Rainscreen cladding trends in 2025
The surprising role of rainscreen cladding in 2025 growth 2024 was a challenging year for the building industry, with the UK construction sector experiencing a 22% decline in new orders during the third quarter of…
Can Data Centres Really Make Good Neighbours?
Our very own Graham Todd, Technical Director at Sotech, spoke alongside Alistair Law, founder of Vertical Meadow, at the Data Centre Dynamics (DCD) Connect event in London last week. The focus? Can data centres really…
Alistair Law & Graham Todd to Speak on Vertical Greening in Data Centres
If you’re a client or designer, you can attend the event for free by using our exclusive invite code VERTICALMEADOW when registering >> Join Vertical Meadow and Sotech at DatacenterDynamics Connect London 2024! We are excited to…
Streamlining, Using NBS Source and Chorus
Streamlining Your Workflow: The Advantages of Using NBS Source and Chorus in Tandem NBS Source and NBS Chorus are software solutions developed by NBS (National Building Specification) that enable architects, engineers, and other construction professionals…
Innovation at Sotech
Innovation through people, processes and technology You might have heard of Sotech, a longstanding manufacturing company based across two production facilities totalling 65,000sqft in the quiet town of Peterlee in the North East. Accounting…
The Power of Finite Element Method (FEM) in Rainscreen Panel Performance and Stability.
Sotech’s Technical Engineer, Mohammadreza Jenaban, also known as Mo, is an expert in the principles of Finite Element Method (FEM). In this video, he explains why FEM is so important in the study and analysis…
Alumet Cuts The CO2 Footprint of their Anodised Aluminium Processes by 30%
Anodised Aluminium – A Bright, Green Future Ahead Family-run anodising company, Alumet, has undergone a huge period of expansion in recent years. Delivering projects as far as the Middle East, China and the UK…
Fins, perforations, balconies and etching
Rainscreen fins, perforations, balconies and etching: When design flare meets performance rigour in rainscreen cladding When it comes to selecting the perfect rainscreen cladding system for a project, such as a striking new residential complex…
Powder Coating: An interview with the Experts, AkzoNobel
Powder Coating: An interview with the experts, AkzoNobel. AkzoNobel supplies powder coatings to more than 30,000 customers worldwide, on buildings and landmarks around the world, including La Sagrada Família (Barcelona, Spain); the Shard (London, UK);…
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[VIDEO] A Day in the Life at Sotech
BEHIND THE SCENES – A Day in the Life at Sotech, with Operations Manager Tony Norton It really is the people who make the company. Join us today as we go behind the scenes and…
Understanding fire testing: BS 8414, BR 135 and BS 9414
What is BS 8414? BS 8414 – is a large-scale system test that mimics a fire breaking out of a window and exposing a cladding system to a severe fire. It does not test the…
In Focus: Anodising Aluminium Rainscreen Cladding Panels
Specifying Anodised aluminium in the rainscreen sector: the environmentally responsible choice? A special thanks to Andrew Robinson at United Anodisers and Remco Baartmans at Alumet for contributing to this expert article. As building designs become…
Aluminium Anodised The Perfect Rainscreen Choice in Harsh Environments
Anodising is an electrolytic passivation process used to increase the thickness of the natural oxide layer on the surface of metal parts. That’s what made anodised aluminium the perfect choice in the construction of Oman…
CWCT’s Technical Fire Guidance for Non-combustibility
Sotech enhanced Optima rainscreen cladding systems meet the requirements of new CWCT Technical Fire Guidance due to their new and improved mechanical fixings, which replace all use of potentially combustible adhesive fixings. In June 2020,…
Sotech reveal advanced hook on secret-fix rainscreen system, Optima FC+
An evolution of the Hook-on Secret Fix Rainscreen solution Sotech has today unveiled an evolution of its original hook on secret fix rainscreen solution, Optima FC. Featuring an innovative slide and lock adjustment mechanism, carrier…
WORK IS NOW COMPLETE AT THE SPRINGS, THORPE PARK, LEEDS
Work is now complete at The Springs, Thorpe Park, Leeds. Optima TFC – Anodised Regency Gold 1 was selected for the project, complete with feature fin pressings at random panel joints, Feature Pressings & Column…
Sotech Introduces ALPOLIC A2 ACM
Sotech has teamed up with ALPOLIC to introduce the stunning range of ALPOLIC A2 ACM rainscreen cladding finishes to clients across the UK. With over 100 styles available, including a range of standard colours through…
Rainscreen Cladding in 2018: Four Unexpected Benefits
The concept of rainscreen cladding in 2018 is no longer new. It’s an integral part of the building and manufacturing industry, with more and more new builds and refurb projects being clad in copper, aluminium,…
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