CopaCo ® sun & inseCtsCreen journal • june 2012

we look back and forward

A succesful trade fair appearance

Highly innovativeOMBRA-DLS®

A lot can be said about Copaco®. After all, our success story started well over 50 years ago.

Our new ‘collection 2012-2015’; already distributed; represents a great opportunity to show our excellence again in the sun- and insectscreen world. We are sure that all our novelties impressed you and you are asking for more…We start now with our own Copaco® Review. Twice a year, you will receive our news-paper. These pages will tell you more how we have developed the past months, where we are going and why quality and innovation are so close to our hearts.

Thank you for taking the time to read this Copaco® Review and also thank you for supporting our new approach.

Innovative and inter-esting products, a very positive atmosphere at the booth and a double digit increase in visi-tor numbers – this is the track record of appearance at the exhibition of Copaco® at R&T 2012 .

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With Ombra-DLS® (Dynamic LightSolutions) Copaco® brings a newdimension of sunscreen fabrics. Thesefabrics meet the requirement for awide variety of openness factors, allwith one single fabric.

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Marc VervischPresident

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Copaco® as a trendsetter

Screens that fit you…As a producer of sunscreen and insectscreen fabrics, Copaco®

offers long-lasting and decorative solutions throughout the

world. Thanks to its many years of experience, in-depth product

knowledge, an up-to-date production system and an extensive

product line, Copaco® today stands at the top of the global

market for sunscreen and insectscreen fabrics.

Copaco® strives - via architects, interior designers and various other channels - to make the project and consumer market aware of the importance of good sun-screens and high-quality insectscreens. In this way, Copaco® contributes in achieving an optimal quality of the liv-ing and working environment: protecting against excess heat and sunlight, while at the same time maintaining a beautiful appearance.

Worldwide trendsetterCopaco® produces a wide range of screen fabrics: from fabrics for indoor and out-door sun protection, blockouts and poly-ester fabrics to insectscreens.

The line of sunscreen and insectscreen fabrics is distinguished by a combination of the highest quality of materials with a fully contemporary look. The screens create a pleasant atmosphere in hotels, offices and homes, while also assuring optimal thermal comfort, all in an eco-logically responsible manner. Along with a large number of qualities, Copaco® also offers a broad range of colours, designs, widths and lengths, always taking into account the latest trends and evolutions in the market. In this way, Copaco® responds to the specific needs of profes-sionals and architects.With 90% of its production intended for export, Copaco® enjoys a global reputation as being a major player in the sunscreen

and insectscreen market. For the produc-tion of its fabrics, Copaco® works with the latest technologies, so that it always remains a trendsetter in terms of quality and creativity.

Unique innovationsIn the quest for innovation, Copaco® con-tinuously develops new fabrics and seeks to continually optimize existing products. This quest led the company to develop a number of innovations that make Copaco® unique in the industry. Due to increasing interest in wider screens, Copaco® decided to invest in new looms, making it currently the only manu-facturer that can market screens with a width of 3.5 metres.

With small batch, Copaco® can hence-forth produce à la carte. This system makes it possible to immediately respond to the demand for small quantities in a specific or exclusive colour. Together with Copaco®, our customers can make their own collections.

And under the label architects’ selec-tion, Copaco® today offers the trendiest colours and designs that perfectly match the desires of architects, interior designers and consumers.

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Copaco® as a trendsetter

Screens that fit you…

the sunscreen fabric and - with the Oeko-Tex, Greenguard and REACH certificates, among others - it delivers a reliable assurance that the products con-tain no harmful materials. All screens satisfy all applicable regulations con-cerning fire safety, and they are very easy to maintain.

At absolutely no time during the pro-duction process, Copaco® loses sight of the environment. Via green electricity and ecological installations, Copaco® contributes to an environmentally-friendly and low-energy production process. But the end products also save energy. Using the sunscreen fabric means significant savings on air condi-tioning, resulting in lower CO2 emissions and thus a better environment.

Unique customer serviceCopaco® provides maximum support to its customers, professionals, architects and owners with numerous market-ing tools, ranging from catalogues and a detailed online database to specific calculation programmes for energy gain such as Disc Software and G-Value Calculation. With after-sales service like this, the decision to choose Copaco® as a partner is quickly reached.

