Sapa Group - Shape Magazine # 2 - Aluminium / aluminum

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A magazine from the Sapa Group # 2 2007

PROFILES GIVE

GYROCOPTER A LIFT

EXTRUDED LAMPPOSTSSAVE LIVES

THE SPANISH MAESTROOF SMALL PROFILES

Shape

BRILLIANTSOLAR PANELS ARE A GROwING MARkET FOR SAPA

ENERGY SOURCE12PAGE


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Genesis shws the way

CONTENTS

The sun an inexhaustible energy supplyGerman slar panel manufacturer Cnergy buy large numbers f aluminium prfiles frm Sap

2 SHAPE # 2 2007

Sapa is an international business group that deve-

lops, manufactures and markets value-added alu-

minium profiles, profile-based components and sys-

tems and heat exchanger strips in aluminium. Sapa

has annual sales of approximately EUR 3.8 billion

and roughly 15,000 employees in companies throug-

hout Europe, and in the United States and China.

Shape is the Sapa Groups customer magazine, and

is issued twice annually in 14 languages. Shape is

also available at www.sapagroup.com.

Editor-in-Chief: Eva Ekselius

Editors: Anna-Lena Ahlberg Jansen, Mats Lundstrm

Graphic design: Karin Lwencrantz

Production: OTW Publishing

Printing: Fagerblads, Vsters, Sweden

Cover photo: Adam Lubroth

Changes of address: Customers should inform

their contact person at Sapa, employees their

salary department and others the Communicatio

Department on +46 (0)8 459 59 00.

We shape the future

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My first fe months ith Sapa have beendominated by the fusion of Sapas andAlcoas aluminium profile operations. That

or is still in progress, and no ne challenges lieahead. One of them is the continuing commitment toour Genesis business system, hich is based on theToyota Production System.

Although most Sapa employees have receivedtraining in the system, e are still not quite heree ant to be. The goal is that Genesis should bea central element of all our operations and colourSapas corporate culture. The business system

should not just be regarded as a tool, but as acomplete solution for improving the efficiency ofour oring routines. By decentralising tass suchas planning, co-ordination and implementation,Genesis lays the foundation for a more efficient andlogical ay of oring that ill mae our organisa-tion better and more effective.

But the benefits of Genesis are not just limited toSapas on production chain. It is also about ma-ing improvements for our customers. A better andmore effective organisation leads to reduced costs,hich in turn creates benefits for Sapas customers.This is the goal of the or e call Customer ValueManagement.

Sapa faces other challenges hen it comesto the environment, health and safety. Our goal isclear: No employee should be injured at or. weare planning a series of measures to improve thesituation. we ill achieve our goal through regulartraining initiatives, specially appointed safety repre-sentatives at each plant and regular safety inspec-

tions. The safest oringmethods are also the mostefficient; Im convincedof that.

Ole Enger,

President and CEO

Indecasa in Spain designs minimalist furniturewith aluminium prfile frames.

Small prfiles are made ery accurately atSapa Prfiles La Sela plant in Spain.

2Swedish industrial brushes clear snwfrm runways with the help f Sapa.

1Lamppsts made frm aluminium prfilescrumple in cllisins, saing lies.

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BRIEF NOTICES

In the face of stiff competition, Sapa Building System in Germanyrecently on an order for 600 fireproof doors for a ne officebuilding in Munich.

The order is one of our biggest ever, says sales and maretingmanager Udo Bchel. It mars a breathrough for Sapa into the

German maret for fireproofproducts, hich has gronrapidly since the fire at

Dsseldorf Airport in2004. Since then agroing number of pub-lic buildings have beendesigned ith fireproofpartitions, and emer-gency exit routes havebeen improved.

Sapa has been offer-

ing fireproof productssince 2005. They are

thoroughly tested and able tomeet very strict requirements.

