About Us

A Determination to Succeed

[Photo caption above: High-performance boats such as the Rapido 40 demand precision-built components. As well as hulls, decks etc, Triac Composites builds high-load parts such as autoclave-cured C-foils, masts, rudders, and more.]

About Triac Composites

Triac Composites is an internationally owned and managed company based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. With over 40 years’ experience in composites and approaching 2,000 sailing boats built across Australia, the USA, and Vietnam, we have a proven legacy in high-performance composite manufacturing.

Our Origins

Paul Koch and Richard Eyre founded Triac Composites in 2014. It was established as the manufacturing arm of Hong Kong-based Rapido Trimarans with two objectives:

Build the full range of Rapido's sailing trimaran models
Provide composite solutions for third-party industries,
diversifying beyond the cyclical nature of the pleasure boat
market and leveraging the same precision, strength, and i
nnovation that define our marine projects.

Our Evolution

Triac has expanded beyond marine applications into high-tech industries. Using advanced technologies such as a KUKA 7-axis milling robot, and an 8.5m x 1.8m autoclave, we can do all of our own tooling and make incredibly high load items such as masts, C-foils, T-foils, beams, rudders, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with 17m wingspans etc.

Why Composites?

Composites are at the core of everything we do because they deliver:

Strength & Lightness: Ideal for marine, aerospace, and industrial applications.
Durability: Resistant to corrosion, saltwater, and UV exposure.
Design Freedom: Can be molded into virtually any shape, enabling innovation beyond the limits of traditional materials.

From high-performance vessels to UAVs and industrial components, composites allow us to push the boundaries of design and performance.

Our Team

Triac Composites employs 100 highly skilled Vietnamese professionals, many

of whom have worked with our Principals since 2006. Our team combines

decades of boat-building expertise with advanced composite technology to

deliver world-class solutions for marine, aerospace, defense and industrial

applications.

Key Staff

Paul Koch - General Director and Co founder: Paul was the owner of Ostac Yachts from 1986 to 2008 and Corsair Marine from 1994 until 2010 Paul's vision and passion has pioneered numerous multihull innovations (see photo above, on right).
Richard Eyre - Co founder: Richard is a life long sailor, trimaran owner, lawyer and investment banker and brings many years of corporate knowledge and good governance to the company (see photo above, on left).
Phil Johns - General Manager: Phil worked with Paul as the Marketing & Business Development Manager of Corsair Marine in Vietnam before joining the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam where he worked as its Executive Director. He joined Triac Composites in April 2018.
Mark Waller - Operations Director: A long and rich history in composite boat building that included two decades working with Seawind Catamarans, most recently as Production Manager
Ven Tran - Factory Manager: is heavily involved with CAD Drawings and the production. He was an original member of Corsair back in 20o6 when Paul shifted the business from the US to Vietnam and then again when Paul established Triac Composites in 2014.
In addition, Triac employs multiple qualified naval architects as well as working with international naval architects from the US and Thailand.