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ISO standards (standards of the International Organization for Standardization) are a fundamental pillar on which sustainable development is based, which certify compliance with certain environmental standards, safety and energy efficiency among others. ISO certifications and the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations have a direct relationship.

ALUCOAT constantly invests in these types of certifications that verify all the work and effort made within the company in order to maintain an outstanding sustainability management, environmental, social and governance. ALUCOAT has been renewing for many years ISO 14001: environmental sustainability, directly related to SDG 13. Climate action, 14. Life below water and 15. Life on land;  and ISO 50001: sustainable energy with a main objective of increasing Energy Management, directly related to SDG 7. Affordable clean energy, 12. Responsible production and consumption, and 13. Climate action, saving energy consumption and reducing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.

Within the ALUCOAT Sustainability Plan 2023-2025, there is a line of development based on its commitment to health and safety for all workers. Related to this matter, ALUCOAT has been audited in its management system, obtaining ISO 45001 certification, the new standard of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on Occupational health and safety. Since the most important asset of ALUCOAT are their People, ALUCOAT offers the most appropriate working conditions for the activity to be carried out in the safest possible environment.

ALUCOAT, working for the its team’s well-being.

After a rigorous evaluation process and constant work and effort, the aluNID® honeycomb core has achieved the international MED-IMO certification.

This certificate, known worldwide as the “Wheel Mark“ of Conformity with the Marine Equipment Directive (MED), certifies that both the production process and the product, aluNID®, comply with the highest quality standards applied in its manufacture. It verifies the safety that aluNID® provides in the operation of the different equipment made with this product that has been installed on ships in the European Union. It also certifies that the aluminium honeycomb manufactured by ALUCOAT has the non-combustible properties required to obtain this important international certificate.

With this certification, aluNID® enters the naval industry through the front door, as it did previously in the aerospace industry. Undoubtedly, its high quality and its unbeatable technical qualities such as stiffness, lightness and non-combustibility, make it a product difficult to be replicated, which has earned the trust of many large companies at international level.

aluNID®, sailing towards excellence.

aluNID®, registered brand of aluminium honeycomb manufactured by ALUCOAT, continues to grow in its international sponsorships. This time it has been the Higher Technical Institute of the University of Lisbon who has joined the collaboration.

Formula Student Team Lisboa is made up of 71 students from various engineering fields: Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical and Computer Science, as well as some students from Industrial Organization and Economics.

For a few months, it has been working on a prototype vehicle to be 100% electric and autonomous. Formula Student Team Lisboa has extensive experience in the design and execution of single-seaters, since they have been participating in the competition since 2001.

Through this collaboration agreement, aluNID® will supply its honeycomb core for the construction of the vehicle chassis, which will be competing in the next 2022-2023 season. Thanks to the hexagonal configuration of aluNID® and the light and resistant properties of aluminium, the car will pick up speed more easily, and in the event of a collision, the chassis will absorb the impact. On the other hand, aluNID® is made of 100% aluminium, which is anticorrosive and also has extraordinary fire behaviour. These features make aluNID® the perfect material for manufacturing vehicle chassis.

Formula Student Team Lisboa is a reference collaborator in Formula Student and is proud to foster the talent of people and to be able to help teams such as the Formula Student Team Lisboa continue to innovate and create quality solutions.

aluNID®, international reference in the production of aluminium honeycomb core has established a collaboration with Parque de las Ciencias of Granada for the next temporary exposition that will take place between 2022 and 2025.

Under the name “Bioinspiracion”, the Parque de las Ciencias of Granada will host an exposition dedicated to the imitation of models, systems or elements of nature that can be applied to technology and the inspiration of man in the nature for technological developments.

The aluminium honeycomb core aluNID®, is a versatile product with excellent properties of resistance to compression and lateral deformation, light, 100% recyclable and incombustible. It is also a biomimetic product, i.e. man has adapted it to its technological needs based on nature and its forms. For these qualities it will be exposed in a stand of the exposition.

After being exposed in Parque de las Ciencias of Granada, this exposition together with aluminium honeycomb core aluNID®, will be exposed in others European museums with high reputation such as Federal Museum of Workplace, health and safety of Dortmund in Germany and Vienna Technical Museum of Vienna in Austria. All of them take part of IAMuSEE, International Alliance of Museum for Scientific Education and Culture in Europe.

aluNID®, innovation, nature and technology. Collaborating with scientific and educational institutions and promoting aluNID® and its applications.

aluNID® has been for years one of the star collaborators of different teams participating in Formula Student, a motor racing between students of universities all around the world that promotes the excellence in engineering, where every university team design and build every single-seater vehicle which it then competes.

This year at first time aluNID® collaborates with Spartan Racing Team of American University of San Jose, California by donating aluminium honeycomb core to its single-seater project it is carrying out this season 2021-2022. The Spartan Racing Team is made up of a large and experienced team that has participated in several competitions in both California and Michigan in the electric and combustion vehicle categories.

