European Congress 2023

October 26^th and 27^th in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Congress 2023

Award of new EPAQ Certification Documents and new / prolonged EPAQ Quality Certificates

On the ocassion of the last General Assembly of PPA-Europe on 14^th October 2019, two new EPAQ Certification Documents for sandwich panels have been awarded to the companies Romakowski, Germany and ArcelorMittal Construction France (AMCF). In addition, the company Metecno, Germany, got the EPAQ Quality Certificate accompanying its new EPAQ Certification Document for sandwich panels with steel faces and polyurethane core material meTecno System 15, meaning that they can now mark these products with the EPAQ Quality Label.

The representative of Romakowski with the chairman of the Quality Committee for Panels		The representative of AMCF with the chairman of the Quality Committee for Panels		The representative of Metecno with the chairman of the Quality Committee for Panels

In the framework of the EPAQ quality system for metal profiled sheets, the EPAQ Quality Certificates for trapezoidal profiles and liner trays made of steel, of ArcelorMittal Construction Belgium (AMCB) have been prolonged for a new three year certification period. The renewed certificates have been awarded to the company.

The representative of AMC with the chairman of the Quality Committee for Profiles

1^st Workshop of PPA-Europe

On 26^th February 2015, the European Association for Panels and Profiles organized at its premises from Krefeld the workshop "Correct measurement". Practical guidelines on the right way of checking the dimensional characteristics of the sandwich panels and of the metallic profiles were given by Dipl.-Ing. Markus Tresser from the German research center "Karlsruher Institut für Technologie(KIT) Versuchsanstalt für Stahl, Holz und Steine", a very active third-party of our EPAQ scheme.

Award of new EPAQ Quality Labels

On October 26^th new EPAQ Quality Labels for sandwich panels and profiles have been awarded. The companies MAAS, ISOPAN and SAB Profiel got their certificates.

Mr Wolfgang Maas with the chairman of the Quality Committee for Profiles Jürgen Schmied	Mr Rocco Traini (center), Isopan, with the chairman of the Quality Committee for Panels (right), Prof. Klaus Berner and the Secretary General of EPAQ (left), Dr. Ralf Podleschny

The company MAAS got their certificates for the product groups:

• Trapezoidal Profiles
• Corrugated Profiles
• Standing Seam Profiles
  made of steel or aluminium.

The company ISOPAN got their certificate for Sandwich Panels: 

• Isoparete
• Iso-Wall
• Isofrigo
• Isocop
  with steel faces and polyurethane core material.

The company SAB Profiel got their certificates for the product groups:

• Trapezoidal Profiles
• Liner Trays
• Corrugated Profiles
  made of steel.