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he orth merican truck trailermarket is reboundin ater the 2009lobal recession. ew trailer con-struction was u 109 ercent in theirst quarter o 2011 comared withthe same eriod o 2010.

Meet Dave Humhries, alesDirector o aa proiles UK, whohas worked in the business or 35

years. xtrusion alications arelimitless, he says.

luminium alloys have an extraordi-nary ability to absorb imact enery.aa now oers this exertise andrane o customised extrusions orautomotive alications.

he german desiner Konstantingrcic was this year awarded the edDot: Best o the best or his able B.

aa had a role in the creation o thissuccessul work o art.

Broadcastin place in Leeds hasbeneited rom the enestrationsystem roduced by aa Buildinystems Ltd, and was recentlyawarded Worlds Best all Buildin.

Shaping the uture

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North americaN

truck trailer market

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crash alloy formulas

make cars safer

Bright future

for solar market

alumiNium profile taBle

wiNs prestigious award

spinning faster

xcitinutureor aa

Svein Tore Holsether,

President & CEO Sapa

Sapa is an international

industrial group that develops,

manufactures and markets

value-added aluminium profiles,

profile-based components and

systems, and heat exchanger

strips in aluminium. Sapa has

annual sales of approximately

SEK 32,995 billion and around

14,800 employees in companies

throughout Europe, and in

North America, Central America

and China. Shape is the Sapa

Groups customer magazine,

and is issued twice annually

in 15 languages. Shape is also

available at www.sapagroup.com

Editor-in-chief: va kseliusEditor: Carl HjelmGraphic design:

Karin LwencrantzProduction:

OW CommunicationPrinting: trokirk-LandstrmsChanges of address:

Customers should inormtheir contact erson ataa, emloyees their salarydeartment and others theCommunications Deartmentson +46 (0) 8 459 59 00.


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Light-emitting diodes (LDs)come as a welcome relie asmuch o the world is lookinor ways to reduce enery.

luminium extrusion lays a keyrole in the heat sinks necessaryor coolin LDs.

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ccoring to th Dpartmntof Enrgy, soi-stat ighting,

which incus leds, has thpotntia to ruc ightingnrgy us in th by on-thir. This transats to thquivant of saving 348 biion

kiowatt hours annuay which in turn savs

mony.Cost savings ar significant, says

Rubn Guirmo, Goba Ky AccountManagr for markt ara ThrmaManagmnt. Thrs about a 50prcnt cost saving in opra-tions, which is why leds arbing us mor.

leds ar us not onyin ighting, but in micaquipmnt, vhic intriors,signag an mor. In orrto njoy ong if, as high as20 yars, leds n to is-sipat th hat thy gnratthrough a hat sink, a compo-nnt that transforms hat from asoi matria into a fui miumsuch as iqui or air.

Sapa produceS aluminium xtru hatsinks which provi suprior hat transfr pr-formanc compar to traitiona i cast hatsinks. A Sapa cas stuy rva that xtruauminium hat sinks provi a 30 prcnt

wight savings an a 12 prcnt tmpraturruction ovr havir i cast sinks.

Light wight is spciay avantagous foroutoor ighting as many assmbis ar sus-pn in th air, for xamp in parking gar-ags. With ightr, smar hat sinks you canactuay fi th sam voi or spot with ony hafor a quartr of th siz of th origina ighting

assmbis, Guirmo points out.

other advantageS of an xtru auminiumhat sink ar its nvironmntay friny rus-ab matria, shortr a tims, improv sur-fac quaity an highy intgrat signs.W can giv customrs an fficint, vry ighthat sink that functions as a thrma cooingan aso offrs uniqu faturs, a mor attrac-tiv ook an a smar siz than th othr hatsinks out thr, says Guirmo.

Ony coppr is suprior to auminium xtru-sion, but it is aso thr tims th pric, h as.

For ach thrma soution, Sapa nginrsprovi customrs with computationa fuisign (d) mos to vaiat a hat sink

whi it is sti unr sign an inustriarviw. This is on to nsur that a hat sinkmts th customrs rquirmnts for sign,

surfac tratmnts an functionaity. Sapa asonsurs mor ffctiv sign iscipins to anassmby by iminating th n for aitionaownstram procsss.

