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The characteristics of the aluminum honeycomb core are ideal for the railway sector. It is an extremely light material, it does not add weight, which represents a significant energy saving and allows reaching higher speeds.

The resistance gives it the hardness necessary to use it in mass transport. And the adaptability allows that the aluNID® honeycomb can be installed both in the structures, in the furniture, and in the floors and walls of the trains.

In addition, aluNID® has unbeatable fire behavior, providing extra safety to passengers during the trip.

aluNID®, quality and high standards tailored for railway.

The company, which has broken the production, turnover and results record this year, is immersed in an ambitious plan for digital transformation 4.0.

Linares, January 21st. The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, visited the Alucoat Conversion factory today in Linares, (Jaen). Belonging to Grupo Aliberico, to show his support for the innovation and growth plans, which has been promoting this industrial and technological company for years, specialized in coating aluminium coils between 20 and 500 microns thick for sectors such as food, pharmacy, conditioning and building.

During his visit, the president of Junta de Andalucia was accompanied by the major of Linares, Raul Caro-Accino and was received by the Director of Alucoat Conversion, Jose Manuel González Plaza and the counsellor of Grupo Aliberico , María González Armero.

Since it was privatized by SEPI in 2001 and acquired by Grupo Aliberico, Alucoat Conversion has invested heavily in innovation and technological transformation, which has allowed it to increase the number of customer and portfolio in critical sectors such as pharmaceuticals and sanitary.

This strategy has led the company to beat the production, turnover and results record in the just ended year.
Currently, Alucoat is immerse in an ambitious plan of digital transformation that will standardize its processes to the 4.0 digital standard. This will affect internally to the company and its relationship with customers and suppliers.

Alucoat maintains intact its commitment to Andalusia and the city of Linares, which is based on the determination to continue growing through investment in new facilities and machinery and the creation of new quality jobs.

Nowadays, the company has a workforce of 70 people, 94% of them with permanent contracts. Furthermore, even being an industrial company, half of the directives positions are held by women.
Alucoat is the unique producer of coated aluminium of in Europe up to 1.650 mm wide, which positions the company as the only one in its sector both nationally and in Europe. Currently, Alucoat exports 50% of its production to more than 46 countries.

aluNID®, continues with its expansion as a sponsor in Formula Student with the UJI Motorsport team of the Jaime I University of Castellón.

Formula Student is a project that encourages young engineers to innovate and train in the world of motorsports, and is considered the most important engineering competition in the world at the university level.

aluNID® will collaborate for the first time with the UJI Motorsport team from the Jaime I University of Castellón. This team managed to qualify in Formula Student Netherlands and Formula Student Spain in previous seasons.

The aluNID® aluminum honeycomb core is installed in the chassis of the car, the main structure that supports all the elements that are assembled in the car, which provides it with extraordinary lightness, safety and quality by considerably reducing weight and increase its power.

aluNID®, bets on innovation and the future, and supports Spanish teams in the Formula Student.

aluNID® honeycomb core is the ideal material to optimize air circulation in ventilation systems and refrigerators. Thanks to the efficiency of the honeycomb core, it is possible to considerably reduce energy consumption, thus optimizing refrigeration equipment.

The aluNID® aluminum honeycomb core can be manufactured in any thickness and measure, adapting to the needs of our clients, always complying with their requests.

Thanks to its only production process on the market and its hexagonal structure, aluNID® ensures a uniform air distribution, while forming a solid structure that guarantees the strength and longevity of the air charge cooler design.

aluNID®, honeycomb for the most demanding applications on the market.

aluNID® has developed a 3/8 ”cell drilled aluminum honeycomb core. A new configuration that, without losing its characteristics of resistance to fire and corrosion, improves the stability and lightness of the product, while optimizing air circulation in composite panels.

With this new product, aluNID® Drilled, a totally new, flexible and resistant honeycomb is available for sale, conceived for interior design systems, as well as for air flow systems in ventilated panels.

The aluNID® honeycomb core is manufactured with the most advanced technologies, innovating day after day, and improving the efficiency of our products.

aluNID®, in continuous development with market advances (SDG 9).

Thanks to the most advanced technologies in the aluminium market, aluNID® offers its clients in the pharmaceutical and hospital building sectors the best components, providing its exclusive honeycomb core to the main manufacturers of composite panels for clean rooms, laboratories and buildings hospitals in Europe.