With a sales office in Spain, India and Australia, distributors in Argentina, Brazil and South-Africa, and a global sales network, Copaco® can easily distribute its products everywhere and convince customers that its greatest objective is customer satisfaction.

Vertically integrated company For the production of its fabrics, Copaco® works with the latest technologies, so that it always remains a trendsetter in terms of quality and creativity. However, this striving for perfection and customer satisfaction doesn´t stop with the pro-duction, but instead permeates every facet of the company. Copaco®´s overall concept is to ensure an extensive collection, constant quality and outstanding service for its customers.

Innovative technologiesThanks to the most innovative technologies, Copaco® strives to continually improve its production process so as to obtain a higher quality and an environmentally-friendly and energy-saving result.

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To ensure permanent quality, Copaco® carries out strict quality inspections on a frequent basis. In its striving for innova-tion, Copaco® is constantly developing new types of textiles and always seeks to further optimise the existing products.

Copaco® continues to invest in new products. In addition to the existing collections, the company is now launching also a number of strong new products, each meeting the current demand for trendy, high-quality products.

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new website

New website

Find it allCopaco® wishes you a warm welcome to our new website.

We are pleased to share with you, the visitor, all possible

information we have gathered. We are sure that this website will

increase the relation between yourself and Copaco®.

New WebsiteThe Copaco®-website has been completely redesigned.By using the tabs shown above, you can go to each main section of the website.The tabs listed in the left margin will link you to the content of each main category.

LanguageCopaco’s new website is available in 6 dif-ferent languages: Dutch, French, English, German, Italian and Spanish. We want to help all of our customers in their own lan-guage. On our renewed website you can also find our new catalogue and technical database, which will be soon available in all these languages as well.If you don’t receive our newsletter, please feel free to subscribe on our website.

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OutThe OUT collection contains a wide range of sunscreens for outdoor use. Our sun-screens are woven from fibreglass, which makes them extremely strong. Our col-lection contains an extensive assortment of fabrics, standard available in different widths and trendy colours. They are a decorative feature of countless facades all over the world, in both homes and office premises, and give energy-saving and light transmission a new dimension. OUT, keep out before heat gets in.

VisiKeep your eyes on the outdoor world and choose sunscreens from our VISI collec-tion. The key feature of these finely woven sunscreens is that they keep out undesir-able sunlight while retaining an unob-scured view of the world outside. The VISI collection contains sunscreens of varying openness factor. This openness factor determines the choice of more or less vis-ibility and results in optimum visual com-fort. VISI, see what you want to see.

CultOur CULT collection contains the latest generation of sunscreens. As a trendsetter, Copaco® closely follows the latest trends in architecture and interior design. We regularly introduce innovative technolo-gies and trends in our sunscreen collec-tions.The Shantung, Screen Decor and Bicolor lines are refreshing innovations that are warmly welcomed in every interior. The interior architect enjoys enormous creative freedom with a varied choice of trendy colours, widths and designs. Plain or romantic embroidered motifs lend an extra decorative aspect to every interior, both at home and in working environ-ments.CULT, your style is your life.

CoolCopaco® keeps nature in mind. The sun-screen fabrics from our COOL collection focus on an optimal thermal comfort. Because the exclusive COOL sunscreens have a white, reflective side, it never gets too hot and you can fully enjoy every moment of the summer. Using a COOL

DatabaseCopaco® provides maximum sup-port to its customers, profession-als, architects and owners with a detailed online database. With after-sales service like this, the decision to choose Copaco® is quickly reached.

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sunscreen means enormous savings on air conditioning. COOL, just feel right at home.

BlockWe sometimes prefer complete darkness, to ensure a good night’s sleep or make an important presentation at the office. In that case, sunscreens from the BLOCK collection are the solution. This collection not only includes sunscreens that keep sunlight out entirely, but also a wide and innovative range of insectscreens. The fabrics from the BLOCK collection match the others from the Copaco® collection and ensure uniformity throughout the building.BLOCK, who’s welcome and who’s not.

