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Andreas Engelhardt (left), personally liable partner of Schüco, and Raimund Heinl, CEO of Saint-Gobain Germany and Austria, want to promote glass recycling in the construction industry through the joint cooperation.
Glass recycling

Saint-Gobain and Schüco enter into partnership

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The reuse of glass is becoming increasingly important for the construction industry. In order to promote glass recycling, Schüco and Saint-Gobain Glass Germany are now entering into a partnership to jointly utilise used glass from existing buildings for the material cycle and bundle material flows.

Trade fair

BAU 2025 – some impressions from the show!

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The BAU 2025 had an incredible run for the last few days, and the atmosphere has been electric! Both visitors and exhibitors have been buzzing with excitement. Here are some snapshots from the trade fair.

 From left to right: Philipp Neuhaus, Chief Financial Officer of Schüco; Steven Kraus, Majority Shareholder of Skyline Windows; Birgit Westphal, Transaction Advisor and Co-Owner of iBDC; Matthew Kraus, CEO of Skyline Windows; and Matthijs Bruijnse, Executive Vice President International Metal Division at Schüco, celebrate the official signing of the contract.
North America

Schüco expands market presence in the US through Skyline partnership

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Schüco has entered into a partnership with Skyline Windows, a leading company in the American window industry. With this partnership, the New York-based company becomes an exclusive distributor for Schüco.

Schüco Metal Construction Days 2024

Innovations in sustainable and smart building solutions

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Our man Matthias Rehberger attended the Schüco Metal Construction Days 2024 in Bielefeld. Gathered there were 1200 participants to explore cutting-edge technologies like AI, smart buildings and facade-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). Key highlights included the introduction of Schüco Carbon Control for CO2 minimization and a compelling keynote on the transformative power of artificial intelligence. Dive into the future of metal construction with Schüco's innovative solutions.

Interconnection Consulting

European Facade Summit 2024 in Vienna

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The European Facade Summit (EFS) will take place in Vienna from 29 February to 1 March 2024. The event location is the Hotel Meliá Vienna in the DC Tower. The congress will focus on intelligent and sustainable facade solutions in the context of climate change.

BIPV

New office building with solar facade becomes a green powerhouse

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This new office building in Stuttgart, Germany, known as OWP 12 referring to its address, was created using the newest planning and building methods in accordance with the Cradle to Cradle principle and it shows what energy-plus architecture can do today thanks to the slimline, high performance facade with BIPV.

At the signing of the contract (from left): Albrecht Pförtner (Managing Director of Gewerbepark Flugplatz Gütersloh GmbH), Andreas Engelhardt (CEO and personally liable partner of Schüco International KG) and Reinhard Jürgens (Head of Supply Chain Management Metal Construction/PMO).
Germany

Schüco acquires 100,000 square metres at a business park Germany

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Schüco is expanding its range of services and acquiring 100,000 square metres of space at Gewerbepark Flugplatz Gütersloh GmbH. On the northern part of the site of the former British military airfield, the company intends to develop an additional location in East Westphalia-Lippe for product provision and distribution.

With Schüco Carbon Control, the complex topic of decarbonisation and the extensive Schüco range can be precisely coordinated.
Decarbonisation

Schüco Carbon Control – What is it all about?

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With Carbon Control, Schüco offers a modular range with which the decarbonisation of windows, doors and facades can be controlled on a project-specific basis. One specific value is becoming increasingly important: the Global Warming Potential (GWP).

The Vandaglas Group acquires Glassolutions  Switzerland

Vandaglas goes Switzerland

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Saint-Gobain has signed an agreement to sell its Swiss glass processing business to the German group Aequita. The glass processors of Glassolutions Kreuzlingen in Switzerland will then become part of the Vandaglas Group, the glass division of Aequita.

K8 is a six-storey office newbuild at Deutz harbour in Cologne. Its special feature is an L-shaped floor plan with rounded corners.
Office building

Schüco: A versatile and flexible office building in Cologne

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As a rental office property, the newly built K8 building in Cologne Deutz provides a high degree of flexibility. And Schüco floor-to-ceiling windows and doors provide daylight, access and ventilation.

AWS 75 BS.SI+ block system with a 75 mm basic depth and a face width of 99 mm: Thermal insulation with a Uf value of 1.2 W/(m2K).
Aluminium windows

Schüco’s aluminium profile AWS Optimized is now Passive House-certified

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Under the name AWS Optimized, Schüco is presenting its standard aluminium system to architects and metal fabricators in a variant with even better U values – right up to passive house standard.

