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Hong Kong - Taiwan VMZINC HK (*) Tel.: + 852 2700 2260 vmzinc.hongkong@vmzinc.com www.vmzincasia.com INDIA VMZINC India Pvt Ltd (*) Tel.: + 91 22 6627 5656 vmzinc.india@vmzinc.com www.vmzinc.in AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND VMZINC Oceania (*) Tel.: + 61 2 93 58 61 00 vmzinc.australia@vmzinc.com www.vmzinc.com.au www.vmzinc.co.nz Shanghai VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS Tel.: + 86 21 5876 9671 vmzinc.china@vmzinc.com www.vmzincasia.com ITALY VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS Italy Tel.: + 39 02 47 99 821 vmzinc.italia@vmzinc.com www.vmzinc.it SOUTH KOREA SUNNIE INTERNATIONAL Ltd. Tel.: + 82 2-3141-4774 info@sunnie.kr www.sunnie.kr CZECH REPUBLIC VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS CZ s.r.o. Tel.: + 420 725 688 262 katerina.swata@vmzinc.com www.vmzinc.cz JAPAN Umicore Japan KK Tel.: + 81 3 6685 3149 ujpinfo@ap.umicore.com www.vmzinc.jp SPAIN VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS Iberica s.l. Tel.: + 34 93 298 88 80 vmzinc@vmzinc.com www.vmzinc.es DENMARK/NORWAY/SWEDEN VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS Scandinavia A/S Tel.: + 45 86 84 80 05 vmzinc.denmark@vmzinc.com www.vmzinc.dk www.vmzinc.se www.vmzinc.no LEBANON NAGGIAR Trading S.A.L. Tel.: + 961 1 562 652 roy.naggiar@naggiar.net www.naggiar.net SWITZERLAND VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS Schweiz AG Tel.: + 41 317475868 info@vmzinc.ch www.vmzinc.ch MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS sas Tel.: + 33 6 86 38 27 60 catherine.gibert@vmzinc.com www.vmzinc.com THE NETHERLANDS VMZINC Benelux & UK sa (*) Tel.: + 31 20 494 28 39 vmzinc.benelux@vmzinc.com www.vmzinc.nl POLAND VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS Polska Sp z o.o. Tel.: + 48 22 632 47 61 vmzinc@vmzinc.com.pl www.vmzinc.pl TURKEY VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS Turkiye Tel.: + 90 212 243 38 03 info@vmzinc.com.tr www.vmzinc.com.tr AUSTRIA VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS Deutschland GmbH Tel.: + 43 1 726 34 34 info@vmzinc.at www.vmzinc.at BAHRAIN/KUWAIT/OMAN/ QATAR/SAUDI ARABIA/U.A.E Metalbox Technology FZE Tel.: + 971 4 8137869 kalandar@mbtllc.co www.metalboxtechnology.com SLOVAKIA Kovex s.r.o. Tel.: + 421 915 755 985 kovex.sk@gmail.com www.vmzinc.sk BELGIUM/LUXEMBURG VMZINC Benelux & UK sa (*) Tel.: + 32 2 712 52 11 vmzinc.benelux@vmzinc.com www.vmzinc.be www.vmzinc.lu CANADA Canadian Brass and Copper Co. Tel.: + 416 736 0767 sales@canadianbrass.ca www.canadianbrass.ca CHINA Beijing VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS Tel.: + 86 10 6424 6761 vmzinc.china@vmzinc.com www.vmzincasia.com FRANCE VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS sas Tel.: + 33 1 49 72 42 42 france.vmzinc@vmzinc.com www.vmzinc.fr GERMANY VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS Deutschland GmbH Tel.: + 49 201 836060 info@vmzinc.de www.vmzinc.de GREECE MIPECO Trading Ltd. Tel.: + 30 210 664 46 11 mipeco@mipeco.gr www.mipeco.gr HUNGARY VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS Hungary Kft. Tel.: + 36 23 452 452 info@vmzinc.hu www.vmzinc.hu VMZINC international VMZINC for architecture PORTUGAL VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS Iberica s.l. portugal.vmzinc@vmzinc.com www.vmzinc.pt QATAR NAGGIAR QATAR L.L.C. Tel.: + 974 4 687373/697790 roy.naggiar@naggiar.net www.naggiar.net RUSSIA UNION ZINC Tel.: + 7 495 665 61 90 info@union-zinc.ru www.union-zinc.ru VMZINC www.vmzinc.com UNITED KINGDOM VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS UK Tel.: + 44 1992 822288 vmzinc.uk@vmzinc.com www.vmzinc.co.uk www.vmzinc.ie USA VM BUILDING SOLUTIONS USA Inc. Tel.: + 1 919 874 7173 info@vmzinc-us.com www.vmzinc-us.com (*) These company names are subject to modification in the coming months. FOCUS ON ZINC - 15 th Edition ARGENTINA KORZIN S.A.C.I. Tel.: + 54 11 4653 1425 korzin@korzinsaci.com.ar www.vmzinc.com.ar