InsectscreenInsectscreens provide us and our chil-dren with a high standard of comfort in the home. We maintain optimum con-tact with our outdoor living space, the outdoor kitchen or our garden. Our new innovation, the “Bellavista®” insectscreen, ensures a better view of the outside world while offering even greater protection

from insects. The Bellavista® screen seems almost invisible, so that you can enjoy your garden to the full.Do you have a dog or cat that is inclined to scratch at the insectscreen door? The inde-structible XTRA Screen is especially for pet owners, and is resistant to the scratching and scraping of your four-footed friends.

NoveltiesThe tab ‘New Products’ shows you which novelties are added to our various collec-tion. By this way you can quickly find the latest products/information.

New catalogueWe will surprise you with our new catalogue, easy to read…Discover the whole range online…

Social MediaCopaco® can be followed now by Social Media like Facebook, Linkedin and soon also twitter.Feel free to like us, or to follow us, and you will be informed out of first hand of our novelties and special actions.

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Copaco® references

ETDE - Paris

Central St-Giles London

· Reference: Natté 390 & Natté 420 0102 grey-white· Architect: RPBW + Fletcher Priest

· Reference: Serge 600 0102 grey-white· Architect: Godet

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The Shard London

Park House - London

· Reference: Serge 600 0102 grey-white· Architect: Renzo Piano

· Reference: Deco N203 blockout 020102 white-grey/white· Architect: Hamiltons / Robin Parlington Architects

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Unique standard width…… of three meters and twenty centimetres!Copaco broadens your horizons even more!

There are things in life you do not miss,

because they do not exist yet.

Copaco’s unique width in screens is one of these things…

Copaco, today’s trendsetter in indoor & outdoor sunscreen

products, introduces the unique & exclusive width of three

meters and twenty centimetres in fi breglass.

There is no screen wide enough to fi t your needs?

On request, we produce up to three meters and fi fty centimetres!

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Exceptional widths of 3m20 even up to 3m50As a global trendsetter, Copaco® provides refreshing innovations

that offer enormous added value to architects, project contractors

and many others.

To satisfy increasing demand from high-end interior specialists,

our designers have developed the CULT collection with the latest

generation of sunscreen fabrics. The CULT collection combines a

varied selection of trendy colours, widths and designs and offers

the interior architect tremendous creative freedom.

Window frames are getting bigger and bigger to accommodate spatial characteristics. That’s why we are now introducing an exclusive range of fab-rics available in 3m20 width. And on request, we can even make fabrics up to an exceptional 3m50, while retaining all

The latest trends and designs in one innovative collection

For instance, the Shantung and Bicolor lines fit this strategy perfectly, and create a new source of inspiration for interior architects all over the world. We antici-pate the new fashions with our trendy colours and will make every house a home, every office a pleasant workplace. Our fabrics harmonise with every style, every strictly minimalistic or contempo-rary design.

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ask for our Cult brochure!

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Unique standard width…… of three meters and twenty centimetres!Copaco broadens your horizons even more!

There are things in life you do not miss,

because they do not exist yet.

Copaco’s unique width in screens is one of these things…

Copaco, today’s trendsetter in indoor & outdoor sunscreen

products, introduces the unique & exclusive width of three

meters and twenty centimetres in fi breglass.

There is no screen wide enough to fi t your needs?

On request, we produce up to three meters and fi fty centimetres!

3m203m50*

*on request

Exceptional widths of 3m20 even up to 3m50revolutionary

the strengths and typical features of the specific collection.

The fabrics therefore not only meet the needs of ever-growing windows, but also offer our customers substantial added value. Annoying joins can be

avoided, which immediately results in a more cost efficient confection, and with these widths, confection can be further optimized and cutting losses can be reduced. A combination of our available widths maximizes optimization.

“ Copaco® is the only manufacturer in the world that produces widths up to 3m50.”

“ CULT offers the interior architect tremendous creative freedom.”

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architects’selectionThe latest trends and designs in one innovative collection

The strongly repetitive, rough pattern of the Shantung line is reminiscent of plaited raffia and is extremely deco-rative. This sunscreen opens up new architectural perspectives and is already hugely popular in the Mediterranean countries.

As its name already suggests, Bicolor combines 2 colours, giving this sunscreen

new products

Today, Copaco® is the only manufacturer in the world that produces these widths, and we will soon be going even one step further.

