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BRIGHT MARKET

FOR SOLAR POWER

SAPA THERMAL MANAGEMENT

GAINS FOOTHOLD IN INDIA

BOLZANO SET TO LEAD

WITH CUSTOM SOLUTIONS

SAPA BUILDS HOMES

IN WAKE OF DISASTER

10PAGE

THE DESIGNERS

FAVOURITEWHY SPANISH FURNITUREDESIGNERS CHOOSE ALUMINIUM

A magazine from the Sapa Group # 2 2010

Shape


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Aluminium is replacing wood as part ofa clear trend in the Spanish furnitureindustry. Intra and Andreu World are twofurniture makers who are leading theway. The key adantages are finish, er-satility and low enironmental impact.

India has one of the fastest growingeconomies in the world. HemanthPrasad at Sapa Thermal Managementsays that Sapa has a unique appeal tothe Indian market. We hae the exper-

tise and the technology to go from ideato finished product under one roof.

Sapa in Trzcianka is the first plant inthe industry to use electromagneticpulse technology, which enables steeland aluminium profiles to be joined in acompletely new way.

When a facelift was needed at theSloak Uniersity of Technology thechosen supplier was Sapa BuildingSystems. The technical solution, price

and ability to delier were decidingfactors.

Rugby and football hae been played atLansdowne Road in Dublin since 1872.

This year the totally redeeloped AiaStadium was opened. Sapa Profiles inBelgium supplied the aluminium profilesfor the exterior.

Shaping the future

In the past few years, Sapas overall strategy has been tomove towards solutions. We are increasingly providingour customers with added value in terms of innovation,

design, fabrication, support and service. Throughout theglobal market downturn in 2008/2009 we strengthenedour R&D and sales resources to ensure that our focus onsolutions remained strong. Now that the markets are show-ing an upturn, we are glad to see that this investment ispaying off.

Sapa is gaining market shares in Europe and NorthAmerica, and the fact that more and more customers

choose Sapa reassures us that we have chosen the rightpath. Our efforts to serve our customers with innovativesolutions were recognised in May when Sapa Heat Transferreceived an award from the Japanese Denso Corporationfor our contribution to Densos global business develop-ment and cooperation across multiple regions.

To be able to serve our global and international custom-ers even more effectively, Sapa is looking to expand its geo-graphical footprint. In 2009 we acquired Indalex, which isnow fully integrated into Sapa Profiles North America. Withthis acquisition, Sapa has become the leading extrusioncompany in the region.

The next step in our expansion strategy is to grow inAsia and the Middle East. In September, we finalised the

acquisition of a majority of the shares in the Vietnameseextrusion company Vijalco. Another important step is theMemorandum of Understanding to form a joint venture withChinalco, the largest aluminium company in China, to setup production to serve the rapidly growing rolling stockmarket in China. We are also establishing a fabrication unitin India, an exciting market where Sapa Building Systems

has established a strong sales organisation. Expansion ofour established operations in China is underway,

and in September we held the formalinauguration of the new hot and cold

rolling plant at Sapa Heat TransferShanghai.

These new landmarks are only

the beginning of Sapas expansionand our journey towards solutionscontinues!

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24Sapa is an international industri-

al group that develops, manufac-

tures and markets value-added

aluminium profiles, profile-based

components and systems, and

heat exchanger strips in alu-

minium. Sapa has annual sales

of approximately SEK 25 billion

and around 13,000 employees in

companies throughout Europe,

and in North America, Central

America and China. Shape is the

Sapa Groups customer maga-

zine, and is issued twice annually

in 14 languages. Shape is also

available at www.sapagroup.com

Editor-in-chief: Ea EkseliusEditor: Carl HjelmGraphic design: Markus KobaProduction: OTWCommunicationPrinting: Strokirk-Landstrms,Lidkping, SwedenChanges of address:

Customers should inform theircontact person at Sapa, employ-ees their salary department andothers the CommunicationsDepartments on+46 (0) 8 459 59 00.

