Impressive interest in aluminium solutions

Aluminium 2014 in Düsseldorf attracted a record number of visitors, and so did Sapa. “International interest in our aluminium solutions is growing,” says Svein Tore Holsether.

Sapa brought a local feel to its international presence at the aluminium trade fair Aluminium 2014, with sales and technical staff representing more than a dozen nationalities meeting visitors at the company’s stand. Corporate management was also on hand to participate in customer meetings, including Holsether, Sapa’s President & CEO.

The theme of the stand was Global profile, local vision.

Impressive interest in aluminium solutions Aluminium 2014 drew some 24,300 visitors over the course of the three-day event. This was 13 percent more than the 2012 exhibition. And Sapa enjoyed its share of the growth. “We had both quantity and quality,” says Jacques Podszun, who heads the commercial department for Sapa’s extrusion activities in Europe.

“This was our first showing as the new Sapa at the Aluminium exhibition, and there was a healthy curiosity from our visitors regarding our new footprint in Europe. They also brought one common passion, which is our great material, aluminium.”

Innovation award
Four winners of the European Aluminium Award 2014 were announced in Düsseldorf. The winner in the “Lighting & Interior” category was the One Space Luminous Ceiling by Philips.

The aluminium components were extruded by Sapa’s extrusion plant in Trzcianka, Poland.

In addition, two other products with components from Sapa received honorable mention in the awards ceremony, the Freedom Radiator by Jaga and the Motion Compensated Helideck by Bayards.