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  • An interior space heavily decorated with white wooden panels and glass ceilings.
  • Two men sit in a lounge space divided off in a cubic shape by wooden Fortina panels. Within the cubic space is a white branch patterned Iconic Panel wall.
  • Side of the exterior of a large building. Black Fortina panels run horizontally along the wall of the building in front of glass windows.
  • Exterior of a tall white building. Wooden Fortina panels run horizontally in front of the building, leaving a rectangular gap for a window to show through.

Fortina

Wooden louvers and slats have been and always will be a treasured design element for interior designers and architects, for a variety of reasons. Their material brings color, warmth, and texture into spaces that are visually ho-hum. Their applications are numerous: façade decoration, sunscreens, blinds, ceilings, installation art.

Wood does come with some downsides—gnarling, wasted product after cutting, the expense of transportation and installation, and the fussiness of its maintenance, just to name a few—that can make specifying this material for louvers and slats prohibitive. Fortina for B+N Industries is a convincing decorative wood alternative unlike anything on the market; virgin aluminum battens and slats are wrapped in a non-PVC film that convincingly and consistently mimics the true tone and texture of wood. It is lightweight, easily customizable, durable, quick to install, effortless to maintain, and, most importantly, beautiful. All these qualities add up to a product that can transform a space without breaking the bank.

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Benefits

  • Looks and Feels like Real Wood
  • Extensive Finish and Profile Options
  • Lightweight
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    Easy Installation
  • Class A Fire Rated

Applications

  • Perimeter walls
  • Screens/Room dividers
  • Ceilings
  • Interior and Exterior

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    Large Collection of Finishes

    Fortina louvers and slats come in over 100 wood-like finishes that look and feel like the real thing. This effect is due to the extremely durable, non-PVC film that wraps Fortina’s aluminum extrusions. What’s more, some of the finishes mimic wood species that are rare to find in the built environment.

    Variety of different thin sheets of wood arranged and stacked.

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    Profiles for Every Application

    With over 50 profiles to choose from—including round, rectangle, or square shapes in sizes from 15 to 150mm—designers can infuse their projects with dynamism and rhythm. Partitions, sunshades, privacy screens, and even artful installations are all easily realized with Fortina.

    View of the ends of many stacked varying Fortina Panels.

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    Better than Real Wood

    When it comes to durability, Fortina effortlessly surpasses real wood. Colors and textures remain like-new for years, even in projects exposed to direct sunlight or in harsh climates. This makes it ideal for both interior and exterior applications.

    A view of the Griffin Club's outdoor entryway. Wooden Fortina panels are used to decorate the exterior of the building.

Profiles

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Louvers

Fortina louvers are lightweight, incombustible, weather resistant, and quick and cost efficient to install. They can be mounted on walls and ceilings to create visual interest and add extra dimension to a project.

Fortina panels are laid across the ceiling of the interior of a building. Lights are light up the ends of the walls.

Slats

Lightweight interlocking Fortina slats are used on walls and ceilings. The extruded slats come in a wide choice of finishes that coordinate with Fortina louvers. Slats are available with or without a reveal in several widths.

Finishes

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Thoughts Behind the Design

Fortina can trace its lineage back to an innovation the Japanese printing company Toppan made in the 1970s. Although the company got its start in the early 20th century printing paper money, by the mid-century they had expanded to interior design elements.

The company figured out how to reproduce the look of authentic wood grain on printed materials by buying pieces of timber, slicing them open, and photographing the exposed grain with a process camera. They then would print the images on to adhesive films for near limitless applications. This process improves on natural wood by removing troublesome knots. It is even possible to magnify or rotate the grain.

Toppan wrapped its film finishes around proprietary aluminum battens and slats to create Fortina. The result is a real wood substitute that is consistently beautiful and budget friendly. Fortina dramatically enhances environments with the look and feel of real wood without the complications of wood’s heavy weight, expensive specifications, wasteful extraction, and difficult installation and maintenance.

