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Window coverings and architectural products manufacturer, Hunter Douglas, has acquired NBK Ceramic. Based in Germany, NBK is a manufacturer of large format terracotta facades. The company has projected sales in 2007 of USD22 million. Hunter Douglas say NBK will continue to operate independently under its current management.

Some 'stunning results' are claimed to have been achieved by Hunter Dougls when it used its versatile rainscreen facade system QuadroClad. The architectural brief for one project was to create a high-value look using an existing concrete frame building - while achieving optimum weather-proofing and natural ventilation. The end result is a building which, combined with aluminium panels, has the appearance of four-sided structural glazing, but at a fraction of the cost. The new system, called QuadroMeleon is effectively a frameless version of the QuadroClad system.

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One Portland Street in Manchester is the first building in the UK to feature the integrated Luxalon honeycomb cored rainscreen system, developed by Hunter Douglas Construction Elements. Situated close to the city's Picadilly Gardens, it incorporates the company's QuadroClad recessed window system into the development. The narrow lines created by the integrated window system's perimeter extrusion have been used to create a visual impact, without the need for abutment details. The extruded perimeter of the window system reduces the need for support structure to the rainscreen panels.

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For a new building on Brighton?s Grand Parade, the Luxalon facade system from Hunter Douglas Construction Elements has been employed. The building boasts a bold circular design and integrates Luxalon bi-modular sandwich wall ? specially designed to provide the building with smooth curves. Using coated aluminium panels, the facade helps to insulate and protect the building.

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