The Secur II door is madefrom 75-millimetre anodised or

painted aluminium profiles and732 mill imetre-thic glass. It has

no filling, but can still resist extreme-ly high temperatures exceeding

800 C for around 30 minutes.

Fireproof breakthrough

Prismaflex in Staffanstorp maes billboards for outdoor advertising, and Sapamaes the profiles for these billboards, hich can be seen all over the orld in avariety of designs and sizes.

Together, the to companies have no developed an entirely ne illuminatedframe or haloframe in record time.

we ere given the tas by JC Decaux at the end of June, explains AndersJanson, product developer at Prismaflex. we ored ith Sapa all through thesummer to get everything finished by the start of October, hen eleven big bill-boards in London ere fitted ith haloframes. The billboards have internal light-ing, and these frames enhance the impact by matching the lighting to the colourof the image; you can add blue lighting to a blue image and so on.

Sapa created four totally ne profiles for the billboards, hich measure10 x 5 metres. The hole project too just 10 ees from start to finish, despitethe summer holidays.

It as a really enjoyable job, and a challenge to get everything done in such ashort time. we ould never have managed it ithout Sapa and JC Decaux, saysAnders Janson.

Clear benefits

Perfectly framed billbards P H O

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D A N I E L C R o Y D o N

Emhart Glass in Sundsvall is a multi-national company that develops andmanufactures machines for maingglass, and is the only company of its

type in Seden.This advanced machinery is designed

to run 24 hours a day in full production,and a single machine can produceseveral hundred bottles per minute. Tomeet these demands, every componentof the machine has to satisfy exception-ally high standards of quality.

An extruded hollo aluminium profileis used to build the conveyor that carriesbottles from the machine. Cooling airand compressed air for the valves arefed through the hollo profile.

This eliminates a great deal of or

in manufacturing, such as piping andelding. And of course the neaterfinish is an added bonus, says RuneBergman from Emhart Glass.

Almost the entire output of thecompanys glass pacaging machinesis exported. The machines are built inSundsvall and tailored to the custom-ers needs. The components of themachines are manufactured in rebroor sourced from a variety of suppliers, ofhich Sapa is one.

Sapa are good at meeting ourneeds and ishes. we have a goodpartnership hen it comes to producingaluminium profiles that are optimised tosuit our customers requirements, saysRune Bergman.


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VINJETT

Cllabratin with custmers must be further impred under thenew Sapa Prfiles. The cmpany is therefre inesting in mre

expertise and mre research and deelpment.our gal is t becme een better at finding the best slutins in

partnership with ur custmers, says ole Enger, President and CEo.

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TExT CARL HJE

PHOTO DANILo SCHIAvE

SHAPING THENEW SAPA

Ole Enger.


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Jack Miller,

Business Area President

North America.

Reply: Our success in

North America ill be

determined by ho ell

e meet the needs of

our customers. To help us get closer to

them, e have returned to a more decen-

tralised structure, ith sales, manufactur-ing, and administration oring together

to drive the business forard.

Arne Rengstedt,

Business Area

President Central

Europe (Germany,

Hungary, Poland,

Romania, and Slovaia).

Reply: we ill have

the most extensive

offering to the German maret, and e ill

develop more products to introduce there.

Our position in the 10 ne European

Union countries ill be the strongest. we

ill have a strong base to develop busi-

ness in this fast-groing area.

Paul Warton,


North Europe (Belgium,

United kingdom,

Netherlands, Sedenand Denmar). He also

heads the key Account

Management and the

Business Segment organisation.

Reply: I ant to ensure that our teams

increase their focus on the Health & Safety

of our people during this significant change

process.

Tor Gule,

Business Area

President South

Europe (Portugal,

Spain, France and Italy).Reply: we ill

continue to develop

our relationships ith

customers through innovative design, sup-

port and partnerships. Our ability to supply

pacages and help improve customer

productivity are main priorities. The Sapa

brand shall be associated ith excellence

in quality and service.