CONTENTS #2

BRIGHT MARKET

FOR SOLAR POWER

SAPA THERMAL MANAGEMENT

GAINS FOOTHOLD IN INDIA

BOLZANO SET TO LEAD

WITH CUSTOM SOLUTIONS

SAPA BUILDS HOMES

IN WAKE OF DISASTER

Shape

10PAGE

THE DESIGNERS

FAVOURITEWHY SPANISH FURNITURE

DESIGNERS CHOOSE ALUMINIUM

Amagazinef romtheSapaGroup#2 2010

Sapas expansion

continues

Tm Stus,Pesdet ad CEO Sapa


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TExTHENRIK EMILSON

When Metro Oslo placed an order for ten subwaytrains it not only meant an extension to Sapaslongest-running contract. It also meant deelopingew, eco-edy tas in which 94.7 percentof materials can be recycled.

ECO-FRIENDLYTRAINS

for Oslo subway

CUTTING EDGE


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Growing market forenergy source of the future

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The solar energy market is growing rapidly in many parts of theworld. As the market is maturing, aluminium is increasingly beingused in solutions that harness the energy of the sun. For Sapa,

this trend proides aluable opportunities to supply profiles for useas framing and installation systems.

INSIGHT: SOLAR ENERGY

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Jnn Mnk.TExT THOMAS STBERG

Christmas Valley is home to the largest solar

power arrays in the US state of Oregon. Sun

Storage now uses aluminium profiles from Sapa

instead of steel for erecting its solar panels.

Power-One is a leading manufacturer

of inverters that are used in capturing

solar power. Sapa supplies heat

exchanger profiles for the companys

inverters.

The team atSapa quicklygive us valuablefeedback andcostings for newprototypes.


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BRIEF NOTICES

Listening to customers and recognising early signs of change in demand can often lead

to success. SweTherm, a Swedish manufacturer of district heating substations, is a

good example.

The companys sliding door enclosures for district heating substations, which use alumin-

ium in an innovative design that is both practical and stylish, are winning the hearts of home-

owners. Sapa has assisted with the product development process right from the start.

When homeowners invest good money in attractive, high-tech equipment for their utility

rooms they dont want to spoil the impression with a heating system that looks as if it stepped

out of the fifties, says Hans Strng, CEO of SweTherm, who also came up with the idea for

the new product. SweTherms new sliding door cabinet has consigned sheet metal doors

and panels to history and can even be used for district heating substations supplied by their

competitors.

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Did you know that roughly eight percent ofthe Earths crust is made up of aluminiumin the form of various minerals?

An ingenious

sp oSteffen W. Loth, the founder of Empreson, a German manufactu-

rer in the field of textile architecture, will not let a good idea fade

away. His newest product, the vertical banner display Vertikise, wasborn one sunny but windy day. His girlfriend jokingly asked him to

design a mobile wind shield. This was the birth of the patent pending

Vertikise, a modular construction with aluminium feet and up to 11

square metres roll-up textile display that can be used as:

Ean all round, scalable display system

Ea queuing stand with a great advertising surface

Ea view and wind shield solution for the restaurant and event branches

Eand, above all, a completely new urban advertising tool.

Empreson set the highest demands of quality, functionality and

design for this new product. And aluminium was a given choice not only

for its low weight and resistance to corrosion, but also for the excel-

lent surface finish and the flexibility in design. Sapa contributed with its

expertise throughout the product development process.

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Sapa assisted in

the development

of SweTherms

sliding door cabine

for district heating

substations right

from the start.

You must have seen them, the two Olympic flags waving high at the BC

Place Stadium in Vancouver during the opening ceremony of the last

Winter Games. The five-ringed flag fluttered proud and joyfully even in the

total absence of wind.

The 15-metre-long poles were provided by Sapa and they were fittedwith several exhaust holes at the top and were mounted on a fan to keep

the Olympic flag fluttering gracefully. The two Olympic poles were speci-

ally manufactured at the plant of Sapa Pole Products in the Netherlands

for Harrison Flagpoles in the UK.

