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Opening photo: The range of Blyweert Aluminium systems.
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Blyweert Aluminium: the Strategic Nature of a Reliable Coating Supplier for Architectural Aluminium Alessia Venturi ipcm®
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he Polish aluminium architecture market has very particular characteristics: Poland is home to some of Europe’s leading manufacturers of profiles for façades, windows and doors, but the domestic demand for architectural aluminium is six times lower than that of the German market. Eighty percent of production is exported globally and it is difficult to precisely track the final destination of each extruded aluminium profile manufactured and coated in Poland.
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Another peculiarity of this market is the very short lead times requested of these profile companies: Blyweert Aluminium in Czosnow (ref. Opening photo), near Warsaw, has a lead time of just five working days from production to packing, and it is one of the companies with the most extensive aluminium coating expertise in Poland. Founded by Peter Blyweert in 2009 as a retailer of profiles, the