Tomorrow’s dwellings are already here today. A residential district is now in the course of construction outside the city of Malmö in southern Sweden, where the entire production is industrialized and prefabricated modules are delivered directly to site. Steel is the staple material used for load-bearing elements and also for parts of the interior, frontages and roofs.
Prelaq Nova already had a head start. The paint system had been used for decades with excellent results. The polymer grains used to increase the paint coat thickness do not affect the colour or gloss of the paint, but they do improve the formability and increase the durability. This was found out by many manufacturers of sheet steel roof tiles.
An entirely new scale of colours was introduced on Prelaq Nova and the polyester paints. There are intense colours, metallic paints, shades, grey scales....
“Architects, designers and stylists now have the means to realize their dreams without limitations,” declares Thomas Andersson, Managing Director of Lindab Steel. “This is important, since sheet steel must never be dull.”
Read more about the opportunites with prepainted sheet steel