Uginox has a diverse selection of grades and surface finishes empowers designers to select the perfect stainless steel tailored to requirements. Each option boasts corrosion resistance, ensuring adaptability to various atmospheric conditions, thereby promoting continuity and sustainability in building projects.
Moreover, the array of stainless steels exhibits outstanding physical properties, maintaining efficacy even at extremely low temperatures. This versatility allows for the use of thinner pieces, reducing weight per square meter, while also enabling the utilization of lengthy sections.
Our products undergo seamless transformation and installation using conventional tools and machinery, ensuring efficiency throughout the process.
Uginox Patina
The product range includes Uginox Patina is a tin-plated stainless steel available in two grades of ferritic stainless steel: K41 (0.4 mm and 0.5 mm thick) and K44 (0.5 mm thick), the latter of which can meet even the most aggressive of all atmospheric conditions.
These are coated with tin by electroplating on both sides. Tin acquires a patina over time, giving it a living character and a matt grey appearance, which is particularly popular. Tin reduces the natural shine of stainless steel and facilitates its integration into any location. In addition, Uginox K41 and K44 are easily soldered and can be worked with in winter temperatures.
Economic performance
Incorporating stainless steel into building design translates to cost-effectiveness, particularly when considering the longevity of the structure in relation to its final cost. This stems from stainless steel's exceptional durability and minimal maintenance requirements, ensuring price stability over time, especially with ferritic grades. When factoring in transformation and installation costs, stainless steel emerges as competitively advantageous compared to traditionally used metals.
Aesthetic appeal
Stainless steel offers architects unparalleled creative freedom, rarely paralleled in design. Architects can explore our extensive range of thicknesses and surface finishes, from subdued to vibrant and dazzling options. Its versatility enables the creation of intricate shapes and seamless integration with other materials such as glass, wood, and stone, enhancing the aesthetic appeal of any project.
A 100% recyclable product
Stainless steel stands out as the quintessential "green material," being endlessly recyclable. In the construction realm, its recovery rate nears 100%.
Possessing environmental neutrality and inertness, it doesn't leach compounds even when exposed to elements like water, ensuring its composition remains unaltered. These attributes render it ideally suited for various construction applications, including roofs, facades, rainwater collection systems, domestic water pipes, swimming pools, bridges, and pedestrian bridges.
The durability of stainless steel meets the demands of sustainable construction. By selecting the appropriate grade, surface finish, and ensuring proper installation and maintenance, users are guaranteed unparalleled longevity. Additionally, construction components crafted from stainless steel arrive ready for installation, minimizing pollution such as noise and dust. Moreover, these components can be salvaged during demolition for recycling, thereby adding further value.
A global player in the metals industry
Aperam is a global player in stainless, electrical and specialty steel, with customers in over 40 countries. The business is organized in four primary reportable segments: Stainless & Electrical Steel, Services & Solutions, Alloys & Specialties and Recycling & Renewables.
Aperam has a flat Stainless and Electrical steel capacity of 2.5 million tonnes in Brazil and Europe and is a leader in high value specialty products. In addition to its industrial network, spread over six production facilities in Brazil, Belgium and France, Aperam has a highly integrated distribution, processing and services network and a unique capability to produce low carbon footprint stainless and special steels from biomass, stainless steel scrap and high performance alloys scrap.
