Svein Tore Holsether, President and CEO Sapa
Dave Humphries loves to turn visions into reality.
The 2009 global recession rocked business and economies around the world. But the North American truck trailer market is rebounding with verve: new trailer construction was up 109 percent in the first quarter of 2011 compared with the first quarter of 2010, and the outlook remains bright.
It is often said in the design world that form follows function. This includes material choice. The truism can also be applied to automotive design and to aluminium extrusions.
Konstantin Grcic’s Table B, an acclaimed success of Spanish Bd Barcelona Design, pushes the envelope in aluminium profiles combining function and beauty, solidity and lightness.
In 2008, Poland defeated Georgia in the final match of a world handball tournament. Although spectators wildly cheered the victorious home team, the real stars of the show were the Interplastic-Sapa goalposts.
"We don’t sell just products and components; we sell solutions,” emphasises Francesco Natale, commercial manager for Sapa’s market area Solar in Italy.
LED-lighting come as a welcome relief as much of the world is looking for ways to reduce energy. Aluminium extrusion plays a key role.
North American truck trailer market heats up
Design meets material expertise
Exciting future for Sapa
Table in aluminium wins design award
Sapa aims at new product