3A Composites Company presentation 1
Advanced Teams, Advanced Material Combinations and Advanced Solutions for Customers Motivated employees Dynamics Innovative drive Reliable quality Customer at the centre of our focus Best-inclass delivery service Continuous improvement Short decision paths Flat hierarchies 2
3A Composites worldwide production facilities and offices Loch Gowna Osnabrück Glasgow, KY Singen Benton, KY Changzhou Statesville, NC Manta High Point, NC Sins Altenrhein Neuhausen (R&D) Dubai Mumbai Pune Singapore Shanghai Guayaquil Quevedo 3
Our history More than 50 years of experience Development of Alusuisse Composites is founded Plant expansion for the production of Development of takes over Alcan Composites 3A Composites takes over 1969 Early 1990 1994 2006 2009 2012 1956 1980 1992 2000 2007 2010 Airex AG in Sins (CH) is established by Lonza Development of is launched in Singen takes over Alusuisse takes over Alcan is newly added to the product portfolio Alcan Composites becomes 4
Overview Schweiter Technologies Structural Composites 3A Composites Annual turnover: 500 Mio. Architecture & Display Europe Architecture & Display Asia Textile Machinery Annual turnover: 60 Mio. Architecture & Display Americas 5
The business idea a successful cycle for our customers 1. Select attractive market segments 4. Find and specify the most cost efficient raw materials 2. Identify and evaluate opportunities for segment specific sandwich offering 5. Use own, new manufacturing technologies 3. Design the most effective sandwich configuration 6. Offer broad range of segment specific specialities......1. Select attractive market segments...... 6
An intelligent and efficient material approach Different cover sheets Various core materials Different cover sheets Advantages: Low weight - high stiffness Perfect sheet flatness Excellent surface quality Thermal and acoustical insulation Easy formability 7
Business segment Architecture Façades Roofs Corporate Design 8
Business segments Display & Graphic Arts Shop design Exhibition design Signage, digital printing, photo mounting POS/POP 9
Business segment Transport & Industry Road Rail Marine Industrial applications 10
Our products Aluminium composite material ALUCOBOND The ideal building skin Colour and surface variety Lightweight and optimal formability Durable and extremely weather resistant Fireproof ALUCORE Optimal flatness Extremely high stiffness and low weight DIBOND Easy formability Ideal printability High quality and durable for interior and exterior applications HYLITE Thinnest composite material worldwide Polypropylene core Hinge-Effect Ideal solid sheet replacement 11
Our products Rigid and lightweight foam boards FOREX FOAMALITE SMART-X KAPA A-PET / PET-G High quality PVC board Optimal printability Ideal weather resistance Good structural properties Easy processing Extremely lightweight polystyrene board with high stiffness 100% recyclable Weather and UV resistant Ideal for digital printing and laser cutting High quality liners Easy processing High stiffness and dimensional stability Ideal flatness even for thin sheets Highly transparent polyester sheets Fire classification B1 Extremely impact resistant Good chemical resistance FDA approved 12
Lysholt Parken, Denmark, Architect: Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller A/S, ALUCOBOND spectra Architecture 13
Hotel Lindner Seepark, Austria Architect: trecolore, ALUCOBOND White 14
Office building Onix - Lille, France Architect: Dominique Perrault, ALUCOBOND natural 15
Marc Cain Headquarters - Bodelshausen, Germany Architect: Hank & Hirth, ALUCOBOND White 16 16
Bus terminal Poppenbüttel - Hamburg, Germany Architect: Blunck-Morgen, ALUCOBOND Pure White 10 17
COOP shopping centre Conthey, Switzerland Architect: archipôle Sàrl, ALUCOBOND spectra 18
Booth EuroShop 2011 Düsseldorf, Germany Display 19
Beauty salon - St. Petersburg, Russia DIBOND 20
Interior design - Stockholm, Sweden Andreas Hegert, DIBOND 21
Saal Digital Printing - Cologne, Germany KAPA tex frames 22
Booth Cookut, Maison & Objet 2012, Paris SMART-X 23
TRANSPORT & INDUSTRY 24
Fridolin catamaran, Lake of Constance ALUCORE 25
Interior design cruise liner Oasis of the Seas ALUCORE 26
Curana, Belgium HYLITE 27
Don Bur, Great Britain ALUCORE 28
Claas, Germany ALUCOBOND 29