Pioneer in coil coating celebrates 50 years

The global coil-coating group has production units in Sweden, Denmark and Singapore which are providing high-quality film-laminated and prepainted steel and aluminum. 

“It has been an exciting journey and I am proud to have been a part of it for more than 30 years. In all these years, we have maintained our core values: high quality, innovation and flexibility, with strong products we have developed and will continue to grow. The key to this success is our committed and skilled staff”, said Metalcolour Sweden and Denmark chief executive Ingemar Forsberg.

Metalcolour said it saw a need to renew and improve the coil-coating business and has over the years developed solutions now considered best practice and standard, including fire-classified film-laminated steel, heat-applied protective foil, close tolerances in gloss control and special technical coatings.

The company’s first steps took place in Denmark in 1973 by installing one of the first Gasway coil-coating lines in Europe. Since then, several other companies have been incorporated into the Metalcolour Group including SSAB Laminated Steel in 2009 and DAMPA, experts in acoustic metal ceilings, in 2012.

A main focus is coated and laminated metal for cruise ship interiors. Mr Forsberg explained, “Some of the biggest cruise ships being built at the major north European shipyards have a length of more than 350 m and carry up to 7,600 passengers. Metalcolour has delivered 350,000 m² of Dobel products used for wall panels, ceilings, doors and wet units for each of these majestic ships.” 

The production units in each country are specialised. Denmark is the heart of the production of prepainted metal. Most products within technical coating are delivered to automotive subcontractors all over the world, whereas the decorative prepainted metal is mainly delivered to building and industrial product manufacturers in northern Europe. Sweden and Singapore specialise in film-laminated steel and aluminum for the global marine and building industries.

“Finding new applications with high demands of our key values will be the way forward for both technical and decorative coating. We will continue to do all we can to keep both existing and new customers happy with their co-operation with Metalcolour. The 50-year long journey will continue”, said Mr Forsberg.