Most of the world's aluminum composite panel is 1220 mm or 1250 mm wide. That number is not a design decision — it is a coil width — and yet it quietly sets the joint grid of almost every ACP facade ever built. Our lines run to 2000 mm, and on the right project that changes the elevation.
What the extra width buys
- Fewer joints. On most structural bays a 2000 mm panel removes a whole line of joints.
- Faster installation. Fewer panels to lift, align, fix and seal over the same wall area.
- Fewer details that can fail. Every joint is a sealed edge, a profile or a shadow gap that has to be designed and maintained.
- Uninterrupted signage. A wide fascia or lightbox face without a seam through the artwork.
What it costs you
Width is not free. A 2000 mm panel needs a wider truck bed, a wider lift, more hands on the scaffold and a fabrication table that takes the full sheet. A panel that cannot be carried up the stairwell is not a saving.
- Transport: check the container and the local delivery vehicle before specifying.
- Handling: two people can manage a 1220 mm sheet; a full-width panel usually needs more, or mechanical lifting.
- Fabrication: routing tables, folders and saws all have to take the width.
- Waste: if the bay does not suit 2000 mm, offcuts eat the advantage.
When to specify it
- Large uninterrupted elevations where the joint pattern is part of the design
- Airport, retail and commercial facades designed around long horizontal lines
- Ceilings and soffits, where the eye reads straight along the plane
- Signage fascia and lightbox faces where a seam would cut the graphic
When not to
- Tight sites with no lifting access
- Small bays where the width would be cut down anyway
- Fabricators whose tables and folders stop at 1500 mm
- Projects where stocked 1220 × 2440 mm colours and a 7-day lead time matter more than the joint pattern
Width is available across cores and coatings — standard, B1 and A2, in PVDF, nano PVDF, FEVE or polyester. Send the elevation with your enquiry and we will cut to your panel schedule.