FIVE SAPA MANAGERS RESPOND

Sapa Prfiles newrganisatin is diidedint regins with fienew Business Area

Presidents.We asked themwhere their fcus liesin the future:

Torbjrn Sternsj,


Asia.

Reply: In Asia e have

to focus on groth, as

Sapa Profiles is still a

very small player there.

we intend to establish ourselves in this

enormous maret by actively seeing

out and taing advantage of all availableopportunities. This is the only ay e ill

become a truly global company and reap

the benefits that follo.


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WHEN SMALL

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INSIGHT: SPAIN

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Small products high precision

One of La Selvas customers orderslarge volumes of aluminium pipes forthe manufacture of cooling systems forartificial ice rins.

Its actually a very simple design,

but the tolerance on the diameter aonly a tenth of a millimetre. Only LaSelva succeeded in getting the per-centage of rejected pipes to remainbelo the stipulated percentage.

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PHOTO DAvID LE

The day we startmeasuring oursuccess in metresinstead of tons wereamong the giants

Francesc Clos.


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If all the police cars in Seden sitched to our green blue emergencylights it ould cut fuel costs by up to EUR 2 million each year, says Anders

wiqvist, CEO of Standby AB, hich manufactures alarm and arningequipment for emergency vehicles and oring vehicles.

The secret behind the saving lies in aerodynamics and ne technology.The lo-energy emergency lights ith six specially made aluminium

profiles from Sapa, light fittings and plastic covers have been redesignedith a ne aerodynamic shape. Compared to previous models, the airresistance is reduced by a full 75 per cent.

The light units have been tested in a ind tunnel in Stuttgart, sotheir performance has been verified. The reduced air resistance is goodfor the environment and gives loer fuel consumption, as ell as lessnoise inside the car. The standard bulbs have been replaced ith lo-energy LEDs.

The LEDs are mounted on an aluminium substrate. This is ne

technology that e are the first to use, andit carries aay surplus heat so that the LEDs

can be poered to produce more light, saysAnders wiqvist.

we ill be doing climate testing this inter andexpect to start supplying the ne emergencylights in spring 2008.

Fire can often spread rapidly on a bus, and thereis little time to escape. Under Sedish fire regu-lations all buses eighing over 10 tonnes musttherefore be fitted ith a permanent extinguisher.

A fe years ago the Sedish company DafoBrand developed an aluminium fire extinguishercontainer for heavy vehicles such as buses,trucs and forestry machines, in collaborationith Sapa.

In contrast to normal handheld fire extinguish-ers, the container, hich is filled ith a liquidextinguisher medium, can be laid flat. It taes uplittle space and is easy to service and install. Thelarge aluminium profile for the container ascomplex and has to meet strict dimensionalrequirements.

Sapa contacted us and said they ould lieto develop it, says kaj Dahlstrm, technicaldesigner ith Dafo Brand. we ored very elltogether and it has resulted in a simpler internalprofile and an outer profile that just clips in place.

Eliminatingbus fires

To reduce noise levels along motorays the Danish

company Mileide maes acoustic screens fromaluminium and acrylic glass, a combination that isboth effective and good-looing.

The screens are assembled on site, and theoriginal version consisted of several aluminiumprofiles that ere joined using numerous bolts. Thisas time-consuming and expensive, so a year agoMileide and Sapa began a development project.

weve no found a solution that everyone ishappy ith, says Gustav Lundvist, an engineer

ith Sapa. It consists of one large and one small

profile that are clipped together. No special toolsare needed for assembly, just a standard rubbermallet.

The customer saves the cost of drilling andthreading, assembly is much quicer and the install-ers get a better oring environment.

The ne design as used for the first time alonga motoray in Herning. Over a 600-metre stretch iteliminated 20,000 bolts. Thats a really big improve-ment, says Ole Refshauge from Mileide.

Reducing noisewith glass and aluminium

Greener blue lights

The aluminium substrate is a type of circuit board

that uses an aluminium sheet with several layers of

insulation and conducting tracks for electronics.

