Designing with Aluminium

Did you know that aluminium alloy 6082T6 has a yield strength the same as commonly used mild steels as well as a higher value than stainless steel?

Designing with aluminium is a statement of intent. To produce the highest quality products while exploiting the advantages of a strong, lightweight, durable and design friendly material.

Aluminiumdesign.net is a site dedicated to the advances being made everyday, by the worlds leading product designers, in all fields of design and engineering. In this website you will find examples of cutting edge design with aluminium, examples of aluminium design projects from multi-million pound building developments to the smallest consumer products, and student design projects.

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Kochi:Indian Navy's sail training ship INS Tarangini leave Kochi on Monday with NDA Cadets on board for a four- nation voyage lasting 64 days. Photo:Vipin Chandran

INS Tarangini Sets Sail With Sapa Profiles UK

INS Tarangini is an Indian Navy Training tall ship that was first commissioned in 1997 for naval cadets, the only training ship of its kind in the Indian Navy. Today, the ship is having a major refit including replacing three masts and all the rigging.

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Specialist Structures Victorious At Showman’s Show

Sapa Profiles UK customer Specialist Structures came up trumps at the Showman’s Show, where they not only bagged top spot for their category but also won the Special Award for Best Exhibition Stand in the show.

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Aluminium Carriages

When Bennington Carriages was looking for a new aluminium profile 30 years ago, they made the initial call to Sapa Profiles and have been using Sapa aluminium on their carriage manufacture ever since.

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