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Poes ocusat the Olympics

Customer-led oato


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TODAYS TECHNOLOGY

ALUmINIUmfor cleaner cars

A new report shows that aluminium is the most eecte meta for reducing

the enironmental impact of cars. In comparison with steel, for example,aluminium can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent.

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Zln Pny.TExT HENRIK EMILSON

Every kilo of aluminium saves20 kilos of carbon dioxide emissions

over the lifetime of a vehicle.


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SUSTAINAbLE

STEPSBeing a good corporate citizen and running asustaaebusiness hae become ceasy mpotat for

progressie companies, and Sapa s o ecepto.

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TExT CARI SIMM

INSIGHT: SUSTAINABILITY

We want to have a businessthat is going in the rightdirection, with a sustainableapproach in all that we do.MAlin SPngbErg, EnvirOnMEnTAl MAnAgEr, SAPA HEAT TrAnSfEr.


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Find out more about Sapa Heat Transfers CSR actiities in the Sustainability Report.# 2 2010 SHAPE 9


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SPOTLIGHTON FORM AND

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Aluminium is constantly finding new applications.A clear trend can be seen in the Spanish furniture industry asdesigners are discoering the benefits of the metal and using itto replace wood. Sapa welcomes this deelopment and belieesthe industry has great potential.

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DESIGN

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TExT THOMAS STBERG

Low weight and high strengthmake aluminium an excellent

choice of material for chairs,sofas, tables and beds.

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Aluiniu is constantlygaining new ground

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In Spain, aluminium has traditionally been regarded as a coldmaterial, which because of its ability to withstand harsh weatherand oxidation is best suited to outdoor use. A change in attitudeis currently taking place in the furniture industry, howeer.

Classic is one of the

many furniture collectio

in the Intra catalogue t

are based on aluminium

components.

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DESIGN


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For Andreu World the attractionof aluminium is the freedom of

design and finish it offers. But theenironment is also a key aspectwhen choosing materials.

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of tables from

furniture maker

Andreu World has

gained widespread

international

penetration thanks

to the variety of sizes

and heights.

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Hot arketfor heat exchangersolutions

India is one of the astest ow economies in the world anthe potential for a company such as Sapa is massie. HemantPrasad at Sapa Thema Maaemet says that Sapas globa

presence and comprehensie offer are unique in India

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PROFILE

Hemanth Prasad

bo: 1980 in Mysore, the cultural capital ofthe state of Karnataka.

famy: Lives with his wife and parents.Caee: Past two years with Hidalco, Indiaslargest aluminium manufacturer. Prior to that

for an American manufacturer of lifts and

escalators.

lesue: My two main interests are walkingin the jungle and taking photographs,

especially of wild animals.


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ESapa Thermal Managements aim is to offer

its customers cost-effective solutions that

enhance its customers end products.

ESapa Thermal Management does this by

understanding its customers processes and

tailoring solutions to suit customer needs.

ESapa Thermal Managements product range

includes heat sinks, liquid cooling devices and

enclosure components based on extruded

aluminium profiles.

About Sapa Thermal Management

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TExT DAG ENANDER


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With 22 out of its 36 kilometres running through tunnels, the Supersur (Super South) motorway will

dramatically improve the traffic situation around Bilbao and speed up the transport of goods around

that busy harbour in the north of Spain. All in all, the motorway project comprises 14 tunnels one of them

more than 4.5 kilometres long and Socelec SA will illuminate all of them.

Socelec, a part of the Schreder Group, is not new in the business. The Great M30, in Madrid, and the

Channel Tunnel are two of the many projects that benefit from the companys engineering and products.

Sapa has supplied over 40 tons of machined extruded aluminium profiles used by Socelec in manu-

facturing the 8,592 luminaires that will be placed along the tunnels of the Supersur.

