Coastal areas are beautiful locations for commercial and residential buildings. They also pose the greatest challenges in protecting exterior-facing architectural aluminum products from corrosion. Windows, storefronts, entrances and curtainwalls, sun shades, canopies, skylights, column covers, rain screens and exterior panels all commonly are manufactured from aluminum and integrally connect to a building’s façade. Without proper […]
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Linetec names Renee Vaughn as client development manager for southwestern and south-central states
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Linetec hires Tim Sager as director of operations
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Austin Zajichek promoted to marketing manager for Linetec, Tubelite and Alumicor
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High quality architectural painted and anodized finishes are extremely durable. But even the best finishes still need a little TLC. Even with the most careful treatment of the windows, curtainwall or storefront during installation and in their daily use, occasional damage will occur. This Protecting-your-aluminum-finish guide shares recommended care of painted and anodized finishes on architectural metal and […]
The Wisconsin Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense, honored Linetec’s paint operations manager Paul Bratz with a Patriot Award. Sgt. Bradley Pochinski nominated Bratz for “extraordinary support” of employees who participate in military service. Pochinski serves in the Wisconsin Army National Guard assigned […]
Helping architects and the building community better understand architectural finishing, Linetec’s Architectural Resource Center’s online resources include on-demand continuing education courses and tools for simplifying coatings selection and specification. As a registered American Institute of Architects’ Continuing Education System (AIA/CES) provider, Linetec offers “Introduction to Coatings: Field Performance and the Application Process” and “Choosing Sustainable […]
Linetec expands its palette of finish colors that mimic the look and feel of natural terra cotta to include 13 new hues. The finish utilizes a 70% PVDF resin-based coating to achieve the highest levels of performance in an exterior environment and a texture additive to help replicate the natural feel of terra cotta. Adding […]
Stretch Forming by Linetec allows our customers to have their metal building components curved and finished in one location. Half-circles, eyebrows and Gothic arches are popular architectural applications. Customers can ship their aluminum to Linetec for bending and finishing to retain the full finish warranty. Utilizing Linetec’s dedicated fleet of trucks saves customers shipping costs and […]
Chicago (Feb. 2015) – Soho House Chicago opened in August 2014 as a 40-room hotel and private members club for the creative community. The transformation of a 107-year-old industrial building lasted 14 months. Soho House’s in-house design team and founder Nick Jones led the design, with additional support from the joint venture development team of […]
PERFORMANCE & LONGEVITY – SPECIFY AAMA-2605 PAINT COATINGS Not all paint and powder coatings are created equally; not even all coatings that meet the AAMA 2605 specification. This specification requires paint coatings to meet rigorous testing performance standards including more than 2,000 hours of salt spray in accordance with the new ASTM G85, Annex 5 […]
Linetec will exhibit at Glass Expo Northeast™ 2015, a two-day architectural glass and related services event to be held April 23-24, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Long Island Hotel in Hauppauge, N.Y. On display will be examples of our aluminum curving capabilities and our newest Terra Cotta specialty finish as well as other architectural metal finishing services in Fluoropolymer (PVDF) paint, powder coat […]
Jan 2015—USGlass magazine, the magazine of record for architectural glass industry leaders, announced that Linetec has won a 2014 Readers Choice Award. The products were featured in the December 2014 issue. The products were selected through a survey of USGlass readers, who voted for their favorites in a variety of categories. Stretch forming from Linetec […]