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Higher education facilities benefit from high-performance, finished architectural aluminum products
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Protecting our public investments: High-performance finishes add value to governmental and civic facilities
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EFCO, Linetec and Tubelite marketing team members judge Glass Magazine Awards
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Linetec’s finishes match color and performance for the National Aquarium’s iconic skylight renovation by Super Sky
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Hilton’s Southeastern hotel prototype showcases Linetec finishing and thermal improvement services on Tubelite window wall and entrances
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TODAY’S HIGH QUALITY ANODIZED ARCHITECTURAL FINISHES ARE EXTREMELY DURABLE. But even the best finish needs a little TLC, and with the most careful treatment of the windows, curtain-wall or storefront during installation and daily use, occasional damage will occur. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS As with any finished building material, aluminum requires reasonable care prior to and during installation […]
Kameleon Color paint creates color-changing, iridescent exterior for Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral Linetec finishes Firestone’s UNA-CLAD panels achieving a one-of-a-kind, dynamic appearance with the first use of Valspar’s new Kameleon Color With its shimmering, iridescent exterior, Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral beckons visitors with its unique appearance as its color changes in different light and […]
The leading manufacturers of high-performance, 70% Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) resin-based architectural coatings are PPG, Valspar, Akzo Nobel and Sherwin Williams. There are several paint types within the 70% PVDF resin-based coatings family including: standard color two-coat systems, consisting of a primer and color coat (top coat), two-coat mica systems, also consisting of a primer and color […]
People have been bending and curving metal for centuries, but stretch forming, born from the aerospace industry, maintains precise dimensions throughout a curve and produces perfectly contoured products while limiting, or even eliminating, wrinkling inside the arc. Stretch forming is the process of forming sheets and profiles by the combined application of tensile and bending […]
Bright White Paint Coatings Bright whites are a popular design option in today’s architectural industry. These colors are available in high-performance, PVDF fluoropolymer resin-based paint systems and can be especially appealing as a unique architectural design statement. Please be aware that special considerations should be observed when using these colors. 1.) Whites have a lower […]
Enhancing our pour-and-debridge thermal improvement services, Linetec has added an Azon Lancer™ to provide mechanical surface conditioning of the aluminum extrusion cavity to ensure maximum adhesion of the thermal barrier polymer to durable, architectural finishes. Pour-and-debridge thermal barrier systems use a two-part polyurethane that is poured into and cured within a “dog bone” structural cavity […]
90-degree thermal strut in a single step “Linetec is one of very few companies in North America to provide 90-degree thermal strip with a single pass using Technoform Bautec’s polyamide insulating strips and Müller Technologies AG’s knurling equipment to install the strip simultaneously on two planes of material,” explains Bart Hensley, sales engineer at Technoform […]