KME Germany GmbH
Booth number: Ar B248
www.kme.com
About us
KME is the global market leader with its TECU® copper products for roofs and facades and is also one of the world's largest manufacturers of copper and copper alloy products. With its dedicated employees, KME offers a wide range of innovative product solutions for customers in the building and industry sector and supplies a wide range of different materials made of copper and copper alloys. The company, which is run by the KME Group S.p.A., has a European management. Sustainability and economic, social and environmental responsibility are key factors in the industrial model pursued by KME.
KME is one of the world's largest manufacturers of copper and copper alloy products and has a worldwide distribution network. KME offers innovative product solutions tailored to the respective individual requirements of our customers from the most various industrial sectors. The company, which is run by the KME Group S.p.A., has a European management.
The decision to design building cladding with copper leaves plenty of opportunities for creativity. Durable TECU® products from KME offer many unique possibilities. The striking natural surfaces in copper and copper alloys allow for singular design. Various systems for roof and façade offer a wide range of solutions and intriguing design opportunities, from free-form shapes to highly sophisticated cladding systems, from simple shingle constructions to traditional workmanship. Once in place, TECU® products come to life and become even more beautiful over time. Photo: Project JP Morgan Headquarter in New York - with TECU® by KME (photo (c) Michael Young).
Address
Klosterstrasse 29
49074 Osnabrück
Germany
E-mail: sabine.kahmann@kme.com
Phone: +49 5413 211548
Internet: www.kme.com
Contact person:
Klempnermeister Michael Giebler
E-mail: michael.giebler@kme.com
Products & Services
The decision to design building cladding with copper leaves plenty of opportunities for creativity. Durable TECU® products from KME offer many unique possibilities. The striking natural surfaces in copper and copper alloys allow for singular design. Various systems for roof and façade offer a wide range of solutions and intriguing design opportunities, from free-form shapes to highly sophisticated cladding systems, from simple shingle constructions to traditional workmanship.
Once in place, TECU® products come to life and become even more beautiful over time.
TECU® stands for the combination of high quality and comprehensive service. As one of the worldwide leading producers of copper and copper alloy semis, KME with its application-related consultation services provides supports for planners, architects and installers, even beyond the European borders.
TECU® Brass
A new kind of Brass – modern and expressive. One of the best-known copper alloys, Brass is given particular quality in the form of TECU® Brass, a special alloy of copper and zinc. The TECU® Alloy materials also display individual characteristics as they weather naturally to exteriors. The original surface of TECU® Brass changes through from initial matting gradually to a greenish-brown that further develops to greyish brown then dark brown/anthracite colours. Sloped areas such as roofs ultimately develop a patina surface, akin to that of pure copper, yet quite clearly different.
TECU® Brass: A new kind of Brass – modern and expressive. One of the best-known copper alloys, Brass is given particular quality in the form of TECU® Brass, a special alloy of copper and zinc. The TECU® Alloy materials also display individual characteristics as they weather naturally to exteriors. The original surface of TECU® Brass changes through from initial matting gradually to a greenish-brown that further develops to greyish brown then dark brown/anthracite colours. Sloped areas such as roofs ultimately develop a patina surface, akin to that of pure copper, yet quite clearly different.
TECU® Bronze
Offering architecture new perspectives. The original warm reddish-brown surface of TECU® Bronze develops in a distinctive manner through weathering. A brown-red surface oxidation with a brown-grey undertone is typical for this alloy; the material then gradually changes to dark brown anthracite throughout. The subsequent patina coating forms much more slowly than with pure copper.
TECU® Gold
Copper and Aluminium – the „golden” advantage of a precious alliance. TECU® Gold, the new copper and aluminium alloy for façade cladding, will soon after installation begin to develop a very elegant matt brown-golden appearance reminding of gold in a very specific way. Façade solutions in TECU® Gold give buildings a discreet value image. Depending on the incidence of light on façade surfaces, a fascinating, unequalled play of colours can be witnessed.
TECU® Patina
Green copper for immediate creative application – all natural, no limits. When the design demands the power and expressiveness of the patina green typical for copper, then it should be implemented just as required – without waiting for the gradual changes caused by natural weathering. The solution is TECU® Patina – on one side patinated copper for immediate use to satisfy the highest aesthetic demands in building design.
TECU® Classic
In the beginning, the architecture grade material is bright red rolled copper. But what follows is an ever-changing spectacle of weather, light and the natural, lively language of the material: After installation on the building, TECU® Classic retains its typical bright red copper colouring for a period of time. Changes are very gradual and not entirely predictable – just like the weather, which, in turn, is solely responsible for copper’s continual changes. First, the surface turns matt. Gradually, the material develops an oxide layer to protect it against the effects of weathering. This process brings with it striking colour variations through an entire range of brown and brown-violet tones, offering varying nuances according to change of light and season.
