About 3A Composites Europe 3A Composites GmbH

About 3A Composites Europe

Welcome to 3A Composites Europe! Panels and sheets are at the very heart of our business, and we really have something for everyone: ranging from aluminium or plastic to paper

Our customers include architects, interior designers, shop fitters and exhibition stand builders, product designers and sign makers, but many of our products are also used in the industrial and transport sectors. We have split our different target groups into three market segments: Architecture, Display and Industry.

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Architecture

We have set ourselves the goal of, by 2035, manufacturing of all our products using carbon-neutral production, providing products which are 100% recyclable and offering solutions which leave a minimal ecological footprint. Our vision is to work as a team to design products and system solutions which make the world more beautiful, safer and more sustainable .

We would like customers to be inspired by our innovative products and applications, convinced by our quality and, at the same time, be a leading company within our industry in terms of sustainability.

Our fourteen European sites are part of the international 3A Composites group of companies, employing a workforce of approximately 4,600. This is an independent division of Schweiter Technologies AG.

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European locations

4250

Employees

Our Architecture division

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Over 50 years ago, our Architecture division carried out pioneer work and developed ALUCOBOND®, the world's best-known aluminium composite panel for façade applications. ALUCOBOND® for rear-ventilated façades unites energy-efficient construction, cost-effectiveness and architectural quality. The façade material is characterised by outstanding product properties such as precise flatness, a variety of surfaces and colours as well as excellent formability and recyclability.

The rear-ventilated construction system is suitable for all building types: large or small, for existing structures and new buildings, for roof constructions, corporate identity programmes and interior applications.

, Using our experience, we support and offer professional advice to architects, processors and investors about the design and creation of building envelopes. We are constantly enhancing our product range in response to current market trends. In marketing, we also move up with the times and are in the vanguard of digital tools and services.

History

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About 3A Composites Europe 3A Composites GmbH

1956

Airex AG founded in Sins Aargau by Lonza

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1969

Development of KAPA® and ALUCOBOND®

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1980

Development of FOREX®

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1990

alusuisse composites is founded

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1992

DIBOND® is launched in Singen

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1994

Plant expansion for the production of ALUCORE®

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2000

Alcan takes over Alusuisse

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2006

Development of SMART-X®

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2007

RioTinto acquires Alcan | HYLITE® is added to the product­portfolio

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2009

Schweiter Technologies takes over Alcan Composites

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2010

Alcan Composites becomes 3A Composites

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2012

3A Composites takes over Foamalite

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2015

3A Composites takes over Polycasa | DISPA® is added to the product­portfolio

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2017

3A Composites takes over Athlone Extrusions

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2019

3A Composites acquires Perspex International Ltd.

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