Richard Besant, Director, Powdertech (Corby) Ltd, describes how powder coating on metal makes a significant contribution to the quest for sustainability in architectural construction. This it achieves in various ways, through powder properties, method of application and surface designs.
This you can now do, for the first time, with Freeform™, Powdertech’s latest innovative powder coating, launched at London Build Expo in November 2021.
Powdertech Corby has launched a particularly uplifting range of powder finishes and is calling it ‘Zest™’. As the name suggests, the new collection aims to add vibrancy and dazzle to architectural metalwork. Suitable for exterior and interior use on steel and aluminium, Zest finishes have excellent colour durability as well as the usual high protective performance against corrosion and abrasion that all Powdertech’s architectural finishes provide.
Jaguar Land Rover has a new site at Solihull in Warwickshire close to Birmingham Airport, with offices, showrooms and car parking cover a wide area. The architect’s aim was to create a thoroughly contemporary look, as depicts a high-end vehicle manufacturer, but also to ensure that the structure blended with the countryside surrounding it.
Increasingly architects, designers and developers are bringing exciting artistic features to building exteriors. Colour and texture play a prominent role, and one of the most popular trends is to create an ‘aged industrial’ look but, importantly, one that is bright, fresh and clean.
Powdertech Corby’s eye-catching finish, Evolution™ ‘Sandstorm’, has captured exactly the right aspect for a new £24m apartment block in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle quarter, south of the city centre.
Back in 2012 Powdertech Corby coated hundreds of wayfinding and information signs, and car park meter surrounds, for six Anglian Water reservoirs in the midland region.
Powdertech Wood Finish has recently been used in a project where replicating the natural aesthetics of wood was a particularly important objective. Baptist Health and MD Anderson have partnered to create a new $184 million cancer centre in Jacksonville, Florida, focused on treating all forms of adult cancer.
The innovative Evolution™ range of coatings from Powdertech Corby is fascinating in that it is able to look both contemporary, meeting the current trend for realistic metal patination or an industrial look, as well as being highly appropriate for the restoration of a 13th century Abbey.
Residential refurbishment projects have many targets to fulfil, critical amongst these being adherence to updated health and safety directives and adaptations to current energy efficiency goals. Housing standards also dictate provision for maintenance and upkeep and facilities for greater social integration. However, not to be overlooked or forgotten is the visual impact and the positive effect that a transformed building can have on an area and its community.
