Facade cladding materials

Metal-based facade materials offer an extremely powerful and wide aesthetical range for use as architectural elements. Their technical properties are equally versatile, which is why our local experts are ready help architects and developers in identifying good solutions to meet individual projects’ aesthetic, technical and economic conditions.

Material and colour are one possible starting point for facade design, but the result depends equally on the products and surfaces used. Our products and services offer quality, predictability and reliability to endless combinations of colours, material, surface shape and even light. The exciting possibilities of Ruukki’s facade cladding products and available materials per product are explained on facade cladding product pages.

Our material portfolio for cladding products

Colour-coated steel

Colour-coated metal facade products are a durable way to use colours in all sizes of surfaces and colour compositions.

Aluminium

Aluminium is a lightweight and highly corrosion resistant material available with colour-coating finish.

Rheinzink

Patinated Rheinzink has an aesthetically soft, matt surface that gives a very natural impression. The patina changes very little over time.

Stainless steel

Stainless steel maintains its shine and appearance very well and, as a solid material, it is very easy to maintain.

Aluminium composite

Colour-coated aluminum composite materials offer excellent surface flatness and enable big product sizes.

Cor-Ten®

Cor-Ten® is a solid steel that has a natural, rugged patina that ages continuously in a unique way.

Copper, brass, bronze

Patina forming on the wall and various pre-patina options give these solid metals a live, genuine surface for very long time spans.

Glass

Glass creates a high gloss and durable flat surface for the facade.

Right material for the climate

UV resistance

Coating’s resistance to natural outdoor UV (ultra violet) radiation is described through UV resistance categories Ruv1 – Ruv4 in accordance with EN10169. UV resistance describes how well the coating is able to keep its original colour and gloss levels in outdoor conditions. Coatings in Ruv1 category have very weak UV resistance and should only be used in indoor conditions. Coatings in Ruv4 category have strong UV resistance and are therefore recommended to outdoor use.

Corrosivity

Atmospheric gasses and electrolytes react with all façade materials. The rate and effects of those reactions depend on two factors, the atmospheric conditions (e.g. wetness, salinity, sulfur dioxide) and the material in questions. Both vary extensively. For design purposes the atmospheric conditions have been divided into categories (C1-CX) based on their aggressiveness in accordance with EN 12944. Material and coating suppliers can then assess the suitability of their products in each category for normal service life, but the designers will still have to take into account any building specific factors when making the final decisions on façade materials. Note: C class should not be mixed with RC class (EN 10169), which is a classification for coating, not for atmospheric condition.

Corrosivity category	Exterior	Interior
C1	-	Heated buildings with clean atmospheres, e.g. offices, shops, schools, hotels.
C2	Exterior refers to atmospheres with low level of pollution: mostly rural areas	Unheated buildings where condensation may occur, e.g. depots, sports halls.
C3	Exterior refers to urban and industrial atmospheres, moderate sulfur dioxide pollution; coastal areas with low salinity	Production rooms with high humidity and some air pollution, e.g. food-processing plants, laundries, breweries, dairies.
C4	Exterior refers to industrial areas and coastal areas with moderate salinity	Chemical plants, swimming pools, coastal ship- and boatyards.
C5	Exterior refers to industrial areas with high humidity and aggressive atmosphere	Buildings or areas with almost permanent condensation and with high pollution.
CX	Exterior refers to industrial areas with extreme humidity and aggressive atmosphere	Offshore areas with high salinity and industrial areas with extreme humidity and aggressive atmosphere and subtropical or tropical atmospheres

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Facade cladding offering

Ruukki® Primo panels

Ruukki® Primo panels are aimed for premium façade segment, e.g. hotels and offices in urban environment. Panels are folded on all sides and are available with both concealed and visible fixing solutions. Primo panels are available in big product sizes and have excellent surface flatness.

Ruukki Liberta® panels

Ruukki Liberta® panels are folded on all sides to offer maximum rigidity for solid metal cassettes with both concealed and visible fixing solutions. The panels come in an extensive selection of materials, finishes and colours. New! Now part of Ruukki® LowCarbon offering.

Lamellas

Lamellas are narrower profiles that are folded along two long edges and divide facade surfaces one-directionally. Variety of shapes in the long edge detail together with visible and concealed fixings allow you to accentuate the surface division to just the right amount.

Design profiles

Design profiles create a continuous, structured facade surface. With options for both profile and material, the scale and attenuation of the surface structure can be matched to meet the architectural needs of the facade in question. NEW! Now part of Ruukki® LowCarbon offering.

Other profiles

Available in a range of shapes, coatings and colours, low-profiled sheets offer many design opportunities for a variety of commercial and industrial buildings’ facade and internal lining. Easy and fast to assemble, low-profiled sheets are a perfect choice when speed of construction and functionality is key.

Bespoke systems

On large projects, which are outside the possibilities of our standard products, the cladding solution can be designed in co-operation to meet the needs of that specific project. Our technical experts will work together with the project architect to ensure architectonic, technical and economic feasibility.

Perforations & backlighting systems

Many of the facade claddings Ruukki has to offer can be perforated in several ways. They can also be perforated freely to form a picture or a pattern. Ruukki can pixelate any picture to a hole map on actual products. The perforated facades can also be backlit by modern LED ligh systems.

Complete wall systems

Ruukki Forma® is a complete exterior wall system, combining our facade cladding products with our highly energy efficient sandwich panels. The sandwich panels are also available in the highly sustainable Ruukki Life panel version, with approximately 80% recycled material content.

Cladding materials

Material and colour are one possible starting point for facade design, but the result depends equally on the products and surfaces used. Our products and services offer quality, predictability and reliability to endless combinations of colours, material, surface shape and even light.