Case studies

LUMIFLON®

TOKYO SKYTREE®

Category: Infrastructure
Year of completion: 2012
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Application: Heavy duty coating for steel structure
Comment: 634m height radiowave tower

TOKYO SKYTREE is a registered trademark of TOBU RAILWAY CO., LTD. & TOBU TOWER SKYTREE CO., LTD.

Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge

Category: Infrastructure
Year of completion: 1998
Location: Hyogo, Japan
Application: Heavy duty coating for steel structure
Comment: The world longest* suspension bridge
(* 3911m, as of 2015)

Marina Bay Sands

Category: Building
Year of completion: 2010
Location: Singapore
Application: Building material (Coating for exterior panel

ABENO HARUKAS

Category: Building
Year of completion: 2014
Location: Osaka, Japan
Application: Building material (Aluminum sash)
Comment: The tallest building in Japan as of 2015 (300m height)

Residential house and building

Category: General architectural structure
Application: Exterior wall and roof coating
Comment: can be field applied for new construction and renovation

Wind power station (Hokutaku Co.,Ltd.)

Category: Infrastructure
Year of completion: 2009
Location: Shizuoka, Japan
Application: Coating for main tower(steel)
Comment: Weatherability of LUMIFLON® based coating can contribute longer maintenance cycle especially for offshore wind power stations.

Passenger aircraft (All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.)

Category: Transport machine
Application: Exterior coating
Comments: Weatherability of LUMIFLON® based coating contributes longer maintenance cycle.

The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital

Category: Building
Year of completion: 2013
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Application: Building material (Coating for exterior panel

Fluon® ETFE Film

Shin-Toyosu Brillia Running Stadium (Tokyo, Japan)

The first large-scale membrane ETFE Film structure in Shin Toyosu Brillia running stadium” opened in 2016. It is a facility aimed at nurturing the local sports community. Approximately 7,000 m² of AGC’s high-performance fluoropolymer Fluon® ETFE FILM was applied as roof material in a two layers cushion, fabricated with 250 μm thickness films. In order to prevent heatstroke in the summer, film on the outside is coated with highly reflective ink. Film on the inside is coated with white ink so that the room temperature is only 3 degrees higher than the temperature outside, without using air conditioning.

Forsyth Barr Stadium (Dunedin, New Zealand)

AGC's high-performance fluoropolymer film “Fluon® ETFE Film” has been utilized to build the translucent polymer roof structure of the 30,000-capacity Forsyth Barr Stadium located in Dunedin, New Zealand. The Forsyth Barr Stadium’s roof covers 20,000 square meters, and is composed of sheets of clear, lightweight film with a thickness of 0.2mm. In addition to sporting events, the multi-purpose, all-weather stadium can also host events, concerts and trade shows, offering visitors the visual spaciousness and abundant sunlight of an open environment, while protecting them from wind, rain and snow during poor weather.

Allianz Arena (München, Germany)

One of the world’s largest (66,500 m2) membrane structure soccer stadiums, which was finished in 2005 in München, Germany. Fluon® ETFE Film was used on all surfaces.

Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport, Japan)

In March 2020, Tokyo International Airport (also known as Haneda Airport) has begun operations at its newly renovated International Terminal 2. AGC Fluon® ETFE Film (500 μm thickness) was selected and installed as the innovative roofing material covering approximately 9,000 m2.

SoFi Stadium (Los Angeles, USA)

Fluon® ETFE film has been installed on the roof of the new SoFi Stadium, which currently is the largest single-layer cable net roof system in the world. Opened in September 2020, the stadium is home to two NFL teams and is scheduled to host major international sports events.