Inspirations

Large open metallic space with large glass windows and wooden Fortina panels running vertically across a metal wall with an open space serving as an entryway.
Interior of a building with large glass windows. Glass panels are arranged around the room with some reflecting rainbow patterns. Across the ceiling, white Fortina panels are lined vertically.
Entrance of the Kit and Ace store. One of the two glass doors are open, revealing the interior of the shop. Wooden Fortina panels are used to line and decorate the top of the store as well as running vertically across the ceiling space of the shop.
An interior of a building. Maple Fortina panels are laid horizontally and flat across the walls of the room.
Light colored Fortina panels run horizontally and vertically to meet at a point.
Close-up of light colored Fortina panels laid horizontally into a same colored wall.
View of the exterior of a white and wooden building. Wooden Fortina panels are used to create a ceiling for a patio space.
Interior of a building. Frosted glass tall windows surround the room with dark translucent banners hanging across the ceilings. The ceiling is made up of closely lined up Fortina panels running horizontally across the room.
White Fortina panels run vertically along a wall of a store with shelves displaying various clothes. A wooden mannequin with a patterned gray shawl wrapped around it stands in front of the space.
Wooden Fortina panels are laid vertically together to create an outdoor ceiling along with black columns propping up the roof.
Interior of a bar/restaurant setting. The room is furnished with set tables and chairs with wooden Fortina panels dividing up the space.
Interior of a store selling a variety of children's toys and novelty items. Wooden Fortina panels are used to decorate the ceiling space with lights embedded between the panels.
Interior of a building. A staircase runs along a large glass window connecting the first floor to a second floor. The first floor is decorated as an office space with green and white decorations. Fortina panels are lined vertically along the sides of the second floor as decoration, setting a clearer division between the first and second floors.
View of a fancy interior space. Wooden Fortina panels run horizontally and vertically along the walls and ceilings, with some panels hanging down from the ceiling in circles. Wooden booths are arranged within the space with lights glowing from underneath.
Maple Fortina panels are arranged horizontally across a window space, serving as blinds.
Interior of a two-story space. Large glass windows make up both walls and a white staircase is lined against them connecting the first and second floors. Green chairs and wooden circular tables are arranged around the first floor. A wavy pattern made with lined up Fortina patterns is visible on the ceiling of the first floor.
Interior of a store. Wooden benches are placed on top of a wooden floor showcasing a variety of products including shoes and bags. Black suit jackets are hung neatly along a long black hanger in front of a brick wall. Above the brick wall, wooden Fortina panels are laid vertically with one large strip of wood running horizontally across them.
Interior of a white room. Wooden Fortina panels are placed in between to room to divide up the space into a hallway and a room.
An elegant gray-toned room with a large white orb shaped lamp hanging over a table set with teapots. Gray Fortina panels stand lined up on each side of the room, enclosing the space.
Maple Fortina panels are lined up vertically to make up the wall of the entrance to a room with lights illuminating the bottom of the wall.
Inside view of a room looking outside through glass windows and entryway to see wooden Fortina panels being used vertically to decorate the entrance of the building.
Exterior view of the entrance of a building. A metallic structure creates a snake shaped figure in front of the glass entryway with wooden Fortina panels coming down along the figure.
A large open interior space with white Fortina panels running vertically across the ceiling. Four sliding glass doors are lined up across the wall with sunlight flooding in through the glass.
Interior of an elegant space furnished with purple couches, white circular stands, and a plant in a vase. Fortina panels are propped up along the edges of the space.
A cubic space stands surrounded by nature. A large white orb shaped lamp lights up the inside of the space revealing a table with chairs. Fortina panels are propped vertically along the front of the room.
A long hallway with a wooden ceiling with Fortina panels running vertically across. Glass windows make up both sides of the hallways leading to a yellow lit room.
Fortina panels are placed vertically in a large circular shape, leaving gaps open for doorways. Chairs are seated in the same circular way above the panels.
Interior of a store. Various wooden displays are placed around the room showcasing different products such as shoes and bags. Wooden Fortina panels are lined along the walls as well as propped up on the floor to divide off a little section for chairs.
Various clothes are on display on hangers and shelves along a wall made up of white vertical Fortina panels.
Wooden Fortina panels stand in a line next to a brown rectangular wall, separating the floor from the ceiling. In between the wall and the ceiling is a view of the city.
Fortina panels are placed flat and vertically along the ceiling of a space. A square space is left open in the ceiling letting in natural light to a few plants and small trees planted on the floor.
View of the exterior of a brick building with glass windows. Black Fortina panels are placed horizontally next to the windows, lit underneath with yellow tinted lights.
View of the entrance of the Kit and Ace store. Large glass windows reveal the inside of the store. The Kit and Ace logo is printed in a thing tan wall. Above the glass and wall are wooden Fortina panels placed vertically.
Metal Fortina panels are placed vertically in a rectangular shape in front of a large elegant building.
Exterior of FRYE's store. Metal panels make a rectangular shape around the exterior of the store. Within the metallic panels are wooden lit Fortina panels placed vertically with glass windows underneath.
Wooden Fortina panels are lined up vertically above a brick wall with a black pole running horizontally across showcasing black suit jackets on hangers. A large wooden beam runs horizontally through the Fortina panels.

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