The aluNID® aluminium honeycomb core is exhibited in Zurich thanks to ALUCOAT‘s collaboration with Swiss artist Esther Mathis.

Esther Mathis, an avant-garde artist who uses innovative materials in her works, has extensive experience in the world of the arts. On this occasion, she has decided to make the honeycomb core, aluNID®, an important element in her new temporary exhibition. Entitled “Nightshades“, the artist has exhibited works of different sizes in which she has applied spray paint to the honeycomb, creating incredible shadows and effects.

More and more artists and photographers are becoming interested in using aluNID® as a new element for their exhibitions, not only because of its enormous moulding capacity to create new decorative and artistic shapes, but also because thanks to the properties of aluminium, aluNID® has an excellent adhesion to paint, creating unique reflections and original shapes.

In addition, the aluminium honeycomb core is known for its special properties of lightness, excellent flatness, non-combustibility, strong compression and shear and for its particular structure, making it a very versatile material for use in countless applications, which is why artists have turned to it as a new element in their works.

aluNID®, present in all kinds of applications, even the least expected.

On 16 October was celebrated in Oviedo, the first anniversary of the disconnection of Sunthalpy, the first fully autonomous house installed in an Atlantic climate.

This single-family house has spent a whole year without being connected to the electricity grid and without using fossil fuels, maintaining electricity, hot water, a heated swimming pool and charging an electric car, with sunlight, in a place like Asturias, which has only 2,000 hours of sunlight per year.

Sunthalpy has created the low enthalpy solar building. It is a system of solar capture and accumulation integrated into the building, which is patented at European level and allows to convert into thermal solar panels of very high efficiency any facade or roof material (such as those manufactured by ALUCOIL) being able to cover all energy needs of buildings, even on completely overcast winter days.

Sunthalpy, together with ALIBERICO, through its subsidiary ALUCOIL, a world leader in the manufacture of panels for facades of unique buildings, with its brands larson® and larcore®, are carrying out an integration of their materials with Sunthalpy’s patented solar collection technology and developing the industrialization of this technology that allows buildings to operate with clean energy, without depending on the electricity grid, thus reducing CO2 emissions and with the ultimate goal of creating a world free of greenhouse gas emissions in 2050.

The event, which was held in the house itself, was chaired by Enrique Fernández, Minister of Industry of the Government of the Principality of Asturias and by Belén Martín, Managing Director of ALUCOIL, together with Omar Suárez, CEO, founder and host of Sunthalpy.

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The presentation was held at the headquarters of the Aragon Hydrogen Foundation in Huesca, with the presence of the Vice President and Counsellor of Industry, Competitiveness and Business Development of the Government of Aragon, Arturo Aliaga.

The project contemplates the investment of more than 42 million euros and involves the creation of 40 direct jobs in a first phase, 75 in a second phase, and 400 indirect jobs, in addition to consolidating the current 110 jobs.

The president of Grupo Aliberico and president of Iberfoil Aragón, Clemente González Soler, emphasized that it is “an essential and strategic project for Spain, as it is the only plant in our country that laminates thin aluminium foil for the pharmaceutical and food sectors”.

Huesca, September 27th – The president of Grupo Alibérico, Clemente González Soler, has presented today at the headquarters of the Aragon Hydrogen Foundation in Huesca, in the presence of the vice-president and counsellor of Industry, Competitiveness and Business Development of the Government of Aragon, Arturo Aliaga, the Iberfoil Integra project, which involves an investment of more than 42 million euros and is set to become a benchmark for the Circular Economy model in Spain.

The Iberfoil Integra project, which has been declared of regional interest by the Government of Aragon, involves the design and development of a new plant within the current Iberfoil Aragon factory site in Sabiñánigo (Huesca), which will be equipped with melting furnaces that will be able to use up to 100% hydrogen as fuel in the future and, therefore, reduce and avoid CO2 emissions from this type of process in the current aluminium industries.

The new plant is expected to create 40 direct jobs in the first phase, 75 in the second phase, and 400 indirect jobs, in addition to consolidating the current 110 jobs.

The president of Grupo Aliberico and president of Iberfoil Aragon, Clemente González Soler, highlighted in the presentation of Iberfoil Integra that it is “an essential and strategic project for Spain, as it is the only plant of its kind in our country dedicated to the lamination of thin aluminium foil for the pharmaceutical and food sectors”.

Furthermore, the president of Grupo Aliberico emphasised that “in a world that is becoming increasingly less global and more local, the security of supplies of raw materials will be key for the industry and the economy of the countries”.

The Iberfoil Integra project, which was already advanced by the president of Grupo Aliberico on 17 May, the day on which the third vice-president of the Government and Minister for Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, presented the draft Law on Waste and Contaminated Soil, aims to integrate the new melting and continuous casting factory to manufacture aluminium coils from aluminium scrap.

Clemente González Soler assured that, “although this is a project that will provide greater autonomy and independence to Grupo Aliberico, our intention is to maintain, as until now, the collaboration and supply agreements with Aludium Amorebieta”, the company’s main supplier of raw materials.

The new factory for scrap recovery, melting and manufacturing of 6 mm thick coils from continuous casting, will have a surface area of more than 45,000 square metres, and will be located in an area adjacent to the current plant, whose land was acquired in 2014 by Aliberico after the bankruptcy of INASA.

In the new plant, Iberfoil’s own scrap and scrap from other Aliberico plants and those of its customers in Spain will be recovered by melting them in five furnaces (one rotary, two melting and two holding furnaces), producing liquid aluminium that will feed two continuous casting lines that will produce 25,000 tonnes of coils per year.

The Olympia Las Rozas Women’s Football Club played its first home game this Sunday, the second game of its recently released participation in the First National League.

The meeting was chaired by the Councilor of Culture, Tourism and Sports of the Community of Madrid, Marta Rivera, Coral Bistuer, Sports General Director, and the sponsors of the Club, the President of Alibérico, Clemente González Soler and José Manuel Rico, President and CEO of Construcciones Ruesma. The Presidential Cabinet of Madrid´s Real Football (RFFM) also attended, made up of Paco Díez, José Luis Polo and Laura Torvisco and had the support of the Las Rozas Council, represented by Juan Ignacio Cabrera, Sports Councilor and Gloria Fernández , Councilor for Culture and Youth.

The match against Cádiz CF Femenino resulted in a 3-1 in favor of Club Olympia Las Rozas, a result of the effort and continuous work of the entire Olympia team that will put all their passion in its debut in this first season in the First National League.

Alibérico will continue to support the football players this season in their fight to reach the top of women’s football. Alibérico, sponsor of the Olympia Las Rozas Women’s Football Club, is committed to sport, health and well-being (SDG 3), gender equality and equal opportunities (SDG 5).

The aluminium honeycomb core aluNID® is increasingly present in the automotive world thanks to its innovation, design and high performance. Its 100% aluminium composition makes it infinitely recyclable and 100% sustainable. Its lightness and resistance make aluNID® an essential material for the manufacture of automobiles of all kinds:

• Conventional cars: thanks to the reduction in weight, they reduce the consumption of fossil fuels.
• Electric cars: their lightness makes electric cars have a greater range.
• High-speed cars: especially those of high competition such as Formula 1, offering better aerodynamic performance and lower weight.
• Military cars: together with aramid fiber fabrics to absorb impacts in the event of an explosion.

In addition, its non-combustibility offers greater safety. aluNID® a 100% sustainable future material.

aluNID®, helping to create more sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11).