A brief history of sandwich panels

Construction is one of the most dynamically developing areas. 

The technologies used in construction are constantly being improved. Because there was a demand to improve the quality of materials and shorten the duration of the construction process. For this reason, various types of structures were invented at the construction site.

The idea of creating sandwich panels belongs to the American builder and architect Frank Loyd Wright. It was he who created the prototype of modern sandwich panels, which he used in the construction of a residential cottage in the 30s of the last century.

This prototype was used to create a partition wall. The newly invented material retained heat for a long time and at the same time was easy to install. But the first sandwich panels were not flame tolerant and had a number of other drawbacks.

In the 50s of the twentieth century, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright-Olden Dou made considerable progress in the issue of improving sandwich panels.

Already 10 years later, in the late 50s-early 60s, the Koppers Company company launched mass conveyor production of sandwich panels.

In 1986, the production of sandwich panels began with the use of stone wool. The first creator of the stone wool panel is the Finnish company Paroc.

In 2009, during the production of sandwich panels in Switzerland, another new layer – photocell began to be used. Photocell panels were used in the construction of the Corps of the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School.