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News & Updates

The Steven Spielberg-produced documentary Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero features Snøhetta's September 11th Memorial Museum, stainless steel cladding by Zahner.

Announcing the Zahner-KME joint venture for the European Market. Read the Press Release at the JV site. Zahner-KME in Joint Venture

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The Zahner App is now available for iPhone. Features hundreds of projects by artists and architects. iPhone App

Zahner Campus North Dock Expansion has won the Monsters of Design Honor Award; designed by Crawford Architects' Stephen Colin and Michael O'Donnell.

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

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Announcing the winners for the Biennial ZAHNER + KCAI Art and Sculpture Competition at KCAI.

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Tessellate™ kinetic metal surfaces by Zahner and ABI released: visually stunning and environmentally responsible.

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.
Visit Zahner's Hands of the Artist website

Z-1 Coating

Durable anti-fingerprinting coating

The Z-1 Coating was developed for Aluminum surfaces, and is in testing stages for surfaces such as Stainless and Bronze. There are currently very few ways to protect the matte surfaces from fingerprinting without sacrificing the matte surface itself.

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.

 

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