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BRIEF NOTICES

Travelling on a highway

you better wish all the ligh-

ting poles along your way were

100NE3 certified. Why? Becaus

if there is an accident and your

car hits a column, it is the end of

the columns life and not yours.

100NE3 is the highest standardfor passively safe columns and E

stands for Non-Energy absorbin

the car doesnt crash against the

column but simply knocks it down

avoiding serious injuries to driver

and passengers. The column will

shear off no matter the direction

the impact.

A recent accident in Almere, th

Netherlands, is a good example

of it. A car violently hit a Sapa

100NE3 lighting column after

leaving the slippery highway afte

roadworks. The driver, instead ofvisiting the nearest hospital, was

able to continue his journey, in his

own car.

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Crash friendly,e edy

lhts o the Supersur

iteet street lightingLamp-posts line the lightly trafficked road. They give off very l ittle light

despite the fact it is late at night. But apparently without cause they

gradually pour out more light until i t is no longer dark. After a few

seconds a cyclist pedals past and shortly the lights dim again along

the empty road.

A scene from the future? Not at all. Smart, energy-efficient systems

of this type are currently being installed all around Sweden.

We dont sell light sources; we sell intel ligent lighting systems,says Pelle Bckrud, CEO of Prisma Light, which recently launched the

new Elliot street light that uses LED technology.

LEDs have a burn time of around 50,000 hours, which corresponds

on average to a working life of over 12 years in Swedish conditions,

ten years longer than todays lamps. One requirement, however, is that

the working temperature of the light fitting does not exceed a certain

level. Sapa helped Prisma Light to develop the extruded aluminium

heat sink that carries excess heat away and ensures the ideal working

conditions.

The Elliot street light from PrismaLight uses LED technology.

Peeess

turnaround timeOn this occasion we needed

a machining capability our

regular aluminium profile supplier

couldnt provide, recalls Xiaoping

Wu, engineering manager at

Peerless Lighting, a part of Acuity

Brands Inc., an American leader in

architectural lightning. Sapa had

that capability in its Delhi plant and

that is why we are working together

for the first time.

But it was not only a problem

of engineering but also of time. Acustomer of Peerless was in a rush

to get Peerless new lighting fixture

certified for the new Chandler City

Hall in Arizona. I dont remember

if we had two or three weeks but

whatever Sapa promised us, they

did. We had the first sample fixture

built upon the arrival of the housing

extrusion. We delivered it on time

and won the contract, says Wu.

Sapa is now ready to manu-

facture the component. Peerless

Lighting is known for its leading-

edge design and an extraordinaryquality of illumination. Sapa is a very

renowned company too. Together

we can create great products.

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TExT DAG ENANDER

SmARTElectromagnetic pulse technol-ogy allows steel and aluminium

profiles to be joined in new ways.In Trzcianka, Poland, Sapa is thest the dusty to applythis technology on the produc-tion floor.

It has endless possibilities,says Piotr Wielinski, OperationalDirector at Sapa Profiles inPoland.

Electromagnetic pulse technology

TODAYS TECHNOLO

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EElectromagnetic pulse technology enables

different metals to be welded and shaped.

EBy exposing parts such as aluminium profiles

to short but very intense electric currents

generated by electromagnetic coils, the

diameter of profiles can be expanded or

reduced.

EMetals with a high electrical conductivity such

as aluminium, copper and steel are especially

suited for electromagnetic pulse technology.


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Sapa inests big infe mo euos will be spent on updating the 75-year-old Bolzano,Italy plant. The inestment is part of Sapas so to tu bozaoto the ead poduce of hard alloy custom semi-finished andfinished products.

INSIGHT: BOLzANO

Sapa Bolzanos customers come from very diverse fields:manufacturers of snow slope machines and ski lifts, the defence

industry, the train and transport industry, industrial vehicle builders

and the automotive industry.