1837 - 2017 VMZINC® is celebrating its 180th anniversary After almost two centuries working for the building industry, zinc is constantly reinventing itself and yet remains the same. Creating tomorrow’s heritage The societe des Mines et Fonderies de Zinc de la Vieille Montagne, renamed VMZINC®, is celebrating its 180th anniversary this year. At each stage of its development, it ensured that the zinc it produces perpetuates and strengthens its unique qualities, which guarantee its functionality and its expressiveness. With zinc, we are dealing with pertinent continuities, those found in...

VMZINC® 180 years of continuities HISTORIC CONTINUITIES GEOGRAPHIC CONTINUITIES Zinc has been present in the earth’s crust since the dawn of time and is found in abundance in many minerals. Although chemists in ancient times and in the middle ages tried to handle this metal, better known as “Indian tin”, it wasn’t until the Industrial Revolution that the Abbott and chemist Jean-Jacques Dony initiated the first large scale applications of the material with his original refining procedure, which led to its rapid growth in the construction industry. It was an immediate hit in the building sector...

FOCUS ON ZINC N° 15 - October 2017. FOCUS ON ZINC is the international architecture magazine from VMZINC®. It is published in English, French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish Publication Director Roger Baltus Project Manager Corinne Gessat Editorial Committee Silvia Besana, Michel de Caluwe, Stephane Corbel, Tugay Dindar, Corinne Gessat, Catherine Gibert, Laurent Heindryckx, Knut Konig, Eric Ladeuix, Jonathan Lowy, Barbara Nordberg, Laura Terricabras Balada Editorial Contribution Roger Baltus, Jenny Gilbert, Olivier Namias, Barbara Nordberg Design Graphic Plus D13678 Printing Groupe des...

PUBLIC BUILDINGS When two periods meet One should not be misled by the severe Gothic appearance of the Betoño convent: this religious establishment was not founded in the Middle Ages, but at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1905, the Carmelite nuns who had been evicted from their convent in Toulouse moved into this neo-Gothic complex designed for them by architect Marcial Dagorette. Legend has it that the ex-consul of Spain in Toulouse left his fortune to this operation, which he funded entirely. He was embalmed and buried in the monastery. The Carmelites left the premises in 1999 and...

VJttZINC VANZiNC No 15 / Focus on Zinc

COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS Urban dragon According to Chinese mythology, dragons hold audiences storey building housing cinemas, a fitness centre and in large glass palaces on the bottom of the ocean. a medical centre in its lower part. Together with an Although it is built on land, the Vattanac tower poses as esplanade, this layout makes it easier for the tower to a metaphorical incarnation of this legend, with its curved connect with the city. form evoking the mythical animal’s backbone, encased in a sheath of glass scales. A symbol of prosperity in The building complies with LEED environmental...