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The Trend Towards Ever-Greater Colour Customisation In The Aluminium Industry: The Response Of ALUKON Francesco Stucchi ipcm®
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roduct customisation is one of the
lifestyle and consumption behaviour leads
also in the building sector, for example for
mega trends of our time. We have
to the demand for increasingly customised
window and door frames and awnings.
already dealt with it on this magazine1,
products. The quickest way to customise
This mega trend forces manufacturers to
analysing how the will to distinguish through
a product? Requiring an exclusive
be increasingly flexible in terms of coating
the originality and individualisation of one’s own
colour and finish. This is already a well-
to stay competitive, while pushing paint
established practice in the car market, but
suppliers to focus on R&D to meet individual
it is becoming more and more common
non-standard requests.
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