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The Swiss company Seen AG, in collaboration with the Bavarian Association for the Protection of Birds (LBV) and other nature and bird protection organisations, has developed an innovative product for retrofitting glass windows and facades to prevent bird collisions.
The aluminium system house Wicona continues to drive forward the decarbonisation of its product range and has reached a new milestone for Hydro Circal 75R. The sustainable aluminium alloy made from recycled end-of-life aluminium now has a carbon footprint of just 1.9 kg CO2/kg aluminium - 70% less than the EU average. Here are the details.
The aluminium system suppliers Ponzio Polska and Alufest GmbH will present themselves under the new Procural brand from 2024. As part of the Laumann Group, which also includes Veka and Gealan, they want to continue their successful growth path and also work on internationalisation.
This new office building in Stuttgart, Germany, known as OWP 12 referring to its address, was created using the newest planning and building methods in accordance with the Cradle to Cradle principle and it shows what energy-plus architecture can do today thanks to the slimline, high performance facade with BIPV.
With Wicline 75 Industrial Design (ID), Wicona presents an aesthetic and sustainable alternative to steel windows. According to the developer, this new product is ideally suited for the renovation of historical buildings as well as for new construction projects in industrial design.
Saint-Gobain Glass and Hydro Buidling Systems are now joining forces to drive decarbonisation and support the construction industry in realising sustainable facades in the sense of a true circular economy with low-carbon glass and up to 100 per cent recycled aluminium profiles. Here are the details.
Wicona now offers aluminium profiles for facades, doors and windows that are made from 100% recycled end-of-life aluminium. This will also have an impact on building certification. Here are the details.
Facades in the aluminium/PVC material mix open up many possibilities. Reason enough for Foppe + Foppe and Veka to combine their know-how. Specifically, it is about the narrowest mullion-and-transom facade in Europe in combination with Veka AluConnect.
Hydro has signed an agreement to acquire Hueck, a supplier of aluminium window, door and facade systems and a supplier of extruded aluminium profiles. The company employs 500 people, has two extrusion presses and an integrated foundry, making it a good fit for Hydro's portfolio. Here are the details.
Under the name AWS Optimized, Schüco is presenting its standard aluminium system to architects and metal fabricators in a variant with even better U values – right up to passive house standard.
A typical feature of former industrial buildings are large window areas divided by glazing bars. Uniquin, the partition wall system from Dorma-Glas, now transfers this industrial look from the façade to the design of room partitions and doors made of glass.
Glasmetall Günter Temmel GmbH in Styria in the east of Austria offers a broad portfolio: Glass, metal and aluminium construction. To match this, they have recently invested in a proHD glass processing machine from Systron.
With the SGF30, Foppe + Foppe is currently offering what is probably the most filigree mullion-transom construction in aluminium. The width of the mullions and transoms of the facade construction is only 30 mm, allowing new aesthetics in glass construction.
Super Spacer warm edge spacers have been installed in two showcase projects whose main materials - aluminium versus conventional concrete - could hardly be more different. But read here what both projects also have in common:
Award-winning low-E glass, a smart locking sensor, a new extruding line in the Balkans and a look behind the scenes at Wicona. Here are our top stories of the week:
GW News recently spoke to Dr Werner Jager, who as Managing Director at Wicona is in charge of the technology segment. Among other things, we wanted to know from him how the market accepts the Hydro Circal 75R, a sustainable aluminium alloy made from recycled aluminium. He also provides information on the role 3D printing of facade nodes plays in the realisation of free-form facades and, last but not least, what Wicona earns its money with.
Rollplast was founded in 2000 by Svetlin Nikolchev with the goal of producing and installing indoor and outdoor blinds. Since then, the Bulgarian company has been looking at constant growth, especially in PVC windows.
A mullion-transom facade consists of load-bearing profiles and is based on a construction principle that provides for the installation of all individual components on site. In practice, however, a certain degree of prefabrication is common.
The installation of particularly wide glass facades presents many challenges. To optimally adapt its product to the building structure, Solarlux has developed a new adjustable profile for its folding glass wall.
Floor to ceiling or around a corner, the glass surfaces on buildings are getting ever larger. This also applies to folding-sliding systems. Here you can find out why it makes sense to define the technical requirements before considering the design.
Gutmann Bausysteme and tool manufacturer Zuani TWT have jointly developed a new wood-aluminium window. With a 68x68mm wood cross-section, a complete window can now be built - even with an RC2 rating.
The new Siegenia repair set for aluminum windows makes fixing defective windows simple, inexpensive and efficient. Here we explain how that works.
Hörmann is introducing a new front door made of a combination of aluminium and stainless steel. The ThermoPlan Hybrid is characterised by the flush-fitting door panel and frame on both sides as well as its extreme robustness and weather resistance.
