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lants manufacturing com- found in Dubai, where the rable technical qualities in many others trust Evalam.
pany), the company has fo- World Expo will be held in terms of transparency, ad-
cused on the development 2020, and where there are hesion with tempered glass DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY:
and innovation of EVA projects under construc- and stability in extreme low PUJOL-100
base products that meet the tion such as Al Hathboor, temperature conditions, is Among the interlayers that
requirements and needs of a 12-storey commercial remarkable in terms of em- are causing this evolution
the architectural sector, to and residential building in blematic public works. is the EVA, which has been
finally provide laminated Dubai Silicon Oasis, and According to Mr. Ari Liiri, gradually implemented in
glass with a product with Ginco Residence Tower, a fourth-generation head specific applications such
technical characteristics 25-storey mixed-use build- of the company LasiLiiri, as rails and guardrails at
unmatched to date in terms ing in Dubai Business Bay, with more than 90 years open edges, where the sta-
of transparency, crosslink, developed by Gheyath Mo- of history: “For 20 years bility and guarantee of ad-
high temperature adhesion hammad Gheyath and de- I have been a fan of the hesion and no delamina-
and UV filtering, among signed by Ginko UAE ar- PVB for the passive safety tion have imposed the use
others. This make it a tech- chitects. that it offered to our prod- of products with Crosslink
nically and economically ucts; today I am a fan of against the instability of
superior product to PVB AL HATHBOOR & GINCO EVALAM, thanks to it I Thermoplastics. This is
for tempered and laminat- RESIDENCE TOWER not only maintain the high important not only in
ed glass. In Abu Dhabi, a highly de- standards of quality of our terms of mechanical and
Of course, this growth is manding market in terms products, but I can build chemical properties, but
endorsed by the success- of quality in terms of high any project that my De- in everything related to
ful internationalization temperature environmen- partment of Architecture the process with tem-
strategy that the company tal conditions and extreme and Engineering imagine pered and laminated glass
has carried out over the winds, Evalam has been and we produce it with where the use of Evalam
last 10 years, and which the preferred interlayer for better quality, faster, less achieves better properties,
is currently bearing fruit emblematic buildings such waste and lower costs.” lower manufacturing costs
in countries such as Ja- as the Sky Garden Tower; Finland is one of the coun- and less waste than in the
pan, where it is expected a 33-storey tower facing tries in which Evalam has manufacture with PVB
that through agreements the Arabian Sea, with 380 numerous projects, among and traditional calender-
already reached, 500,000 apartments, duplex with them Allas See Pool, Allas ing and autoclave systems.
square metres will be built swimming pool and gar- Sea Pool is a garden oasis In a moment of transition
with EVALAM in 2018, dens with panoramic sea in the heart of Helsinki where the specialization of
thus becoming the undis- views. with a large swimming pool laminated glass is taking
puted leader of a market The new terminal of the and magnificent saunas on place through the correct
that is undoubtedly consid- HELSINKI-VANTAAN the Baltic Sea; or the Ainoa application of different
ered the cradle of EVA and LENTOASEMA in Fin- Paakuva Shopping Centre. existing materials such
where the specifications land, where a company like Of course, we cannot as EVA, PVB, Iono plastics
and technical and quality LasiLiiri has just delivered forget France, one of the (such as SGP) or TPU,
requirements are the most the new South terminal, driving countries of the it is important for the
demanding in the world. all designed and built with EVA in Europe, where glass processor to have a
Other examples can be EVALAM for its incompa- clients such as AGC and system that provides the

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