News & Updates

The North American Copper Awards has recognized Zahner's copper metal-work for the Waipolu Gallery in Oahu, Hawaii. Waipolu Gallery and Studio in Hawaii

Zahner completed the New Academic Building at Cooper Union in New York City. See the time-lapse construction video at Videos & Downloads.

President and CEO Bill Zahner is featured in the August Issue of Wired Magazine, where he has now been dubbed, the "Alpha Geek" of Metal. Read Article

Alpha Geek Bill Zahner holding Metal Sheets

The NASCAR Hall of Fame project reached 1,000,000 man-hours without a "lost-time" accident milestone recently. In recognition for Zahner's achievement TBEKD presented a plaque to Zahner
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Bill Zahner named an Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects.

Introducing the Hands of the Artist™ division, where Zahner engineers and craftsmen produce projects for artists.
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GB-60™

Zahner Glass-Bead blasting process

GB-60™ is the official Zahner Bead-blast non-directional surface, a process developed to bring the highest level of quality in an efficiently produced material. GB-60™ stands for "Glass Bead" and the bead-size is "60". GB-60™ is offered in Stainless, Aluminum, and Nickel surfaces.

Most bead-blasted surfaces made by other manufacturers easily fingerprint when touched with bare hands. This is because oil builds up in the fingers and transmits to the highly porous bare bead-blasted surface. We offer our durable anti-fingerprinting Z-1 coating to prevent these oils from building up in the metal. The coating lasts for a number of years depending on atmospheric conditions, and is an option for surfaces where contact with people is likely. If the metal is placed out of reach, it is unlikely that any oils would occur on the metal surface.

Apple Store in Los Angeles

The result of this process is most comparable to the aluminum products manufactured by Apple in California. We produced several exteriors and various interiors for Apple since they began opening stores in 2001. The above store was the first project produced using Zahner GB-60™ in 2005 for "The Grove" location in Los Angeles, California. The exterior is a GB-60™ Stainless steel rain-screen system with architects Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.


GB-60™ Stainless steel, viewed under Microscope

Angel Hair™ Stainless steel, viewed under Microscope

When viewed from under a microscope, the metal literally looks like glass beads. This is actually the impression left by the beads into the metal itself.