Aluprof S.A.

Aluprof S.A. is part of Grupa Kęty S.A. Capital Group. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of aluminium systems in Europe. The company has branches in many European countries as well as in the United States. With over 50 years of experience, Aluprof S.A. has more than 1,300 regular customers. Aluprof S.A.'s annual sales revenue exceeds EUR 230 million. Exports account for approximately 36% of total sales. The company employs over 2,000 employees.

Located in Bielsko-Biała, Opole, Goleszów and Złotów, Aluprof S.A.'s plants have over 220,000 m2 of floor space and modern equipment, such as:

• an automated line for the production of composite sections
• ten state-of-the-art lines for the production of profiles and roller shutter boxes
• high-bay warehouses
• modern, fully automated powder coating lines, including a vertical painting line.

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Grupa Kęty

Aluprof S.A. belongs to the Capital Group "Grupa Kęty S.A." - the most modern and fastest growing company in the aluminium industry in Poland. The company forms a holding consisting of 16 companies operating in Poland and abroad, which process altogether almost 55 thousand tonnes of aluminium raw materials per year and sell their products to several dozen countries in Europe and worldwide.

Grupa Kęty is the leader on the Polish market of aluminium profiles, aluminium systems and flexible packaging. The list of its approximately 3,300 customers includes international concerns, large and medium-sized enterprises, as well as wholesalers and craftsmen's workshops representing almost all branches of industry, from the construction industry through the automotive, interior decoration, electromechanical and food industries.

Almost 3,370 experienced and qualified employees work in Grupa Kęty. The Company generates nearly 1.5 billion consolidated sales revenues and exports 32% of its products to all countries in Europe and to over a dozen countries worldwide.

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History

early 20th century	establishment of manufactories of August Gross, Jan Ochsner and Karol Szwabe in Bielsko
1945	transfer of the manufactory to the state administration and change of the name into Metal Products Factory
1951	Establishment of the state-owned company under the name of "Metal Products Factory - Biała".
1961	aluminium building elements entered the production
1965	change of the name to "Budoplast" Bielsko Zakłady Okuć i Instalacji
1972	commencement of construction of new plant in Bielsko-Biała
1973	another change of the company's name to "Metalplast-Bielsko" Building Components Plant
beginning of the 1990s	privatisation of Metalplast-Bielsko
1993	entry in the Commercial Register
1996-1997	capital relations with GRUPA KĘTY S.A.
1997	establishment of Aluprof Sp. z o.o. in Opole
January 31, 2006	Grupa KETY S.A. acquired one hundred per cent of shares in Aluprof Sp. z o.o.
2006	merger of Metalplast-Bielsko S.A. and Aluprof Sp. z o.o.
2007	Aluprof opened a modern commercial and logistics centre in Hungary
2011	Development of the plant in Opole - Aluprof opens new warehouses and a modern powder paint shop.
	In the next few years, Aluprof S.A. plans to build a new headquarters and expand its logistics centre.

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Quality and technology

Aluprof continuously pays great attention to the continuous development and maintenance of the highest level of its products and services. Innovative technologies and state-of-the-art machinery ensure reliable and durable products and customer satisfaction. This is also thanks to the creative work of the design department. It develops revolutionary designs of new products, takes into account the comments and indications of users, conducts research and supervises the quality of workmanship at every stage of product development. It also often designs individual solutions dedicated to specific projects.

The company's quality management system meets the requirements of the EN ISO 9001 / EN ISO 14001 series, as documented by the TÜV NORD certification organisation. The products offered by Aluprof meet all the requirements of European standards concerning the quality of alloys, manufacturing tolerances and strength characteristics.