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fabric a warm and dynamic character.Under the Architects’ Selection label, Copaco® has brought together the lat-est colours that match today’s decorative mood.In short, this Cult collection gathers today’s latest trends, the newest colours and the most decorative designs for the interior of tomorrow.

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Insectscreens: screens that block insects

Who’s welcome and who’s not

Copaco® understands that our cus tomers only want the best products of insect protection in buildings, houses and offices.To fulfil all the demands of our custom-ers, we continiously developed new products or new variations within our insectscreens. Rigid or soft quality, depending if you use the insectscreen for fixed frames or rollers, semi-rigid or fine quality, … we can offer you the full range. Our products are available in dif-ferent roll lengths from 30m, 90m to 180m rolls, and this in various widths from 40 cm to 280 cm. Green, grey, char-coal, zebra, sand or white. You name

it and we have it. Most of them direct available thanks to our large stock.Customer satisfaction is our biggest concern, and herefor we work closely together with our customers to have the best possible solutions to supply our products, even adapted on their produc-tion proces.We stand for quality which is highly appreciated by our customers. Copaco® continiously develops in production with new machines or technologies. The packing line of insectscreen fabrics is fully automated and all our insectscreen fabrics are scanned automatically on defects. A visit can convince you.

Copaco® stands for high quality products, not only with the

sunscreen fabrics, but also with our insectscreens.

Since the start of Copaco® in 1958, we were known as insectscreen

manufacturer, and today we are still proud on this busines unit.

We became one of the biggest manufacturers of insectscreens in

Europe, because we didn’t saw this product as a commodity product.

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Xtra Screen

Colours & references

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Insectscreens: screens that block insects

Who’s welcome and who’s notinnovation

Bellavista®Our new innovation, the “Bellavista®” insectscreen, ensures a better view of the outside world while offering even greater protection from insects. The Bellavista® screen seems almost invisible, so that you can enjoy your garden to the full.

Bellavista

Colours & references*

Bellavista charcoal

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Xtra screenDo you have a dog or cat that is inclined to scratch at the insectscreen door? The indestructible XTRA Screen is especially for pet owners, and is resistant to the scratching and scraping of your four-footed friends.

“ We closely follow the latest trends and develop innovations for insect protection.”

We closely follow the latest trends and develop innovations for insect protec-tion. Related to the new outdoor-living con-cept, everybody wants to enjoy the garden or the patio. A good view to the outside without seeing the insectscreen is therefor absolutely desirable. Copaco® developped on this base a new insect-screen fabric, “Bellavista”, which gives you all the properties: high insect pro-tection, which is almost invisible. Dis-cover our Bellavista. Standard available in black and 90m rolls.Ask for it to our sales team.

But of course, we don’t only think at the little bugs, but also at our pets.Resistant to the scratching from cats and dogs, we have our special Xtra Screen, which is highly resistant.

You will understand that after all these years, insectscreen is not a commodity, and Copaco® is the place for innovations and novelties, based on high quality, with customer satisfaction as most important result.

Ask for our special insectscreen brochure.

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NEW

for cleaning and maintaining screens

The embroidered sunscreens from our Screen Decor line represent

a major innovation in the world of interior architecture.

Embroidered sunscreens are popular with architects working on large projects. Hotel chains, offices, banks and shop-ping centres like to personalise sun-screen fabrics with their own logo or brand name.

decorating your home by embroidered screens

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We use decorative embroidery, with either plain or romantic motifs, to achieve contemporary accents in tradi-tional architectural styles, or vice versa. Our Screen Decor fabrics provide the right decorative solution for every taste.

industrial cleaning concentrate

At the request of customers, Copaco® has developed a convenient industrial spray that can clean and maintain any PVC screen in a quick way. No more water and soap. With Cleanscreen and a damp cloth, you can clean any PVC screen in a very simple manner without harming the colours or the PVC. The cleaning effect is stunning.

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Colour production à la carte

Small BatchIn order to be able to offer a better response to specific demands of

the customer, Copaco® developed the small batch system, which

enables it to produce entirely à la carte and offer the customer a

made-to-measure collection.

Small batch makes production possible on a smaller scale in a specific colour at the customer´s request. With this system, Copaco® is seeking to optimise customer satisfaction even further and to create living/working environments where people find it pleasant to spend time, with retention of the wishes of the customer and consumer.