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TExT HENRIK EMILSON


20/2420 SHAPE # 2 2010

After a deastating earthquake hit the islandof Haiti in January 2010, Sapa decided

tosuppot ecoey eots by buildinghouses for those who were hardest hit.

Heartfelt help for

Haiti

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TExT CARI SIMMONS

The new houseswill be 300 percentmore stable thanwhat some Haitianshad in the past.


22/2422 SHAPE # 2 2010

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TExT THOMAS STBER

The Soa Uesty o Techooy in Bratislava (STU)is undergoing a facelift. The 24-storey building in Bratislaa isbeing gien a mode ew acade o ass ad aumum.

The project is taking place in partnership between Sapa and theconstruction company, Ingsteel.

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The south wall of the 24-storey

Slovak University of Technology

building in Bratislava is being cladwith a two-layer glazing system. T

inside layer is an insulated double

glazing system with a 17 centimet

air gap.


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Green and ood ooSapa Application Centre in Italy went beyond European standards

when developing a new noise barrier for roads and public works.

The Eco Noise Barrier not only complies with mandatory acoustic and

mechanical requirements but also adds a unique dimension of design and

environmental friendliness to the product.

These ecobarriers have a photo-catalytic coating with anti-air pollution

properties, absorbing and neutralising noxious emissions from bypassing

traffic. Since the barriers are printable, they are also available in a wide variety

of landscaping choices that make it possible for city architects and highway

operators to interact with the surroundings.

The Eco Noise Barrier was developed in cooperation with Sapas

Innovation Centre in Sweden, and Celenit, an Italian supplier of bio-

compatible acoustic panels.

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BRIEF NOTICES

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Poducto assueddespite fireWhen a fire destroyed the Sapa

Heat Transfer cold rolling mill in

Finspng, Sweden, it was essentialto replace capacity quickly in order

to maintain supplies to customers.

Naturally there are disruptions

when something unexpected

like this occurs. But weve done

everything we can to ensure

that our customers get what

they want, says Anna Stenlund,

Communications Manager at Sapa

Heat Transfer.

To cover production needs over a period of almost three months

while the rolling mill in Finspng was being rebuilt, the company

sought help from other producers around Europe.

We should be thankful that no one was injured in the fire,despite the destruction, and that we were able to fulfil the most

critical deliveries to our customers, says Anna Stenlund.

less wedmore savings

The Norwegian manufacturer Sea & Industry

Aluminium AS is a provider of solutions forthe shipping, construction and fish farming indu-

stries. They are now launching the third generation

of their popular aluminium module for silos, up to

seven metres high, where fish farms keep their

stock of fish food.

These new modules are thanks to specially

designed aluminium profiles easier to manu-

facture and therefore cheaper.

Until recently, we were doing a lot of wel-

ding at our plant and on site, and that is a hard,

time-demanding and expensive job. Now we

have adopted a profile design that we can

simply snap together which also offers bet-

ter thermal insulation, says Jostein kland,Project manager at SI Aluminium. Cutting a

long story short he says: We had the idea and

went to Sapa. They made the necessary adjust-

ments to make a product out of it.

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Did you knowthat recyclingaluminium onlyrequires fivepercent of theenergy that wasoriginally needed

to produce it?

# 2 2010 SHAPE 23# 2 2010 SHAPE 23

BRIGHT MARKETFOR SOLAR POWER

SAPA THE RMAL MANAGEMENTGAINS FOOTHOLD IN INDIA

BOLZANO SETTO LEAD WITH CUSTOM SOLUTIONS

SAPA BUILDS HOMESIN WAKE OFDISASTER

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TExT CARI SIMMO

Sapa RC Profiles worked together with Williaam Cox of Ireland onthe new facade of the Aia Stadium in Dublin. Together they soled

compe eomety ad costucto chaees, contributingto a spacious new home for rugby and football fans.

The new Aviva Stadium won the Best

Project and Innovation Award at this year

European Polycarbonate Sheet Extruder

(EPSE) award competition.

kiCk OffFOR AvIvA STADIUM

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