Sapa is ab to rspon quicky to cus-tomr mans by kping invntory on han.Thr is a ot of voatiity in th markt anquick rspons is critica u to gisation, tim-ing an th poitica procss, says Guirmo.W hav bn ab to hp customrs rsponto rqusts for led hat sinks in just four wksor ss, whras othrs tak six to ight wks.

With thirty miion strt ights targt forconvrsion from fuorscnt to led ighting in

th aon, it cant hurt to sp up th procss.TEXT C MMO


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he 2009 lobal recession rocked business and

economies around the world. But the NorthAmerican truck trailer marketis reboundin withverve: new trailer construction was u 109 ercentin the irst quarter o 2011 comared with the irstquarter o 2010, and the outlook remains briht.

InsIght:transportatIon

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hr ar thr main rasons for th quick

rcovry, says Jrro Hoft, irctor of nationaaccounts for transportation, Sapa ProfisNorth Amrica: Th first is a gnra upswingin fright an truck tonnag in North Amrica.Truck tonnag in 2011 has incras by aboutfiv prcnt so far ovr th sam prio in 2010.Scon, th ag of trairs in us is at an a-timhigh, an thy n to b rpac. Trairsar typicay rpac aftr fiv to six yars, buttrairs on th roa toay ar btwn ightan nin yars o. Thir, a shortag of rivrs,an rguations rgaring th numbr of hoursa rivr may riv in a ay, ar causing morrays whrby a trair gts ropp off by on

rivr an pick up by anothr. Sinc th goaof fts is to aways hav fright in motion,mor trucks an trairs ar n.

As th aing suppir of auminium xtru

sions for th North Amrican truck trair makt, Sapa is bnfiting from this growth. Sapahas sixtn manufacturing faciitis in North

Amrica, ocat cos to Sapa customrs, anth capacity within this ntwork to srv cus-tomrs of a sizs. In aition, many of thpants ar icat amost soy to th transportation an trair markt. Sapa has, cons-qunty, vop a high v of comptncan tchnica knowg to srv this markt.

ed dzieza, snior purchasing agnt for GratDan Trairs, says: W hav som xtrusionsthat ony Sapa can provi or that wou b

vry xpnsiv for somon s to prouc.Sapa is aso big nough to suppy a my ns

Sany Kim, assistant managr for procur-

InsIght:transportatIon

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198 %Dry vans

u arxatey 198 ercent

33 %Refrigerator trailers

u arxatey 33 ercent

83 %Platform/flatbed trailers

u arxatey 83 ercent

he 2008 lobal recession hit thetransortation industry hard. But todaystruck trailer market is on the rebound.firstquarter market rowth or 2011 (comaredto revious year) or 4853 oot trailers:

ource: C esearch


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mnt at Hyunai Transa nots that som

shaps can b ifficut to manufactur. If youn a spcia thicknss or a spcia with thatth oca pant cant han, Sapa is sur to hava faciity swhr that can o th job with thsam v of quaity: You ont hav to worry ifth part coms from anothr Sapa faciity.

In coming months, Hoft bivs srvic wib th critica factor for continu succss. Atth momnt, wr xprincing unprcntman for bttr an bttr srvic an qua-

ity, an incras comptition. W aso know

our partnrs must gt trairs to transportationfts on tim, vry tim, with th highstquaity xtrusions. Currnt conitions arputting us to th tst. But, fortunaty, w araways striving for improvmnt, an our trackrcor is goo.

outStanding, So me might say. Sapa is xcntabout mting our ns an communicating

with us, says Kim. Thy kp m notifi of

possib probms so I can pan accoringy.

Thyr on of my bst vnors. I ov workingwith thm! Dziza as, In an mrgncy,Sapa can gt finish prouct to us in just acoup ays. Thats amazing! Thir srvic isphnomna! Thyv st th inustry stanaran hav th buk of my xtrusion businssnow. Sapa an Grat Dan hav a strong part-nrship, an th n rsut is bttr srvic anproucts for Grat Dan customrs.