With the Small Batch system Copaco® is

able to respond to the specific requests of architects who are looking for that spe-cific colour of sunscreen to match their prestigious building. Our customers will also appreciate this when devising their own contemporary collections in collaboration with Copaco®. In combina-tion with the unique widths within the Copaco® range, Small Batch is a recipe for success. Unique colours combined with unique widths.

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• all colours on request

• perfect for your unique project

Contact us for more info!

info@copaco.be

createyour own collection

decorating your home by embroidered screens

ask for our screendecor® brochure!

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The colour range is contemporary, with a wealth of designs. We are pleased to embroider personalised logos and motifs on request.With our sunscreen fabrics, we help to make dreams come true. We give colour to every interior, with an eye and a passion for every detail.

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Copaco® was present at R+T

A succesful trade fair appearanceInnovative and interesting

products, a very positive atmos-

phere at the booth and a double

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appearance at the exhibition of

Copaco® at R&T 2012 .

With the new look of Copaco® and the new collections and products, we had a lot of interest and positive reviews from our visitors.

In focus was our exclusive range of fab-rics available in 3m20 width. On request even fabrics up to 3m50 width are possi-ble. Today, Copaco® is the only manufac-turer in the world that produces these widths!

In addition, the Small Batch System was also presented at our booth. With this

system, it is now also possible to offer an even better response to specific demands of customers, architects, …, who are look-ing for a specific colour of sunscreen. Small Batch enables us to produce entirely ‘à la carte’ and offers our customers a made-to-measure collection. With this ‘colour production à la carte’ we can optimize our main objective, customer satisfac-tion, even further. Once you have become familiar with our Small Batch System as well as with all other facets of Copaco®, we are confident that you too will find our slogan ‘Screens that fit you’ well-suited.

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Copaco® was present at R+T

A succesful trade fair appearanceThe very elegant and decorative Screen Décor – embroidered sunscreen fabric – looked very classy. It is an exclusive presentation for the interior architect world. Our Screen Décor fabrics provide the right decorative solution for every taste.

A special eye-catching fabric: Ombra-DLS®. Choose your own degree of transparency. This is a unique concept with a 3-dimensional dynamic solution.We look forward to very successful results of the exhibition and are very optimistic about this year.

“ Innovative & interesting products, a very positive atmosphere at the booth and a double digit increase in visitor numbers.”

Be the first to know all about Copaco® at trade fairs & other news

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Polyclose 2012

Beginning of January, Copaco® was present again at the Polyclose fair.As scope, we presented our new 3.5m wide screen to our Benelux customers, which they highly appreciated, together with our new collection in exterior sunscreens, closely selected with architects, colour specialists, designers, …Our new colours are marked with the sign Architects’ Selection.Find them back in our catalogue.

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Colophon

review semiannual Copaco® sun & insectscreen journal - June 2012

Editor Veronique Kindt, Pascal Vantomme, Lies Desmet, Marc Vervisch

Published by Marc Vervisch

DesignApunta (www.apunta.be)

Copaco® Rijksweg 125 8531 Bavikhove - Belgium T +32 (0)56 35 35 33 F +32(0)56 35 80 48info@copaco.be

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New people at Copaco®New sales tools

New Sales ManagerSince 01 March 2012, Stijn Vanhoutte joined our Copaco® Sales Team. As a Sales Representative, Stijn will be responsible for the follow-up and expansion of the following markets: DACH-countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Central and Eastern Europe, Baltic States, Middle East, Maghreb Countries

New Internal AssistanceCopaco® also welcomes Dolores Decrock as a new colleague in its internal sales department for the Belgian and French market.Dolores responsibilities will include order input; invoicing and general office support for those markets.

New HRSince 02 April 2012, Mario Decneudt started at Copaco® in Human Resources. Mario has already more than 10 years of experience in HR and enjoyed an education as social counsellor. He is well known as being a diplomatic mediator and a people manager.

New Sales and Marketing DirectorPeter Vansteenkiste has joined the Copaco® Management Team as Sales and Marketing Director. Being raised in a textile environment, and having more than 10 years of experience in the sun protection sector, Peter is familiar with our industry. By this appointment to office, Copaco® wishes to confirm its ambition and faith towards the future.

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