prototypes with a foam liner to make the next generation of helmets as safe as possible.

After many trials and tribulations the ACIS Elite was born which contains a special foam liner, complementing the perfect balance between safety, durability and comfort. At the forefront of innovation, the ACIS Elite has a super lightweight construction shell made out of carbon fibre/Kevlar, and a four-point chin strap to eliminate instances of forefront wobble.

"Not many people realise just how fast a cricket ball can travel, and it certainly got us thinking when we were presented with the brief," commented Duncan Geddes of Technical Foam Services. "We are delighted with how well our professional relationship panned out with Ayrtek during the project and we'd happily work with them again in the future. The ACIS Elite is a combination of both our collective efforts and we're overjoyed with how the finished product looks. It's one of the safest, yet most comfortable pieces of kit available for cricket professionals on the market today, and we're looking forward to hearing their feedback in the coming months."

To find out more about Technical Foam Services and the foam products and services they offer, visit their website at http://technicalfoamservices.co.uk/ or telephone 01536 443000