The team will use the aluminium honeycomb core as a key element to the chassis which will bring lightness to the vehicle making it being able to achieve speed easily and reduces the consumption of fuel. Likewise, it has an extra strength by taking the full impact in case of collision. aluNID®, being made of aluminium 100% has exemplary fire protection and is anticorrosive, two very important properties to guarantee driver safety.

aluNID®, it is already a reference partner in Formula Student and is very proud to sponsor, help and promote the human talent of the Spartan Racing Team.

aluNID®, research and development within everyone’s reach and for everyone. Investing in the future.

During these days, ALUCOAT specialist in coating aluminum coils and its division focused on the production of aluminium honeycomb core, aluNID®, have one again succeed expectations regarding legislation and ISO certificates applicable to their activity. After the external audit reaffirms its ongoing commitment to sustainable, quality production that respects people and the environment. 

As the result of the external audit, the certificates has been renewed:

UNE-EN ISO 9001:2015 – Quality management system, which shows the capacity of the company to provide products that meet the requirements of the customers.

UNE-EN ISO 14001:2015 – Environmental management system, which certifies that the organization control all its activities, services and products that may affect the environment as well as the reduction of all the environmental impacts generated within its daily activity.

UNE-EN ISO 50001:2018 -Verifies that the company has implemented an efficient Energy management system which reduces the energy consumption, environmental impact and increases profitability.

The renovation of all these certificates is further proof of the importance of the customer for ALUCOAT and aluNID®.

Rigor through the production chain and the investment in quality, environmental and energy management system are the key to comply with the most demanding requirements of the market, therefore to be a supplier of the highest quality and reliable.

On the other side, aluNID®, is working on the implementation of the new management system according to the new European standard UNE EN  9100:2018, applicable to the aeronautical and aerospace industry sectors. This standard establishes the requirements to be met by the aluminium honeycomb, aluNID®, for its use in the different applications of the aeronautical and aerospace industry.

ALUCOAT and aluNID®, industry, innovation, quality, commitment and dedication.

Elevators, cabins and cable cars have become an important element in modern life. Buildings are getting higher and higher and we have the technology and engineering needed to connect two points whatever the distance and height difference.

In addition, it is an important tool that is used daily by many users. For this reason the lightness and resistance of the materials used is fundamental to guarantee the safety of people and quality of life of elevator, cabin or funicular.

The aluNID® aluminium honeycomb core is the perfect material for the production of composite panels for moving mechanisms as it is an extremely light and resistance material. Moreover, is non-combustible, has excellent thermal and electric conductivity, excellent properties of flatness, corrosion resistance and 100% recyclable.

Moreover, it lightness favors the reduction in energy consumption needed to move, the transport costs and the C02 emissions collaborating in a lower environmental impact (SDG 11).

These properties are the clear evidence of aluminium honeycomb core aluNID® is the ideal material for the production of elevators, cabins and cable car.

aluNID®, lightness, strength, quality and security at the service of elevator industry.

More and more universities and educational centres are betting on innovation and trusting aluNID® as a supplier of honeycomb core for their projects and participation in international competitions.

ARUS Andalucía Racing Team, from the University of Seville, is a vivid example. aluNID® began its collaboration with this team in 2018 and since then they have been one of its main sponsors. Formed by a cast of brilliant students from different fields, it competes at an international level in the Formula Student competition, considered the “quarry” of Formula 1.

ARUS Andalucía Racing Team is one of the main teams in the competition, and has been successful in the most important circuits such as Austria and Spain, achieving 7th and 4th place on the overall podium respectively.

The aluNID® honeycomb core is mainly used as an impact attenuator in the monocoque chassis, which gives the vehicle greater strength and safety in the event of a crash. Also, thanks to the lightness of this material, the weight of the vehicle is much lower, allowing it to achieve higher speeds and greater energy efficiency.

Thanks to these properties, the high quality of the aluminium honeycomb and the good results obtained in the race, the collaboration has been renewed for the 21-22 season and it will be aluNID® who will help in the manufacture of the single-seater for the following season.

aluNID®, head of the Formula Student race, supporting quality education (SDG 4).

aluNID® has been ever committed with the environment and circular economy.

Proof of this is that all the products that we produce in this business area are ecodesigned, that means, since the first approach and passing for the development and up to finish with life cycle, aluNID® respects your environment.

This is possible because, for the elaboration of some alloys aluNID® utilizes recycled aluminium instead or primary aluminium, that means a reduction in consumption of 95% compared to that used in the extraction of primary aluminium*. This reduction also has a clear environmental benefit and it is that by consuming much less energy, the emissions of greenhouse gases during the production process are also much more reduced.

The aluminium is a material infinite recyclable. It keeps 100% of its properties during recycling process and for this reason is possible to produce products maintaining the same quality.

Moreover, all the waste generated during the production are recycled and/or reused on a case-by-case basis. Therefore aluNID® is a clear example of integration of circular economy with our plant, from being a waste product to resource through the reuse of leftover materials. In that way, aluNID® shows its firm compromise with circular economy and environmental sustainability.

aluNID®, experts in the production of honeycomb core and environmentally conscious and care for the environment around us (SDG 13). 

*Data from Alufoil, European Aluminium Association.