January 2024
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Cladding & Facades Updates<br />
‘COLORED GREY FROM SURFACE TO THE CORE’<br />
Accsys has announced that its coloured-tothe-core<br />
wood product, Accoya Color, is now<br />
available in the UK, and ideal for cladding and<br />
decking.<br />
Accoya Color brings all the high performance<br />
and sustainability benefits of Accoya wood in a<br />
stunning grey colour. It is highly stable due to<br />
the minimal movement of Accoya wood in<br />
different weather conditions, making it perfect<br />
for decking boards and cladding profiles. As it<br />
is coloured through to the core, the grey colour<br />
cannot flake or wear off. This makes it long<br />
lasting and low maintenance as no coatings or<br />
further treatments are required, saving time<br />
and money in the long run. Like Accoya, Accoya<br />
Color is non-toxic and one of the few building<br />
products to be Cradle to Cradle certified Gold<br />
for its circular economy benefits.<br />
The expansion of Accoya Color to the UK<br />
market follows successful growth worldwide.<br />
Since its launch in 2021, in the DACH region and<br />
subsequent release in N. America and<br />
France, Accoya Color has been<br />
specified by many<br />
leading architects and<br />
project designers, with<br />
proven<br />
success in<br />
hundreds of<br />
decking, cladding and<br />
louvre projects.<br />
Justin Peckham, Head of Sales UK & Ireland at<br />
Accsys, commented: “I’m so excited to bring the<br />
benefits of Accoya Color to our UK customers.<br />
Coloured throughout, it is a phenomenal product,<br />
offering a premium look and feel that lasts. It<br />
combines all the high performance and<br />
sustainability benefits of Accoya with a gorgeous<br />
grey color. It has<br />
proven extremely popular<br />
for decking, given its durability,<br />
protection from scuff marks and low<br />
maintenance. For the same reasons, we are<br />
also seeing it increasingly specified for<br />
cladding. As the trend towards outdoor living<br />
continues to grow, we see huge potential for<br />
Accoya Color.”<br />
Accoya Color is available via the Accoya<br />
distribution network.<br />
www.accoya.com<br />
EXPORT GAINS FOR EJOT COLORFAST<br />
An innovative roofing and cladding fastener<br />
developed by EJOT in the UK more than 30 years<br />
ago, and now on its third generation, is<br />
becoming increasingly popular with contractors<br />
around the world.<br />
Specifications of EJOT Colorfast, which has become<br />
the go-to solution in the UK roofing and cladding<br />
sector where a colour-matched self-drilling fastener<br />
is required, are growing strongly in countries<br />
including Australia, New Zealand and the US, as<br />
well as in the Caribbean and southeast Asia.<br />
As a typical example, in Australia and New Zealand<br />
alone, a steady increase in sales volumes of the FM<br />
Approved fastener range has been tracked, with the<br />
growth in cold storage applications and insulated<br />
panels helping to drive demand there.<br />
Feedback received by EJOT UK indicates that many<br />
contractors in locations like Australia are adopting<br />
new approaches to the design and installation of the<br />
building envelope in response to changing building<br />
standards, whilst also being able to achieve<br />
improved aesthetics and extended design goals.<br />
According to Ben Gallant, Export Sales Manager at<br />
EJOT UK, the trend reflects a culture shift that is<br />
taking place in how buildings are constructed, with<br />
a greater adoption of insulated panels, driven by<br />
European influencers, an increased focus on<br />
adhering to globally recognised standards such as<br />
FM Approvals, and a need to demonstrate supply<br />
chain integrity.<br />
Ben explained: “If you take the Australasian market<br />
as just one example, things operate differently to<br />
Europe and the UK in terms of building technology,<br />
largely due to established ways of working. But the<br />
market is changing. The most recent updates in the<br />
building regulations give sustainability a much<br />
higher priority and that means specifiers are<br />
In Australasia, an increase in sales volumes has been<br />
tracked, with the growth in cold storage applications and<br />
insulated panels helping to drive demand.<br />
increasingly choosing insulated panels for the<br />
envelope, as well as seeking assurances on long<br />
term performance.”<br />
As in the UK, Colorfast is also helping contractors in<br />
other parts of the world to meet higher thermal<br />
standards due to the consistency of the seal above<br />
the sheet, maximising the insulation levels that the<br />
panels are designed to deliver within the building.<br />
Couple this with the head’s reliable UV stability to<br />
maintain lasting visual aesthetics and optional<br />
stainless steel screws for enhanced corrosion<br />
resistance, and it is a product with multiple<br />
benefits. www.ejot.co.uk<br />
36 TC JANUARY <strong>2024</strong>
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