ALUCOBOND^® eco is a composite panel consisting of two aluminium cover sheets and a mineral-filled core. The superb properties of this material boost one’s inspiration and offer architecture a whole new range of solutions - whether your project is a private home, a public building, a corporate headquarter and offices, or a trading or industrial complex - or if your organisation wants to create a new image-building Corporate Design - whether for petrol stations, car showrooms, banks or supermarkets.

Advantages

Characteristics	Advantages
Low weight, high rigidity, perfect flatness	Low cost for substructures and fasteners, Smooth handling on the site
Large variety of colours	Unlimited planning and design
Weatherproof	Supplied ready to install
Vibration-damping	No additional sound-damping needed
Can easily be folded and bent	Simple processing using conventional tools
Large panel sizes, fast installation, pre-fabricated panels	Short construction times, adherence to schedules, low cost

ALUCOBOND^® eco perfectly adapts to a building's contours, flowing elements. It is the combination of formability, flatness, stability and weather resistance that characterizes this material. Due to its composite structure, ALUCOBOND^® eco can take on many different shapes. Though both stable and flat ALUCOBOND^® eco can be perfectly formed without any loss to its rigidity.

Lightness / Rigidity

The composite structure of ALUCOBOND^® eco results in an impressive strength-to-weight ratio, even when comparing large panel sizes. Despite its low weight, which makes ALUCOBOND^® eco easy to transport and handle in the factory and on site, its rigidity and high strength make the panels keep their shape and remain flat, even when exposed to extreme temperature changes.

Comparison of thickness and weight of panels with equal rigidity

ALUCOBOND^® eco compared with solid aluminium Required thickness and actual weights of panels with same rigidity
	ALUCOBOND^® eco			Aluminium
Rigidity (E J)	Section modulus	Thickness	Weight	Thickness	Weight
865 kN cm²/m	1.81 cm³/m	3 mm	3.8 kg/m²	2.7 mm	7.3 kg/m²
1620 kN cm²/m	1.11 cm³/m	4 mm	4.8 kg/m²	3.3 mm	8.9 kg/m²

Sustainability

Environment, Safety and Quality

Today ALCAN is recognized worldwide as one of the leading companies in the field of sustainability - in fact not only within its own branch but also among other diversified producers and raw material processing companies throughout the world. ALCAN's commitment to sustainability enables the company to make decisions that create the highest economic, social and ecological value, by taking the requirements of all the relevant groups into consideration.

The company commits to continuous self improvement programs for environmental protection, many of which exceed government regulations. ALCAN continues to serve as a global leader in this field.

During the life cycle of ALUCOBOND^® eco composite panels, no substances containing CFC are set free at any time. The core material does not contain any nitrogen, chlorine or sulphur. Therefore, selecting ALUCOBOND^® eco for projects which require environmental-friendly materials is literally a natural choice.

Life Cycle		Advantages
	During decades of use in a rear-ventilated cladding system, ALUCOBOND^® eco protects the building from weathering and the harmful effects caused by industrial and environmental pollution.	Lower maintenance costs Long-term preservation of the building structure
	An external cladding system using ALUCOBOND^® eco acts as a barrier against solar radiation. The ventilated space between the ALUCOBOND^® eco panels and the wall or the thermal insulation reduces the heat transmission.	In winter: savings in heating cost In summer: savings in air-conditioning cost
	The rear-ventilated cladding system using ALUCOBOND^® eco, protects the wall of the building from high and rapid temperature changes. Moisture can pass through the wall. The building structure keeps dry.	Reduction of thermal expansion Reduction in crack formation

Recycling

ALUCOBOND^® eco is fully recyclable, i.e. both the core material and the aluminium cover sheets are recycled and can be used in the production of new material.