Interpon Helps Aluminum Coating Business with Sustainability
DFV is partnering with AkzoNobel Powder Coatings to keep the business out in front by using an Interpon powder coating technology that can make aluminum look like wood.
Edited by Lori Beckman
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With the importance of sustainability growing, and architects demanding lighter, more natural tones and wood-effect finishes from their suppliers, DFV, the Italian aluminum coating business, is partnering with AkzoNobel Powder Coatings to keep the business out in front by using an Interpon powder coating technology that can make aluminum look like wood.
DFV manufactures architectural aluminum facades and exteriors. Its successful partnership with Interpon means that its facades, window systems and exterior doors that feature a wood-effect finish are currently its strongest USP, and promoted under its own ‘Ezy’ range brand, the company says.
DFV and AkzoNobel’s partnership spans a quarter of a century, and the AkzoNobel team supports DFV across three continents. As well as Interpon D WGF, DFV also uses Interpon D STF – a powder that uses printed films and sublimation technology to deliver the wood effect.
Martina Montinaro, innovation and sustainability manager at DFV, calls this thinking ‘innovability’ inspired by the philosophy of merging innovation and sustainability to achieve business growth.
