1. Forster Profile Systems Ltd
Steel profiles for building safety

2. Showing a high profile
We are a full-service provider for windows, doors and façades made of steel and stainless steel with a focus on
Safety
Energy efficiency
Design

3. Safety
Our diversified profile systems are used in various sectors in building safety:
Fire protection
Smoke control
Burglary resistance
Bullet resistance
They can be used in combination and also with advanced thermal insulation.

4. Energy efficiency
Our innovative products achieve the insulation values required in today‘s marketplace without the need of additional plastic insulators.
Our solutions offer not only more safety but also provide more quality of life and intrinsic value in buildings.

5. Design
Steel and stainless steel are ideal starting materials in achieving visually slim glass architecture. Their static properties permit structures with impressive dimensions.
Whether they are used for modern new buildings or for renovating historic buildings, our steel profiles adapt to every architectural concept and provide buildings with a high-quality appearance.

6. Take a close look Head office in Arbon, Switzerland
Number of employees: 200
Almost 100 years of experience in manufacturing steel profiles
Export rate: 66%
Belongs to AFG Arbonia-Forster-Holding Ltd.
Active in 34 countries

7. Organised

8. Productive Profiles produced exclusively in Switzerland
Frames manufactured in China
>12,000 tonnes of steel processed per year
3000 km steel profiles per year
Welded cold-rolled process
Materials processed:
Bright hot rolled strip
Sendzimir galvanised
Zinc-magnesium coating
Stainless steel

9. Only the best succeed
Well established quality management system certified to ISO 9001
Multiple controls for every profile during the production process and final tests
Metallurgical test, wall thickness, elongation test, bending test, flatness, structural check, mechanical properties, spectrum analysis

10. Testing passed
Forster systems are tested and approved in a large number of countries
A continuous string of successful tests and new approvals
Our commitment for your safety

11. Innovations from trends and best practice solutions
In-house product development, in Switzerland
Our innovative new products result from a controlled development workflow
Development of the actual system
Internal dynamic testing within the Technical Centre
Comprehensive physical tests (partly internal, partly by certified test centres)
Tests for safety aspects such as fire, smoke, burglary and bullet resistance

12. Taking responsibility and building on it
Forster develops and produces its systems by holistically reviewing all ecological aspects.
Steel is 100% recyclable
Certified to Environment Management System ISO 14001
EPD certificates as basis for building certification

13. Extensive network Head office (incl. production): CH-Arbon
Distribution partners in over 30 countries
Own sales companies in Austria and Germany
HUBs in China (incl. frame production), Middle East, Russia

14. Segmented Focus on safety Safety Thermal insulation
Non insulated systems (interior)

15. We speak your language
We advise and support architects, planners and metal-construction companies all over the world for both new buildings and renovation of old buildings.
Public buildings, hospitals, schools, banks, airports, office and administration buildings and in some cases also housing construction
Our advisers will bring you safely to your destination:
Technical advisers for national and international markets
Support from our experts for your planning and implementation
Engineering for specific building solutions

16. Knowledge transfer General system training courses
Seminars for metal construction companies and fire protection licensees
Seminars for architects and metal construction planners
Training courses for sales partners
Tailor-made training courses

18. Well planned, well advised, well built
You will come across buildings built with Forster profiles every day all over the world – mostly without realising it.
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19. Karlsplatzpassage Vienna
Fire protection glazing EI30/EI60
Fire protection doors EI30
Forster fuego light

20. City West, CH-Chur
Fire protection doors EI30
Partially with glass-glass joints
Forster fuego light

21. Palacio de las Artes Reina Sofia, ES-Valencia
Interior and exterior glazing
Sound insulation inner doors and outer doors

22. Hotel Crowne Plaza, BE-Liège
Thermal insulated windows with narrow profiles
Thermal insulated façades
Forster unico and Forster thermfix light

23. Prime Tower, CH-Zürich
Fire protection doors EI30 with high gloss polished stainless steel plate
Forster presto and Forster fuego light

24. Airport terminal Dock E, CH-Zürich
Fire protection doors and outer doors EI30
In stainless steel, smoke protection doors R30
Forster presto and Forster fuego light

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