Mario Husemann of Remondis (l.) and Dirk Schneider of Schüco are taking over the management of RE:CORE GmbH and are looking forward to working together.
PVC recycling

Remondis and Schüco join forces for the recycling market

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Buildings are valuable deposits of raw materials, Schüco and Remondis agree. To ensure that the plastics recycling loop is really closed, these two companies are entering into a strategic partnership and have founded a subsidiary for this purpose. Read here what is behind this:

With its elegant curve, the new building of the Fraunhofer IEE in Kassel makes a striking statement towards the city centre.
Energy Glas | Schollglas

Solar control glass for new Fraunhofer IEE building in Kassel, Germany

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The facade of the new building of the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy Systems Technology IEE at the main railway station in Kassel was equipped with triple insulating glass, including Gewe-therm solar solar control glass from Schollglas. Here you can find out what role this plays in the energy concept of the building.

Schüco:

Powerhouse Telemark: A shining example of carbon neutral architecture

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Norway has set itself ambitious climate protection goals. The country wants to have its buildings be more or less carbon neutral by 2050. A shining example is the Powerhouse Telemark with its innovative facade.

Schüco RX LOAD 500 is a robotic cell consisting of the Schüco CNC machine AF 500 and a robot with linear traversing unit, safety fence and mobile rack for the profiles.
Automation:

Kuka robot supplies machining centre for Schüco

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In cooperation with Kuka AG, a robot cell has been developed that supplements the Schüco machining centre with an autonomous loading and unloading system for greater precision, speed and dynamics. This is also intended as a response to the shortage of skilled workers in the metal construction industry.

The new owners of the Kemper House are in the business of restoring classic Porsche 911s – which shows quite a few parallels to refurbishing this modern classic building.
Kemper House, Wuppertal:

Resurrection of an architectural icon with Schüco windows

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Richard Neutra’s Kemper House was designed and built between 1961 and 1967 and is one of only a few that the US architect. This special building has recently been refurbished to its old glory - also involving Schüco sliding windows. Here are more details:

Top stories of the week

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Award-winning low-E glass, a smart locking sensor, a new extruding line in the Balkans and a look behind the scenes at Wicona. Here are our top stories of the week:

The energy-autonomous and wireless shutter monitoring system can be retrofitted simply and easily in the fittings groove of existing Schüco windows.
Schüco:

Always know if the window is open even when you are not at home

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Schüco SensTrack wireless is an intelligent sensor that monitors the locking status of window systems. The wireless and battery-free lock monitoring system keeps track of whether the window is securely locked. The wireless sensor is powered by the movement of the hardware.

The spectacular character of the building was expressed in the form of an amorphously curved structure with a fully glazed aluminium facade.
Schüco:

A sustainable office building inspired by nature

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The new offices of the Triodos Bank in the Netherlands set standards for circular construction as a completely demountable, energy-neutral building with a wooden structure and a glass facade.

Top stories of the week

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A window system that is burglary resistant even when tilted, a building in Copenhagen that is super sustainable thanks to Super Spacers, seven-day deliveries is spite of supply chain constraints. And installing wood windows in winter – what can go wrong? Here are our top stories of this week:

Convenient, secure and functional: thanks to a new fittings system, Schüco aluminium windows now offer burglary resistance even when tilted - up to resistance class RC 2, as recommended by the police.
Schüco:

Burglary resistant window up to RC 2 even if tilted

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The new Schüco AvanTec SimplySmart OpenSecure hardware extension for aluminium window systems with tilt-before-turn operation enables ift-tested burglary resistance RC 2 in the tilt position. Find out here if it can also be retrofitted.

The microsilver particles embedded in the surface effectively prevent germs from multiplying. Independent lab tests have shown a reduction in germs of at least 99.9% within 24 hours.
Schüco SmartActive:

Antimicrobial surface finish for handles and aluminium profile surfaces

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The long-lasting surface coating for Schüco window, door and sliding door handles as well as profile surfaces, reduces the transfer of all sorts of microbes. The microsilver used is free of nano particles and cannot penetrate human skin.

As a first step, Schüco is striving to reduce its absolute CO2 emissions by 30 per cent by 2025 compared to 2018.
Sustainable production:

Schüco: Full carbon neutrality by 2040

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The German manufacturer has set itself the goal of becoming completely carbon-neutral across all of its business activities over the next 20 years. See here how Schüco intends to proceed along its path towards a low-carbon economy.

The different functional areas can be perceived from the outside as formally independent modules and also contrast with each other in the facade design.

Form and function beyond the common white cube

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Modernity and functionality do not necessarily have to lead to the usual 'white box' design. This is proven by a single-family home in northern Germany designed by architectural firm Annette Scholz. See here how the design clearly delineates areas of use as visually independent cubes so that they can be seen from the outside, while combining them to form a conceptual whole on the inside.

The fire protection system can be implemented with single or double doors. This allows greater design freedom.

Schüco: A fire protection system for maximum flexibility in operation

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Schüco FireStop ADS 90 FR 90 adds another aluminium fire protection system with 90 minutes of fire resistance at a thickness of 90 millimetres to the Schüco FireStop platform. Read what the new fire and smoke protection systems have to offer in terms of flexibility and assembly thanks to the open-seam profile geometry: