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Anodized Aluminum Available in a Variety of Colors

Lorin Industries’ anodized aluminum color range provides the aesthetics of getting the right color in addition to the benefits of the anodized aluminum.

Katie Leesemann, Former Editorial Assistant, Gardner Business Media

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Lorin Industries Inc., a developer and producer of coil anodized aluminum, highlights the wide variety of colors available for its anodized aluminum. Anodized aluminum’s benefits extend beyond the natural beauty of the aluminum alloy itself. Offering fewer drawbacks than other metals, Lorin’s portfolio of colors for anodized aluminum is able to provide benefits, performance and durability while also enabling the colors to shine.

Color anodizing by Lorin can be done for a variety of applications, including interior and exterior architectural, consumer goods and transportation applications. Lorin offers a variety of UV stable colors that can mirror or match natural metal looks, including stainless steel, brass, gold, zinc, pewter, bronze, copper and natural aluminum. Some of these metal looks are also available in pre-patina or antique versions. Other non-metal colors include black, PreMirror and interior colors. Lorin also has the ability to create custom colors, as well as match almost any color that can be imagined, especially for interior finishes.

With its continuous coil process, Lorin says every square inch or millimeter of the entire coil spends the same amount of time in each part of the process. This enables Lorin to create an unmatched level of consistency, promoting that the colors and finishes look the same throughout all of the coils produced. Lorin controls, measures and records the color so it can be repeated on subsequent orders.

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