Clearview National December 2015 - Issue 169 | Page 71

AL UMINIUM

Supermarket Sweep
»»Jack Aluminium’s
curtain walling and thermal
doors have been used to create an
impressive, efficient and secure
shopfront at Asda’s busy Harrow
store.
The eye-catching glass
shopfront, spanning 33 x 4.2
metres, is the latest result of
a long-standing partnership
between Jack Aluminium and
IDF Aluminium Ltd.
IDF Aluminium also chose
high security Jack Door TD68

doors fitted with louvers for
the project to achieve PAS24
standards. A colour matched
pressed aluminium sign
panel was required which
Jack Aluminium was able to
supply.
William Woods, director at
IDF Aluminium Ltd, says the
Jack Aluminium curtain walling
system’s excellent U-value
performance and high thermal
efficiency make it ideally suited
for high footfall entrances.

Worldwide
aluminium market
expected to double
The worldwide aluminium market is
expected to double within the next
10 years, industry experts predict.
»»This positive
outlook is reinforced by figures
released by Statista and Hydro,
which reveal global aluminium
consumption is increasing year
on year.
In 2015, global aluminium
consumption increased by
15% to 14.8m tonnes in Q2
compared with Q1 in 2015.
Compared with Q2 2014,
global demand rose by 5%.
Jerry Webb, Managing
Director of specialist aluminium
fabricator CDW Systems,
comments: “Aluminium usage
is increasing within commercial
construction, and this has