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Kawneer is now Novastruct UK: a stronger partner for specifiers

Kawneer is becoming Novastruct: a new name for a business with proven systems, established relationships, and a clear focus on supporting specifiers.

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28 May 2026

Kawneer is becoming Novastruct: a new name for a business with proven systems, established relationships, and a clear focus on supporting specifiers.

Following the acquisition of Kawneer Europe by Mutares Group in October 2025, the business has entered a new chapter as Novastruct Europe. For the UK, that means Novastruct UK will continue to support architects, façade designers, contractors and project teams with the same technical knowledge, aluminium systems expertise and collaborative approach they have relied on, now with a renewed structure and long-term direction.

The change is significant, but the purpose is straightforward. Novastruct UK is being shaped to give specifiers greater clarity, confidence, and continuity at the points where decisions matter most: early design, specification development, coordination and delivery.

Novastruct UK’s new identity. 

A new name, built on strong foundations

The Novastruct name reflects progress, but it does not start from zero. It builds on the experience, product knowledge and market understanding developed through Kawneer’s long-standing presence in architectural aluminium systems.

For specifiers, that continuity matters. Façade and fenestration decisions carry technical, aesthetic and commercial consequences across the life of a building. Performance, durability, compliance, interface design and installation practicality all need to be considered together. Novastruct UK’s role is to help make those decisions clearer and more coordinated.

The rebrand provides an opportunity to sharpen how that support is delivered. With a strengthened organisation, clearer responsibilities and renewed leadership, Novastruct UK is focused on being easier to engage with, more aligned to UK project needs and better equipped to support long-term specification outcomes.

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Supporting specification through NBS

As part of this UK campaign, Novastruct UK is using the NBS platform to make specification information more accessible, structured, and practical for design teams.

For architects and façade designers, NBS is often where product research, comparison and specification decisions come together. By presenting Novastruct UK systems through this recognised specification environment, it can help specifiers find the information they need in a format that supports their workflow.

This is about more than visibility. It is about giving project teams reliable technical content that can support better decisions from the earliest stages of design. Clear product data, relevant performance information, and specification-ready content help reduce uncertainty, improve coordination and support more confident product selection.

When design teams are working to demanding requirements around energy performance, façade integrity, sustainability, safety, aesthetics and long-term value, access to dependable information is essential. Novastruct UK’s presence on NBS is intended to support that need: helping specifiers assess options, develop robust specifications, and connect product choices to wider project outcomes.

Continuity, with renewed focus

Under the Novastruct UK identity, the business is focused on maintaining trusted relationships while creating a stable platform for future growth. That includes supporting key partners, strengthening technical engagement, and ensuring customer experience continuity throughout the transition.

The appointment of Peter Webbon as Commercial and Development Director for Novastruct UK reinforces this direction. His role supports a clear UK focus: guiding commercial strategy, developing opportunities, and helping to ensure that customers and partners are supported with reliability, technical precision, and a collaborative approach.

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Looking ahead

Novastruct UK represents a positive step forward for UK specifiers. It brings together a proven aluminium systems heritage with a refreshed brand, stronger organisation, and clear commitment to specification support.

As part of this transition, its established AA range becomes System X: a clearer structure for its core aluminium façade, window and door systems. Under System X, FSX identifies its façade systems, WSX its window systems and DSX its door systems. 

FSX 100, FSX 110, WSX 720, RT 72, GT 70 S.

This gives specifiers a more consistent way to recognise and select Novastruct UK solutions across project types, while maintaining the proven performance and technical support they expect.

Kawneer is now Novastruct UK, and the support continues. With renewed focus, structured information through NBS and a commitment to long-term partnership, Novastruct UK is here to help specifiers shape buildings with clarity, confidence, and performance-led thinking.

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