Overview
3A Composites USA Inc.
ALUCOBOND is an aluminum composite material brand of 3A Composites. The U.S. business is 3A Composites USA Inc., at 721 Jetton Street, Suite 325, Davidson, North Carolina. The European business is 3A Composites GmbH in Singen, Germany. 3A Composites is an independent division of Schweiter Technologies AG, and the company has regional sites for the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, China, Asia Pacific and India. The U.S. site carries a Made in America badge, with the note that the product is made from domestic and imported materials.
The Americas product range consists of four product families and several systems.
- ALUCOBOND PLUS, an aluminum composite panel.
- ALUCOLUX, a metal panel line. The library covers the ALUCOLUX Flat Lock and ALUCOLUX Modular Reveal systems.
- AXCENT.
- MONARC.
The systems and fabrication methods named on the U.S. site are Dry Reveal, ALUCOBOND EasyFix, ALUCOBOND FaceFastened and Wet Seal, together with an accessories category and AXCENT EasyLoc. The library covers AXCENT, ALUCOLUX Flat Lock, ALUCOLUX Modular Reveal, ALUCOBOND Wet Seal, ALUCOBOND FaceFastened, ALUCOBOND EasyFix, ALUCOBOND Dry Reveal and ALUCOBOND PLUS.
On the European site the ALUCOBOND brand is listed as ALUCOBOND A2, ALUCOBOND PLUS and ALUCORE. Color series include Artenara, Anodised, Solid, Metallic, Spectra, Sparkling, NaturAL, Anodized Look, Terra, Urban, Rocca and Design. The applications named are facades, balconies, roofs, corporate design and fire safety. ALUCOBOND is made at sites in Singen, Germany; Benton in the United States; Shanghai, China; and Pune, India.
3A Composites serves three market segments: architecture, display and industry. Customers include architects, interior designers, shop fitters, exhibition stand builders, product designers and sign makers. The U.S. site publishes articles on hospitals, educational spaces, homes and interior finishes.
Relevant manufacturer history
The architecture division of the company developed ALUCOBOND in 1969, at the same time as KAPA. The business traces its roots to 1956, when Lonza founded Airex AG in Sins, Aargau. In 1990 alusuisse composites was founded, and the Singen plant was expanded in 1994 to produce ALUCORE.
Alcan took over Alusuisse in 2000, and Rio Tinto acquired Alcan in 2007. In 2009 Schweiter Technologies took over Alcan Composites, and in 2010 it was renamed 3A Composites. Later acquisitions were Foamalite in 2012, Polycasa in 2015, Athlone Extrusions in 2017 and Perspex International Ltd. in 2019. The SINTREX product was launched in 2025.
The Americas business has since expanded its architectural metal range with the ALUCOLUX rebrand alongside ALUCOBOND PLUS.