TEXT MCHL JM

When you have a circle of people you know and trust doing the work,you dont want to change it. Sapa is a part of our circle.Ed Dzieza, senior purchasing agent, Great Dane Trailers


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Did you know?Aluminium can

be recycledinfinitely without

loss of quality andhas impressive

recycling rates:over 90 per cent

in transportand buildingapplications

and more than

55 per cent inpackaging, withsome countriesexceeding 90

per cent forbeverage cans.

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70Over the ast century,enery consumtion erunit o aluminum roducedhas declined 70 er cent.


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w ont s just proucts an componnts; w ssoutions, mphasiss Francsco Nata, commrciamanagr for Sapas markt ara Soar in Itay. Sapa

Appication Cntr Itay, which mpoys fiv nginrs,an th Sapa sas tam work cosy with Sapa custom-

rs to vop customis auminium structurs, innovativ framsan icat invrtr hat sinks. W ar th ony xtrusion company in

Itay that offrs a tota approach from sign to ogistics an custom-rs ar wiing to pay for this, says Nata. It savs thm tim, mony,an haachs!

Thanks to a govrnmnt subsiy programm initiat in 2007, anrcnty rnw unti 2016, Itays soar businss is spciay bright.

In Itay, as swhr, nrgy riv from photovotaic (pv) cs isrativy xpnsiv compar to nrgy riv from oi. But Itaian soarproucrs ar working har towar gri parity whrby th cost of soarquas th cost of oi. As comptition within soar incrass an insta-ation costs cras, w ar gtting cosr to parity, which I hop w

achiv in about two yars. Aftr that, with Sapas tota approach, w bin grat shap: Itay has ots of sunshin!

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trctre th a saa ht tn.

Sapas advantages:

strctray e: ne bent re ntea te ee art

41 ercent hter than rna tee en (65 tnne v. 110 tnne)

fna ntae er (1 mw1.2 mw) 20 ercent hher than that

tee etate, e t are pV ane

20 ercent ater ntaatn than tee etate

mantenance ree n en t nect

in ter ane errance, hae eect, an r race

extatn, saa a the cear nner an the cter na chce.

We dont sell just products and components; we sell solutions.


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dave humphrieS knowS auminium insi out. Th Sas Dirctor of SapaProfis has work in th businss for 35 yars, starting out as an apprn-tic with British Auminium. Athough train as an accountant, a job offrcam aong an h foun himsf working in sas quit by accint.

Aftr working for Hyro Auminium Extrusion in th an inNorway, h mov to Sapa in 2005. Extrusion appications ar what gothim intrst in th inustry initiay. Extrusion appications ar imit-ss, an gtting ovr th consrvatism of pop us to st is aways achang, h says.

Humphris history in prouct vopmnt start back in th 1980

an his first major achivmnt was to convinc th roa transportinustry that tai ifts cou b ma from auminium insta of st.W wnt to th biggst manufacturr in th with a sign in au-minium that w biv mt thir spcifications. Thy sai it wount

work bcaus thr was no wing invov.Humphris offr to mak a prototyp that thy cou run through

thir trias an to thm to contact him if thy ik th tst rsuts.Thy ik thm a ot. Within thr yars tim, vry on of thirtai ifts was ma of auminium, aing up to 500 tonns a yar, hsays. Th comptition quicky foow in thir footstps.

Sales Director Dave Humphries et a c t cabratn th cter an trnn vn nt reaty.


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Dave umphries

Age: 53 Family: we an 27-year- n Home: lve n the cntry-

e near wrceter, nan Pastimes: fhn, natre, br an

e i n e y ather! Sports: paye e-r tba an

tay e n an nbarn th h n. Favourite authors:

aran ben an Jae pattern r eca Favourite quote:

he ny ay t rect the tre t nvent t.

Mor rcnty, Humphris rcognis an opportunity to suppy thMi East with wakway covrs in anois auminium insta of tra-itiona pastic. Aftr 18 months of tai vopmnt, th covrs arcurrnty bing ivr in containrs to b assmb on sit.

