Metamark proves its technical prowess
One of the UK sign industries home-grown manufacturing success stories, Metamark, has revealed a brand-new product range and seen it put to highly-dramatic use in a challenging office building.
Thursday, 16 Feb 2017 12:40 GMT
The first test of Metamark Technical Films Renolit Reface has been to a this beautifully designed office building, which needed its smooth finish protected from the elements
The new product, Renolit Reface is the first launch for Metamark Technical Films, a new division of the company that will see it expand its strategic business horizons.
“Applying Reface involves a survey process and specialist application techniques that Metamark Technical Films teaches suitably qualified companies,” explains Paul French, chief executive officer of Metamark, who adds: “Access to the product and to the opportunity that refurbishing buildings and offering customised construction presents will be conditional on a number of factors and full training will be required in handling Reface.”
According to Metamark Technical Films, its Reface product addresses an unmet need for applied finishes that both beautify existing structure and which deliver a range of functional benefits too. Reface, once installed, protects the fabric of the buildings to which it is applied and significantly lowers establishment costs for management and required maintenance.
Being filmic in nature, the product requires handling skills which, when fully trained and developed, deliver many benefits beyond sprayed finishes. Installation disruption in minimal and premises being worked on can remain in use. There is no odour, no noise and application is more tolerant of weather conditions than paint or other traditional finishes.
The applied product will endure for years without significant changes in colour or finish
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“Reface is delivered to the end-user with an impressive warranty. The applied product will endure for years without significant changes in colour or finish. In short, buildings look great and stay that way once they are protected with Reface,” emphasises French.
Reface is an engineered filmic material (EFM), and compromises multiple layers. The first layer is PVDF which makes it highly dirt resistant and also provides high protection against wind and weather. The consequence is, buildings with panels clad in Reface, can be cleaned with the same equipment and ease that is associated with windows.
Behind the layer of PVDF is an acrylic inclusion, which gives the new product a high-degree of resistance to fading and other modes of photo-degradation. Next in the construction detail is a layer of PVC, which imparts the product’s colour and substance. Lots of standard colours are available, and, if needed, practically anything in the Pantone swatch can be matched too. One the reverse of the PVC layer is a specifically engineered pressure sensitive adhesive with an air evacuation feature for ease of application.
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