Congress 2019
Marseille 14th - 15th October
The 13th European congress on sandwich panel and profile technology will be on October 14th and 15th in Marseille, France, organized by PPA-Europe and IFBS.
The annual congress of PPA-Europe and IFBS starts on October 14th at 1.00 p.m. and ends on October 15th at 12.15 p.m. The congress takes place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Marseille Vieux Port. The presentations cover a wide field of topics of sandwich and profile technology. You will be informed about European regulations, the digitalization of production and construction process, research and many other topics. For the programme see the link on the right side. For the registration follow this link to the congress. The registration to the annual congress will be closed beginning of October! |
For detailed information please download the programme
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Publication of the 2018 edition of the association EPDs
The revision of the association Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) has been completed. The new edition has been released on 14th September 2018 with a validity of five years. The four EPDs revised are:
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EPD for double skin steel faced sandwich panels with a core made of mineral wool,
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EPD for double skin steel faced sandwich panels with a core made of polyurethane,
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EPD for profiled sheets made of steel for roof, wall, deck and ceiling constructions,
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EPD for profiled sheets made of aluminium for roof, wall and ceiling constructions.
These are average EPDs based on input data submitted by different manufacturers. On the second page of each EPD there is a list of participating companies.
To view or download the declarations, please click on the pictures below or go to https://www.ppa-europe.eu/documents-regulations-03.html
Newly published "EPAQ Quality Info" file
The EPAQ Quality Regulations for Panels and Profiles, edition October 2016 were published in a file, so that we can update them in future in an easier way and provide you with all necessary information in a compact manner.
The new “EPAQ Quality Info” file contains three language versions of the EPAQ Quality Regulations for Panels and Profiles and will be supplemented by the EPAQ Testing Rules during 2017 (after revision).
All those interested can contact us, to order free of charge the "EPAQ Quality Info" file.

ECO-EPDs for sandwich panels and metallic profiles
During its first official annual conference on 16th October 2014 in Brussels, the ECO Platform (www.eco-platform.org), umbrella organization comprising various (national) EPD program operators in Europe announced the launch of a new EPD logo. The first “ECO-EPDs“ were awarded to declaration owners of the various programs. PPA-Europe got, in the event, the ECO-EPDs for:
- Sandwich panels with polyurethane core
- Sandwich panels with mineral wool core
- Profiled sheets made of steel for roof, wall and deck constructions
Thanks of ECO-EPD, PPA-Europe members can use their sector EPD around almost, all European countries, without an extra cost.
For documents downloading, please click here: ECO-EPD
New EPDs for Sandwich Panels
EPAQ publishes new Environmental Product Declarations - EPDs for:
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Sandwich Panels with polyurethane core
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Sandwich Panels with mineral wool core
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Profiled Sheets made of steel for roof, wall and deck constructions
Award of new EPAQ Quality Labels
On October 26th new EPAQ Quality Labels for sandwich panels and profiles have been awarded. The companies MAAS, ISOPAN and SAB Profiel got their certificates.
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