Whi h truy bivs in th bnfits of using auminium, Humphrisaso insists on ting customrs whn it is not th bst soution for thirappication. By unrstaning what is commrciay viab an gttingto know our customrs an potntia customrs businsss w, w canmak a vau jugmnt btwn compting matrias an hp thmmak th right cision, h says. This hps crat an nvironmnt oftrust which h bivs is th sing most important factor btwn a sup-pir an its customrs. Trust braks own a ot of barrirs an this asto fining th optima an bst soution. It taks tim to arn it, but oncyou hav that trust thr ar nss possibiitis.

the Sapa profile academy,which h start in th in 2009, is aso buiton nss possibiitis in xtrusions. Th two-ay vnt for customrsan signrs is gar towars inustris that might bnfit from th usof xtrusions. In aition to workshops, participants from th iffrntinustris hav an opportunity to shar insights an xprinc with achothr, somthing which Humphris says has bn a ra succss. W wr

ovr-book for th scon Profi Acamy, which basicay cam fromrcommnations aftr th first on.

Such activitis ar vry satisfying for th sas irctor who says thth bst things about his job ar working in an nvironmnt whr po-p ar mpowr an motivat at work an braking through withcustomrs an thir soutions. I gt a hug amount of satisfaction inbuiing rationships with customrs an voping nw proucts witthm, says Humphris. If you can b part of th invntion procss thyou can mak a iffrnc to what th futur hos.

TEXT C MMO PHOTO MHW

Trust breaks down a lotof barriers and this leadsto finding the optimal andbest solution.

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h form foows functiontruism can aso b appito automotiv sign anto auminium xtrusionsus in th front n ofa car. Actuay, xpainsDirk Schnir, gobaaccounts irctor for auto-

motiv appications forSapa Profis, as mtaur-

gists know, whn w say auminium, w rayman auminium aoys.

Auminium aoys in proportion to thirwight hav an xtraorinary abiity to absorbimpact nrgy smoothy an prictaby, saysMat Vstjns, xtrusion tchnoogy managrfor Sapa Profis Hungary. Dpning on thirformuation, auminium aoys o not ncssar-iy brak upon impact at high sps. Thy canb sign to fo an thrby absorb muchimpact nrgy that wou othrwis harmvhic passngrs. This maks thm a highysirab construction matria whn it comsto automotiv sign an rivr an passngrsafty.

Sapa haS a long history of voping crusha-b profis, says Wout Porman, tchnoogymanagr for Sapa Profis Nthrans. Sapa,as Acoa Extrusions, prouc its first custom-is auto boy xtrusions in th 1990s for Auian Frrari. Ovr th yars, our knowg inimpact nrgy managmnt has continu togrow. Sapa now offrs this xprtis an rang

of customis xtrusions for automotiv appi-cations with thr cassifications Crash AoyFormuas 200, 240 an 280.

Ths xtrusions can b foun in th AstonMartin Rapi, th Aui A, R, an , ansvra othr car maks an mos. Crash

Aoy Formuas 200, 240 an 280 ar Sapastota soution approach to vhic sign for

ia crash bhaviour. It is whr functionasign mts matria xprtis.

TEXT MCHL JM

t is oten said in the desin world that orm ollowsunction. This includes material choice.

where functionalein meet

material eertie

Maga teratial

ar anactrer ten trce rctn

attve cnent, yte, e

an, n e cae, entre vehce t

ba attve er ch a mana

internatna.

mana the r aret attve

er: 263 anactrn acte an 84

rct eveent, enneern an aecentre n 26 cntre n ve cntnent.

se cntent t vrtay every attve

anactrer r every ajr bran arn the

be.

ue saa rah y fra 200, 240,

280 n by trctre mercee-Benz sls.

other car anactrer e the rah y

fra 200, 240, 280 r tn martn

ae, 8, 8, an n ther vehce

ae an e.

apa CaH aLLOY fOMULa

16 SHAPE # 2 2011


17/24

Sapas Crash Alloy

Formulas 200, 240, 280

can be found in the body

structure of a number

of cars, including the

Mercedes-Benz SLS.


18/2418 SHAPE # 2 2011

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bestofthebestKonstantin grcics Table B, an acclaimed success o anish Bd Barcelona Desin, ushes theenveloe in aluminium roiles combinin function and beauty, solidity and lihtness.

german deSign er konStantin grcic ha afancy for auminium profis. I ha bn

onging for yars for an opportunity to workwith auminium xtrusions - an inustriatchnoogy which combins suprior structuraproprtis with an ganty sk asthtic, hsays. Grcic foun inspiration in arir cassic

works from d such as th Hipstia shfby Cott an Tusquts for a vry thin tabboar in xtru auminium.

