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March 2012 – On Wednesday, 28 March 2012, the mayor of Heerhugowaard, Han ter Heegde, and the chairman of the Metaalunie, Michaël van Straalen, handed out Corporate Social Responsibility certificates to Verzinkerij Heerhugowaard, Verzinkerij Kampen, Verzinkerij Wolvega and Poedercoating Hoogeveen. A demonstration of the fact that the ROTO surface treatment companies incorporate corporate social responsibility in their business policies.
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March 2012 – The University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG) is one of the largest hospitals in the Netherlands. Patients, visitors and members of staff want to keep dry as they walk from the North car park to the UMCG, so a covered walkway has been installed. Various construction materials and tubes for this new roofing were hot-dip galvanised by Verzinkerij Wolvega and then powder coated by Poedercoating Wolvega.
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February 2012 – ROTO is convinced that paperless invoices are the future and so it has taken the first steps on the road to digital invoicing. The idea is to reduce the amount of records needed, to eliminate input errors, to reduce the size of the paper flow and to help the environment: less paper, less ink, fewer transportation kilometres and lower CO2 emissions.
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December 2011 – Inspired by the Tower of Babel, the British artist Anish Kapoor designed an enormous work of art as the symbol for the London Olympic Games in 2012. The symbol is called ArcelorMittal Orbit. Métal Déployé supplied 3,000 m2 of expanded metal.
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November 2011 – Bikes with front racks fitted out with a basket or crate for shopping are a hot trend. These bikes are much wider than standard bikes and so they don't fit in the standard bike stands. Bokero is a new adjustable bike suspension system that can accommodate all bikes. It is hot-dip galvanised by Verzinkerij Heerhugowaard so Bokero is an enduring solution for bike parking problems.
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October 2011 – The new area “l’Île de Nantes” is taking shape on the grounds of the former shipyard in Nantes, France. It is home to an unusual melting pot of buildings, bringing together art, culture and architecture. For example, there is “l’Île rouge”, the red cube: the outer wall is clad with expanded metal made from corten steel, which gives the building a brownish red colour. The expanded metal was produced by Métal Déployé, a ROTO subsidiary.
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August 2011 – The Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier district water board has built a new HQ in Heerhugowaard. Five departments with separate buildings will now be consolidated in a single place. One of the most important considerations during construction was the sustainability of the materials and systems used. Sustainable materials were also used outside the building. The terrace, the footbridge over the pond and the cycle bridge all use Staco galvanized RV decking.
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July 2011 – This spring, Ooghduyne holiday village brought 25 beach huts to the sea front at Julianadorp aan Zee. These beach huts, which were put together in April and will be dismantled in October, have steel foundations with a terrace and steps to the main part of the hut, which is made out of wooden pre-fab sections. The steel part of the structure was hot-dip galvanized by Verzinkerij Heerhugowaard so that the beach huts are protected against the elements.
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May 2011 – The Bike Apple, a bike shelter in the form of an apple, is the eye-catcher at the railway station in Alphen aan den Rijn. This unique steel construction is nominated for the BTTV Trophy 2011 in the Infra & Mobility category. This trophy will be presented during the Day of Hot-dip galvanising. The Bike Apple has different floors which are reached via straight and spiral steel staircases for which Staco has supplied the hot-dip galvanised perfo treads and pressed gratings. The bike racks are hot-dip galvanised by Verzinkerij Kampen and the handles of the bike racks are powder coated by Poedercoating Hoogeveen.
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April 2011 – Reining is a western-style competition requiring riders to guide their horses through a precise pattern of circles, spins and stops at high speed. The horse is judged on its ability to perform the patterns. Arenas have to be in top condition for this event, which is why they are treated with a Slider: a tool that loosens the ground to keep it perfect. The Slider is hot-dip galvanized by Verzinkerij Kampen and various components are then powder coated by Poedercoating Hoogeveen.
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Steel and steel processing
