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Investing in China – demand is growing

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:29:36 GMT

With a population of 1.3 billion, China is the biggest aluminium market in the world.

Chinese collaboration

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:29:18 GMT

It’s full steam ahead for Sapa Chalco Aluminium Products, Sapa’s joint venture in China.

Honorary citizen

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:29:08 GMT

Torbjörn Sternsjö got stuck in China. Three years became 13 and recently he was awarded.

Let the sunshine in

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:32:43 GMT

The new roof being built on BC Place in Vancouver looks astonishing and will bring a new record to Canada.

New framing solutions

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:32:35 GMT

Sapa was chosen by Twinfix to assist with the development of profiles used with the new panels in vertical glazing applications.

Less fuel, more load

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:32:26 GMT

Aircraft manufacturers and engine designers are not the only ones who strive to shave weight at the design stage.

Easy bicycle parking

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:30:21 GMT

"The challenge for me – as a designer – was to create a bike parking system that would look like a consumer product.” says Feiko Withagen, senior designer at Dutch manufacturer VelopA.

Bright light for a green sector

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:31:12 GMT

Fionia Lighting is set to achieve a technological shift in the horticulture industry.

Winds of change

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:31:23 GMT

As an emerging technology, wind power offers many opportunities for product innovation.

Energizing Oregon

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:30:45 GMT

It feeds clean, solar energy into the electricity grid and offsets over one-third of the energy needed for highway illumination on site – America’s first solar highway project is well underway in Oregon.

Zero-emission street lighting

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:32:17 GMT

Danish-based Scotia designs and supplies solar streetlight systems that generate renewable energy and helps cities achieve the environmental goal of zero-emission street lighting.

Maximal success

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:32:08 GMT

Maximal Compact is the name of a window that has been a real sales success for Swedish window-maker Maximal Aluminiumfönster.

Focus on safe roads

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:32:00 GMT

Soft and forgiving but as strong as steel. Norwegian manufacturer Lattix developes and produces lightweight trussed aluminium masts.

Sustainability: not an option anymore

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:31:38 GMT

Policies of social and environmental responsibility are here to stay. Sapa is intertwining its sustainability practices with suppliers and customers.

Greener than green

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:31:30 GMT

When it comes to “green” certification, there are no bad products, just bad design, say the creators of the world’s leading cradle-to-cradle certification program.

Building up Angola

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:30:10 GMT

After nearly three decades of civil war, Angola is rising from the ashes. Sapa takes part in the renewal.

A cultivating environment

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:30:00 GMT

Solardome Industries is the market leader of glass and aluminium geodesic domes in the United Kingdom.

Seamless surveillance

Thu, 31 May 2012 12:52:16 GMT

Geutebrück is a renowned manufacturer of high-end video security systems. Its signature is the seamless integration of existing systems with advanced digital technologies together with an outstanding man-machine interface.

Putting a shine on science

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:31:45 GMT

Inspiria Science Center in Sarpsborg, Norway is hard to miss, with its stunning glass and aluminium exterior.

Let there be light

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:29:49 GMT

The Spira arts centre in Jönköping, a massive music and theatre complex that was opened in November 2011, has already become a local landmark.

Bennington rolls with the time

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:30:37 GMT

In the mid-1960s, Michael Mart, founder of Bennington Carriages, designed his first carriage for safe driving of the family’s new ponies.

Advantage Cressona

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:33:02 GMT

A fully automated ctl (cut to length) work station entered service this year in Sapa’s Cressona Plant in Pennsylvania, USA.

Safer ground work with aluminium shields

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:32:55 GMT

Australian Lite Industries entered the uk construction market offering its lightweight modular systems for ground worker protection.

A showcase for art and design

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:30:28 GMT

When renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano was commissioned to design Vandalorum, an international art and design centre in southern Sweden, he took to the sky by helicopter for a bird’s eye view of the region.

Cool solution for heat sinks

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:31:05 GMT

Sapa Profiles Shanghai has developed a new heat sink solution with heat pipes that will increase thermal efficiency even further.

Shining reliability

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:30:57 GMT

Juwi’s solar plants around the world will have panels fitted on aluminium mountings built from Sapa profiles.

Shaping the future in Asia

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:27:01 GMT