His wing-ik tab sms to st a nw stan-ar in trms of high-n auminium sign. Forstartrs, th infuntia Wapapr magazinawar Konstantin Grcic signr of thyar 2009 an in 2011, Tab was awarth R Dot: Bst of th bst in on of th

wors most prstigious prouct comptitions.This up to fiv mtr ong tab, staning on

soi oak, stainss st or artificia ston, is acptiv pic of sign. Its shining an cini-cay smooth surfac his a compx tchnica

vopmnt in which snior nginrs havbn invov.

I wount ca this tab minimaist, I wourathr tak about simpicity, xpains Grcic

whos arir crations hav ma it a th wayto th prmannt coctions of Nw YorksMoMA, Paris Cntr Gorgs Pompiou anMunichs Di Nu Sammung, among othrs.

Sapa ha a ro in th cration of this succss-fu work of art.

Josp Maria Porquras, at Sapas AppicationCntr in Barcona, scribs th coopration

with Konstantin Grcic an th d-tam as warman inspiring. Thy cam with this ia anthr was vry itt room for compromis in trmsof shaps, surfac an ooks, says Porquras.

in many wayS, table b was an xciting changfor Sapa. Th tab consists of four 300 mmprofis that fit with tota fatnss an kp aprfct shap on sis an ns. Th tuning of

th xtrusion was crucia to achiv a prfctfinish.

Konstantin Grcic sai onc that his objcts construct an not scupt. Thr is no prxisting bock but thr ar many pics. Thatth thra that conncts a my projcts:I tak on pic, thn anothr, thn anothr anI bui somthing, h sai.

This tim thos pics wr of auminium.TEXT CO OLL WB

The desiger, mpa ad aardKonstantin Grcica brn n mnch n 1965

an ha a mater n intra den r the

ya ee rt n lnn. many kntan

grcc rct have receve nternatna e

aar. (.ntantn-rcc.c)

Bd Barcelona Design, rbaby the sanh

cany th the hhet rete n en, a

ne n 1972 rnay a a vehce r the r

ctn te rntre an accere h

c nt be n n h. (.bbarcena

c)

Red Dot: n nternatnay recne qaty

abe r exceent en that ha exte nce

1955. it aare by the geran den Zentr

Nrrhen wetaen.

I wouldnt call this table minimalist,I would rather talk about simplicity

dener kntantn grcc

abe B a th year aarethe e dt: Bet the bet

n ne the r t

ret rct cettn.

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19/24# 2 2011 SHAPE 19

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a 3,600-tn uberect extrn re that

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year, the ube re enabe the rctn

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steean, a a ay bne r tna,

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the cntry ean anactrer an

rae cbar r bt, by an nteent

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ccrn t u st, ner an ner

the cany, steean cce arty

becae t ze:

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any ha the exbty t ea th chane.

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steean ree n the exerte saa t eve

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ethn e cnt have acche th-

t the he saa.

mall business big sales

Bi thins are haenin in small-town merica, where aaxtrusions Cressona is rapidly stepping up capacity.

Did you know? Almost three-quarters of all aluminium

ever manufactured, 700million tonnes, is still in usethanks to its long life cycle(10 to 20 years in transportand up to 50 to 80 years inbuildings) and recyclability.

sna Byvarr Bn prct r

the sth seen a very seh

cany. it cbne rce an hh qa-

ty th art en, at acan an the n

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cntry. he cany ha n reta tre, jt a

hr, an n 2010 ha bn rct

r re than sk 400 n thrh ar

catae an a ebte.

it har r t er rce, ay na

dae at sna Byvarr. have t ct

ct at every be tae the chan tht

crn qaty. we have very hh qaty

tanar an r cter rey n r rct

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saa ha e an re t sna

Byvarr nce 2006, r a varety rct,

an the ther ar cnervatre. we

have a very eann rcreent cy an e

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t r , ern ve rce an the

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Swedish stylebuilding roducts

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20/2420 SHAPE # 2 2011

L H HOW!

