About KM Europa Metal AG @ Architonic

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Company

KM Europa Metal AG, the word’s largest manufacturer of copper and copper alloy products, plays a leading role in the development of innovative, application-based solutions. KM Europa Metal is a key partner to a wide variety of industries. With approx. 8,000 employees at 18 locations in Europe und Asia, KME processes more than 700,000 tons of primary and secondary copper per annum.

KM Europa Metal AG has its headquarters in Osnabrück, Germany. The company’s executive management comprises a truly European management team consisting of members from Germany, France and Italy.

KME is divided into four Product Divisions – "Brass Rods", "Tube Systems", "Special Products" and "Rolled Products".

The companies of the KME group have strict quality management systems in place that comply to the requirements of the ISO 9000 series, and these are certified and monitored by recognized certification bodies. Harmonization and coordination of these quality management systems takes place on a Group-wide basis.

Products

TECU® copper for roofs and façades can be supplied in various surfaces and designs depending on the requirements of the specific application at hand. Copper is long-lasting and easy to process, and its natural surfaces can be combined with many other construction materials.

The growing use of rolled copper products in plumbing technology and façade constructions, increasing quality requirements and the development of innovative processing methods place much higher demands on the base material than ever before.

Systems and interesting combinations with a wide range of other materials make processing extremely easy and offer a larger number of enhanced design options.

TECU® sheets and strips for plumbing and façades are manufactured according to the requirements of DIN EN 1172 and KME's own strict corporate quality guidelines. (roofing quality, façade quality). In many cases, these guidelines prescribe considerably stricter tolerances for dimensions and properties than those set out in the relevant standards, making it easier and simpler to machine and hand work the material.

TECU® Classic

Surfaces

TECU® sheets and strips are available in a bright rolled copper colour as TECU® Classic. TECU® sheets are also produced with a green patina on one side and marketed as TECU® Patina , TECU® strips are available with a layer of brown oxide as TECU® Oxid and in the tinned surface of TECU® Zinn.
TECU® sheets are now also available in the new copper alloys TECU® Brass and TECU® Bronze for façade cladding solutions.
TECU® sheets and strips are produced in two qualities, both of which exceed the requirements of EN 1172:

Roofing quality
The material data for TECU® sheets and strips meet substantially stricter tolerance limits in regard to straightness (longitudinal curvature), surface flatness (evenness) and the main technological values than are required by EN 1172.

Façade quality
Tolerances of façade quality TECU® sheets and strips in regard to straightness (longitudinal curvature) and surface flatness (evenness) are even narrower than for TECU® roofing quality. These are especially suitable for façade cladding using seaming techniques.

Systems

There are several distinct design and construction differences between the various TECU® systems available, but they all share the common goal of meeting the high technical, aesthetic and economic demands placed on these products.