BRIEF NOTICES


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The hinged designals simplifiesmaintenance.

Hinged lamppstsmean safer rads

ON THE ROAD

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The New Museum n the Bwery, Lwer Manhattan is ne f thisyears mst talked about buildings. Designed by the Japanesearchitect du SANAA, the Museum marks the start f a majrregeneratin f the whle district. The facade is cnstructed using

Sapas decr prfiles.

The Ne Museum is the first art museumthat has been built from scratch in LoerManhattan in Ne Yor.

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CubicART

This is a building

that you can showyour children andgrandchildren andfeel proud of


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CUTTING EDGE

Schcos installation

at a solar farm in

Corral de Almaguer

(Toledo - Spain).


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It is difficult t imagine a cmpany mre in tune with thetimes than Cnergy. This fast-grwing cmpany is inledin renewable energy and is a global leader in seeralareas. Cnergy has becme ne f the mst imprtant

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SUNNY

OUTLOOK


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Production of solar panels is fully automated at the ne plant in Franfurt an der Oder.

Solar energy in brief

In just four hours, the earthreceives as much solar energy asthe hole of manind consumesduring a full year. But consider-able expertise and research arerequired to convert the suns raysinto usable energy.

A solar collector consists of lined parallelpipes filled ith a circulating glycol mixture

that is armed by the suns rays. The assembly sin an insulated box covered ith a sheet of glassOne problem ith solar collectors is that it is dif-ficult to store surplus energy during the armesttime of the year.

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TExT MATS LUNDSTR

Niklaus Krane, senirexecutie fr Cnergy,beliees that slarpanel arrays in areassuch as Nrth Africaculd supply Eurpewith much f its elec-tricity needs.


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CUTTING EDGE

sunshine storyA SPANISH

The most important application for solarenergy is electricity generation. when silicon

is exposed to light it reacts by generating a cur-rent. A single photocell produces a relatively lovoltage, so solar cells are usually lined in series tocreate larger solar panels.

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BRIEF NOTICES

Aluminium scaffoldgains groundBecause eight is an important factor hen erecting scaf-folding, more and more customers are choosing lighteightaluminium scaffolding, reports wilhelm Layher, a Germancompany that is Europes leading manufacturer of scaffold-ing systems.The companys product range includes the traditional, mod-ular scaffolding that is versatile and quic to erect, framescaffolding for fast and easy facade erection, as ell as lad-ders, mobile scaffolding, stages and platforms.wilhelm Layher aims to mae scaffolding components thatare as light as possible ithout compromising on stability.For many years the company has therefore used aluminiumprofiles from Sapa, hich are pressed, cut, punched, rivetedand elded at its plant in Eibensbach.

Enjying the spaexperience at hme

10,000times cleaner airDemand for mobile smoing cubicles is groing rapidlyas smoing restrictions are introduced around the orld.The cubicles capture tobacco smoe effectively and mean thatsmoers are no longer banished to dreary smoing rooms.

The smoing cubicles made by Sedish company Smoe

Free Systems have frames built from aluminium profiles. Variousfilters in the alls remove particles and gases from the air, ma-ing it 10,000 times cleaner than air elsehere in the room.

A ne series of cubicles has no been developed for theFrench maret, in partnership ith Sapa.

we recommend open or semi-open cubicles, but underFrench la they have to be closed. No that our ne mod-els the SF 6000 and smaller SF 4000 are complete,e can see that theyve made a big difference, says BoDol-Petersson, project manager at Smoe Free Systems.

Sapa as closely involved in the development or,hich too very little time. The SF 6000 ent from setchto prototype in just four months and is no being manufac-tured by Sapa.

This demonstrates Sapas strength. You can get alu-minium profiles anyhere, but not in combination ith devel-opment, prototype building, specification and consultancy,says Bo Dol-Petersson.

The ne Felicity steam shoer from sauna man-ufacturer Tyl gives consumers the chance toenjoy the spa experience at home. The shoeris the result of close collaboration on develop-ment beteen Tyl and Sapa.