cuttIngedge

n 2008, poland deeated georia

at the Kalisz rena in Kalisz, polandin the inal match o a world handball

tournament celebratin ninety years o

handball in poland. lthouh sectators

wildly cheered the victorious home team,

the real starsof the show were thenterlastic-aa oalosts.

key european and wor hanba frationofficias njoy th match, but thy wr sp-ciay imprss with th goaposts! says Rogrtowski, ownr of Intrpastic, a Poan-bas sports quipmnt manufacturr anistributor. Aftr th tournamnt, IntrnationaHanba Fration ( ) officias compi-mnt Intrpastic on its hansom yt ingn-ious goas an ncourag th company tofin-tun th goas to achiv crtification,

which was rciv in 2010.

the 3 x 2 metre collapSible auminium goas arma of 80 x 80 miimtr Sapa auminiumprofis, in accoranc with -e 749 func-tionaity an safty stanars for hanba goas,

with intrna ribbing to prvnt istortion.Thy fatur a spciay-sign auminiumconnctor that aows thm to b fo forasy storag an transport. Dsignrs hav aso

improv th urabiity of goapost markings.Insta of using stickrs, which can b asiyscratch an amag, goapost strips havbn appi as a powr ayr coating.

the ihf-certified goalS aso prformspctacuary at th 22n Hanba WorChampionship in Swn in January 2011.

It was not at th ast minut that th goasto b us at th 2011 Championship wr not-crtifi so w wr ask at short noticif w cou provi -crtifi Intrpasticgoas, says Jan towski, Intrpastic manag-ing irctor. Unfortunaty, Poan i not

win th championship, but Intrpastic-Sapatchnoogy sav th ay.

Intrpastic hanba goas ar intrnation-ay rcognis an can b foun at a vs oftraining an comptition.

TEXT MCHL JM

other terplasti-Sapa suesseFootball goals: 120 x 100 etre cab

an re

Mobile field pitches: rtabe, t-nctn

tche cre 80 x 80 etre an 80

x 40 etre an re th revab

ha r net attachent

interatc hanba a can be n at a eve

trann an cettn.

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21/24# 1 2011 SHAPE 21

The IHF-certified goalposts

from Interplastic were

used at the Handball World

Championship in Malm,

Sweden, in January 2011.


22/24

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visit any viag in Grmany or

much of continnta Europan you wi probaby fina oca shooting cub. Airrif an air pisto shootingis a vry popuar sport, saysThomas Brtschnir, haof Sports Dvopmnt for

th Car Wathr company.But fining a gun that aquaty com-

pmnt ons own shooting sty was anongoing chang for shootrs who vary tr-mnousy in boy siz, arm ngth, an gripstrngth.

W rcognis th probm an st outto sign a nw air rif that was ajustabto any boy siz an shooting sty, saysBrtschnir. W want th gun to fit thshootr, not th othr way aroun.

Sapa heard carl walther was rsigning its pop-uar an highy succssfu l300 sport air rifan approach th company about cooprat-ing. Top quaity, high prformanc air rifsoftn hav auminium componnts, xpains

Jrgn Schuz, ky account managr for Sapacomponnts in northrn Grmany W

Sapa xtrusions so w snt som sam-

p surfac tratmnts to Car Wathr.Thy ik what thy saw.

Th rif, which took two yarsto vop, was aunch in 2010.In aition to th guns brushauminium surfac, Sapa fabricatfour intrconnct componnts thatcompris th rifs stock an contribut toits ovra ajustabiity. Tooing an miing

wr a chang, amits Schuz, bcaus rifcomponnts invov a ot of tai an must fittogthr prfcty. Thy wr not your typicaxtrusions.

but carl walther ha no oubts about its choicof partnr. W chos Sapa, says Brtschnir,bcaus w knw th company ha th ncs-sary xprtis for ach stp of th procss aoycomposition, profiing, computr numricacontro () machining, anoising, anprinting. W wr confint Sapa wou ivrxcnt componnts.

Its an intrsting prouct for Sapa, con-cus Schuz. Succssfu companis n amix of proucts for financia stabiity. Wrpas to b working with Car Wathr!

new air rile that erorms beautifully. Meet the Walther Lg400,

a new alication or aa extrusions.

sp Ms WpODUC

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shrt ht eveent te

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