For facade engineering firm AGB, innovation remains the cornerstone of growth
- Underlining its commitment to the overseas market, AGB has been active since 2014 in Singapore, from which it aims to expand into the rest of Asia-Pacific.
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With environmentally friendly facades, free-form shapes, and 3D-printed materials rapidly defining 21st-century architecture, facade engineering company Asahi Building-Wall (AGB) has fortified the foundations of its future success in Asia-Pacific.
Its 30-year track record of innovative projects showcases a progressive ability to tackle various construction challenges. From creating the “Big Miruchi”, a giant Meiji Milk Chocolate bar made from glass-fibre-reinforced plastic approximately 28 metres tall and 166 metres wide, to translating luxury beauty brand Shiseido’s arabesque motif into a 6,200-square-metre cast aluminium panel enveloping the company’s Tokyo headquarters, AGB’s project resume reflects its expertise in a wide range of materials from expanded metal mesh to marble-inlaid facades.
Underlining its commitment to the overseas market, AGB has been active since 2014 in Singapore, from which it aims to expand into the rest of Asia-Pacific.
We want to recruit entrepreneurial and talented people in our area of business. We will encourage them to go independent and be our franchise partners in their countries of origin
“We develop materials that we would be unable to create if it were not for our various research and development partnerships,” says Masayuki Sakurai, president. “We anticipate our clients’ needs and develop materials ahead of time.”