At hospital, and pharmaceutical environments, cleaning and disinfection is essential to ensure that the tools and products they use are not contaminated and are safe.
aluNID® provides lightness, safety and quality, playing a fundamental role in all areas of the new pharmaceutical industry and new hospital areas.

The use of aluNID® honeycomb core panels in clean rooms is becoming more and more common; its impermeability, lightness and resistance make it an essential element for these highly sensitive environments. In addition, its assembly is very simple and fast, which speeds up the installation process and does not delay construction times.

aluNID® guarantees safe and efficient systems for new sanitary constructions (SDG 3).

aluNID® has developed a new configuration of its aluminum honeycomb with a cell size of 1 ”. It´s the result of having implemented the most advanced technologies in the sector and the structure is much lighter and with a larger size than those manufactured so far.

The applications of aluNID® aluminium honeycomb are multiple and are present in a wide variety of sectors. 1-inch (25.40mm) configuration is especially suitable for use in storage tanks or floating roofs such as those used in the oil industry. Thanks to its particularly low weight and its precious characteristics of resistance to fire, corrosion, compression and cutting, they also make it a perfect product for sectors such as building construction and remodeling, for the automotive sector and for thermal insulation.

With this new configuration, aluNID®, once again expands the existing options on the market for the honeycomb core, conceiving itself as a much more flexible alternative and always offering its customers the best and most innovative solution to their needs.

aluNID ®, always in continuous innovation (SDG 9), providing new solutions to the customer.

Thanks to high resistance-crushing ratio, aluminium honeycomb aluNID® is an excellent energy absorber, making it one of the most efficient and safest materials on the automotive market.
aluNID® provides the ideal material for shock absorbers and driver protection against impacts and crash barriers, being the best alternative for the automotive industry, in addition to the railway, aerospace or nuclear industry where it is also used.
The “accordion effect” of the honeycomb aluNID® makes it deformable when it receives impacts or diverse forces, so in the event of a collision, the core will absorb all the energy, reducing the impact on the conductor. Thanks to this versatility and high resistance, the aluNID® honeycomb core is the perfect alloy for automotive body car because it is key to driver performance and safety.

aluNID® light, strong and with a custom design based on the specifications of each client, collaborating to maintain people’s health and well-being (SDG 3)

On 29th June, ALUCOAT obtained the Safe and Clean Company certificate awarded by ADEFAM, the Association of Family Businesses in Madrid, which allows its employees to work both in the plant and in the offices in complete safety.

KPMG is in charge of checking and certifying that the procedures and activities implemented in the companies applying for the BSAFE seal are considered to be hygiene, cleanliness and social distancing measures in accordance with the COVID-19 Management Policy of the Family Business Association of Madrid.

ALUCOAT, adhering to the COVID-19 Management Policy, has provided all kinds of measures: preventive and response, in order to avoid the risk of COVID-19 infection among its workers, customers and suppliers.

With extreme hygiene measures, a respect for the minimum social distance in all work stations, posters throughout the office and plant with indications of the safety protocol, and providing new measures to carry out the work with the established safety standards, hydroalcoholic gel, masks and all the necessary material and instructions to mitigate the risk of incidence, this has made it possible to obtain this certificate.

ALUCOAT always committed to health and welfare (SDG 3), thanks its employees for their efforts and their commitment and involvement in this new normality to continue providing the best service to society.

Thanks to the constant effort and development of the latest technologies available on the market, aluNID® reaches the United States, offering excellent solutions in various sectors.

aluNID®, a specialist in the manufacture of honeycomb core panels, is present in various sectors, thanks to the versatility that this product has, and can be found in many applications. In the industrial sector, we can find it in floating ceilings for the oil industry, in architectural cladding, on building facades, in interior and exterior decoration. In the transport sector, in vehicle bodies, in train cars and ship components.

The honeycomb meets the most diverse needs of customers. In a world that is constantly advancing towards improvement, aluNID® becomes the perfect solution, adapting every day to the new applications and sectors in which it operates.

Custom aluminum honeycomb panels are produced at aluNID®, using a wide variety of dimensions and cell sizes, depending on the application desired by each client and the necessary characteristics of the final product.

aluNID® investing in industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9) and with a vision always oriented towards the future, it bets on leading markets, showing its commitment to customers and the wide range of sectors it can supply.