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BAU fair 2013: Ideas become built reality

2013-01-29

The BAU exhibition in Munich was once again a huge success for WICONA: the visitor’s feed-back on the stand was extremely positive. The stand design, the welcome by the team and of course the new innovations ... Read more

Hydro and Orkla to form the world's leading aluminium solutions provider

2012-10-16

Norsk Hydro ASA and Orkla ASA have agreed to combine their respective profiles, building systems and tubing business, creating the world's leading aluminium solutions provider. The new combined company, to be... Read more

Holmenkollen: Royalty in aluminium

2011-03-23

When the best ski jumpers in the world prepare for flight at Oslo's Holmenkollbakken at the 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Norway's royal family will watch from their new aluminium-and-glass arena s... Read more

WICONA wins first prize at BAU

2011-02-22

Wicona has won a major award for innovation for its aluminium façade concept, TEmotion, at BAU 2011 – the world’s leading event for architecture, materials and systems which takes place in Munich every two ye... Read more

BAU 2011: All expectations more than fulfilled!

2011-02-14

The BAU exhibition in Munich was a huge success for WICONA: the visitor’s feed-back on the stand was extremely positive. The stand design, the welcome by the team, and of course the new innovations could more... Read more

WICTOP Genius – simply “genius”, faster and more accurate

2011-02-14

The name says it all: WICTOP Genius. With the new software for metal work designing, WICONA presents a "genius" tool for simpler, faster and more reliable planning, design and calculation of façade, window an... Read more

"European Aluminium Award 2010“ for "WICTEC CPC"

2010-11-08

The Ritter Energie- und Umwelttechnik GmbH was awarded with the „European Aluminium Award 2010“ for its façade collector “WICTEC CPC”. Read more

WICONA Finder receives iF Design Award 2010

2010-11-08

The "zeroseven design studios", designers of the Internet platform WICONA Finder, received the iF Communication Design Award 2010 in the category digital media. Read more

Wicona opens energy-neutral building

2010-11-08

Hydro, Europe's leading aluminium company and owner of the global systems brand Wicona, has opened an energy-neutral building in Ulm in southern Germany, which showcases its latest technologies for more energ... Read more

WICONA energy-saving coating for aluminium profiles passes quality tests

2010-11-08

The innovative low-E-coating from Hydro Building Systems has made a further important step towards successful serial production and has passed the Qualicoat-Tests necessary for professional marketing and is t... Read more