Felicity taes up no more space than a sho-er enclosure and comes in three versions. Eachhas a steam generator, thermostatic mixer, handshoer, ceiling ith shoer head, control panel,seat and shoer tray.

The more exclusive models feature massagenozzles, rain function, built-in lighting and cascade.

The supporting structure is made from anodisedaluminium ith alls and doors of toughened safetyglass. Plumbing and electronics are concealed behindthe aluminium profiles. The design places very strictdemands on dimensional tolerances and finish. Sapahas ored closely ith Tyl for many years andPatri karlsson from Technical Service as involvedthroughout the development process.

we ere able to bounce ideas off each otherand our partnership ored ell financially, as ellas speeding up the project, says Jan Bjrnhag,product manager for Tyl.

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The Pearl is ne f the wrlds mst extrardinary cnstructin prjects. A 400-hectareman-made island that will pride luxury accmmdatin, fie-star htels, marinas and luxuryshpping. Sapa is supplying the building system fr tw f the first twers being built.

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The Pearl in brief

400-hectare man-made island located20 m north of Qatars capital Doha.

40-kilometre coastline of hich half illbe beaches.

11,000 luury villas are being built and theisland ill have 40,000 residents.

700 marina berths and three five-star hotels.

15,000 square metres of luxury retailspace are under construction.

The Pearl of Qatar ismodelled on the Frenchand Italian Riviera.

THE PEARL f Qatar


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The Barcino chair as selected bythe design magazine MD as one ofthe 200 Best Products of the Century.

Furniture frm Indecasa can be described as minimalist, stylistically pure, futuristic and,not least, comfortable. The Spanish cmpany has been making aluminium furniture frseeral decades, smetimes cmbined with ther materials, but always with winning designs.

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TExT JESSICA JoHANSSoN

PHOTOS INDECASA

TRIAL

The minimalist Trial chair, ith its alumin-ium feet and base, and its blac leatherseat, featured in the film The Matrix.

OYYO

OYYOThe Dutch industrial designer NicoSmeen created the Oyyo chair.

The technical process of creat-ing the chair as complicated. Butonce the prototype as finished the frame in aluminium and theseat in rigid plastic ith cutoutholes it as very easy to pro-duce.

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Clearing snw effectiely is critical for safety at many airprts.Lycksele Airprt uses a unique system frm Senska Industribrstarthat was deelped in clse cllabratin with Sapa.

Its ery simple and easy t use, says airprt wrker RuneHedman.

SAFE LANDINGS WHATEvER THE WEATHER

WHAT A TA


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It can be more often when were developing newproducts. I believe that collaboration of this type isbest for both partners. For us at Sapa it is importantthat the product we develop gives the best perform-ance for our customers. We work hard to improveour products continuously, and to come up withideas and suggestions, he says.

TExT CARL HJELM

PHOTO SAMUEL ARNFJELL

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them easy toreplace.

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Lycsele Airport.

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TExT JESPER ELM LARS

PHOTO MAGNUS GLA

When Danish cmpany BANG & oLUFSEN needed prfiles

fr a new stre presentatin stand they cntacted Sapa.The result was nt just a stand that was discreet and easyto use, but als the start f a deeper cllabratin.

Focus Wall in brief

The presentation stand consists of a sheetof MDF that provides a mounting surface,an aluminium frame made from profiles andhorizontal profiles for shelves. The horizontalprofiles are threaded internally so that they caneasily be attached to the MDF sheet usingspecially developed heavy-duty scres.

The Focus wall comes in to sizes: 120 and180 centimetres ide. A silicone strip maesit easy to attach textile banners to the aluminiumframe.

ON THE WALLFoCUSING


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PROFILE

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IN THE HANDS oF

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TExT JESSICA JoHANSSoN

DAVID MARSHALL

Daid Marshall wrks in Spain, but his artals sells in the Nrdic regin, Ireland andSaudi Arabia.


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