3A Composites USA has announced the addition of 34 new finishes to its stock and made-to-order ALUCOBOND AXCENT programs, increasing its total AXCENT offering to 69 finishes. (ALUCOBOND AXCENT also is available in custom colors.)
ALUCOBOND AXCENT is a line of painted 0.040-inch thick aluminum flat stock designed for building trim and is ideal for matching projects clad in a range of like ALUCOBOND PLUS aluminum composite material (ACM) finishes.
ALUCOBOND AXCENT is the an ideal trim for building fascia, flashing and roof caps. As a single skin metal sheet, AXCENT not only works for roofline trim but for high-traffic window and door areas as well. AXCENT expands design possibilities by providing a finishing touch to projects clad in complementary select ALUCOBOND PLUS ACM finishes.
The AXCENT line expansion is the result of 3A Composites’ improved manufacturing capabilities, according to Sulewski.
The AXCENT Stock Program
ALUCOBOND AXCENT now is available in a total of 44 stocked colors designed to match stocked ALUCOBOND PLUS ACM finishes in both The Classic Collection and The Natural Collection Elements Series.
The Classic Collection. AXCENT stocked colors include New-Age Dark Bronze Mica, Epernay Champagne Metallic, Atacama Bronze Metallic, Beige, Magnolia, Beachstone Gray Metallic, Steel City Silver Mica, Greyhound, Anthracite Silver Metallic, Black Metallic, Graphite Mica and Ultramarine Blue.
The Natural Collection Element Series. AXCENT stocked colors include Moonstone Metallic, Colorado Gold Metallic, Native Copper Mica, Olivine Metallic and Serpentine Metallic.
The AXCENT Made-to-Order Program
The ALUCOBOND AXCENT Made-to-Order Program includes a total of 25 colors from The Classic Collection, The Spectra Collection and The Natural Collection’s Element and Terra Series. (Lead times and minimum orders apply.)
The Classic Collection. Made-to-order AXCENT colors include Tuscan Sun and Botanical.
The Spectra Collection. Made-to-order AXCENT colors include Ocean, Galaxy Blue, White Gold, Cupral and Sakura.
The Natural Collection Element and Terra Series. Made-to-order AXCENT colors include Arctic Frost, Aragonite Metallic, Sierra Sand, Bronze, Terracotta, Slate, Basalt Gray, Cubanite Metallic, Lava Nera and Almandine Garnet Metallic.
As the original aluminum composite material, ALUCOBOND PLUS has been developed to allow architects and designers to meet the fire performance requirements of today’s building standards while using ACM as the material of choice. Consisting of two sheets of smooth .020-inch aluminum thermo-bonded to a solid, fire retardant core, ALUCOBOND PLUS offers the proven product properties such as flatness, form-ability, durability and ease of fabrication. ALUCOBOND PLUS is manufactured in a standard 4-millimeter thickness.
ALUCOBOND PLUS is manufactured in the U.S. in the Benton, Ky., plant of 3A Composites. The 3A Composites USA headquarters are based in Davidson, N.C.