• Revolutionary 3 layer coating technology, providing enhanced aesthetics and long term performance and durability.
• Confidex® Guarantee for up to 40 years for the weatherside of industrial and commercial buildings with no inspection or maintenance to maintain its validity.
• Colour guarantee included as part of the Confidex® Guarantee for standard colours.
• Optimised Galvalloy® metallic coating for ultimate corrosion resistance and cut edge protection.
• Independently tested for liberation of volatile organic compounds (VOC) against EN ISO 16000-9 and achieved an A+ rating.
• Creative and aesthetic range of colour effects available, including Metallic, Sparkle, Matt and Matt Metallic options ideal for facade applications and now a new Textured finish - see separate tab for more details. 
• Contemporary colour range offering complete design flexibility with complementary colours and natural metal shades
• Fully REACH compliant & free of chromates including hexavalent chrome.
• Made in the UK. Certified to BES 6001 Responsible Sourcing Standard.
• Fully supports BREEAM & LEED certification.
• Robust and durable topcoat for easier handling and processing.
• Reverse side branding making traceability easy.
• Informed colour choice based on availability, feasibility and level of guarantee via Colorcoat® Compass digital colour matching system.
• Available from a range of Colorcoat® supply chain partners.

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*μm = micron

Notes
1.  The figures contained in this table are typical properties and do not constitute a specification. Tested in accordance with EN 13523.
2.  For health and safety datasheets contact the Colorcoat Connection® helpline.

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Galvalloy®

Colorcoat Prisma® uses the unique and proven Galvalloy® metallic coating by Tata Steel. Galvalloy® is made with a special mix of 95% Zinc (Zn) and 5% Aluminium (Al) that conforms to EN 10346:2015. The carefully developed proportions of Zinc and Aluminium in Galvalloy® offers a combination of increased barrier and sacrificial protection when compared with conventional Hot Dip Galv (HDG) coatings and provides unrivalled corrosion protection, even at the cut edges.

FIRE PERFORMANCE

Reaction to fire

Colorcoat Prisma® including Colorcoat Prisma® Element colours have been tested to EN 13823 and EN ISO 1716 and can be classified in accordance with EN 13501-1 as A1. This classification is valid for all gauges >0.4mm for all colours in the product range for single sided product.

Performance of roof coverings

Colorcoat Prisma® including Colorcoat Prisma® Element colours are deemed to satisfy, without the need for further testing, the requirements for external fire performance of roof covering products in accordance with Commission Decision 2000/553/EC. This is valid for all gauges >0.4mm and for all colours in the product range for single and double sided products.

UV Resistance

All colours surpass requirements of Ruv5 as per EN 10169:2022 proving outstanding colour retention.

Corrosion resistance

All colours surpass requirements of RC5+ as per EN 10169:2022 proving outstanding corrosion resistance for external building cladding systems.

Natural weathering

Natural weathering testing is an essential part of testing the corrosion resistance of a pre-finished steel product. Colorcoat Prisma® has undergone a comprehensive programme of testing in key weathering climates around the world.

Exposure sites were chosen in order to provide the full spectrum of weathering zones from equatorial and tropical climates to urban, rural, industrial and coastal locations.

British Board of Agrément Certificate
The long-term performance of Colorcoat Prisma® has been recognised within the BBA certificate 91/2717 and relates to the product use as external roofing and cladding or internal lining. “Colorcoat Prisma® coating and metal treatment will protect the steel substrate against corrosion for a period in excess of 40 years in normal industrial, urban and rural environments”.

Testing according to Russian GOST standards
Colorcoat Prisma® has been tested by MISIS in Russia which concluded that when used in difficult climatic conditions (e.g. coastal areas) of medium aggressive environments, it should have its functional and aesthetic properties unchanged in Southern and Northern Russian regions with temperatures ranging from +60 to -60 degrees C.

U-mark certification
Colorcoat Prisma® is being tested by the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie according to DIN 55634.

ASTM
Colorcoat Prisma® has also been tested according to a variety of key ASTM test standards for corrosion and UV resistance. For markets that require ASTM test results please contact us.

ITB
The performance of Colorcoat Prisma® has been validated in Poland by the Institute of Building Technology (ITB). This validates the category RC5+ and the UV resistance in the RUV5 category according to PL-EN 10169:2022 for the standard Solid, Metallic and Matt colours in the range.

Colour consistency
If tonal consistency is critical, all cladding for a single elevation should come from the same production batch. All metallic shades exhibit a degree of directionality.  

Matching components
If accessories made from other materials are to be colour-matched to the roof or wall cladding, the best reference is the actual profiles or panels delivered to site, or material from the same batch.

Metal hand samples
Metal hand samples are available for all colours. For a truer representation of colour and effect, please obtain metal hand samples.

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Our hand samples can assist in colour selection and finalising product specification. Metal hand samples are available for all colours. For a truer representation of colour and effect, please obtain metal hand samples.

Order samples online for Colorcoat Prisma® here or by contacting the Colorcoat Connection® helpline +44 (0) 1244 892434.

For over 25 years the Confidex® Guarantee from Tata Steel has remained best in class. Confidex® is the product performance guarantee for Colorcoat HPS200 Ultra® and Colorcoat Prisma®, when used in an external conventional building envelope application namely roof and wall cladding using single skin, built-up or composite panel construction in industrial and commercial buildings.

Confidex® offers the longest and most comprehensive guarantee for pre-finished steel in Europe.

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Please complete the online form to register the Confidex® Guarantee for Colorcoat HPS200 Ultra® and Colorcoat Prisma®.

This form can be used to register the Confidex® Guarantee for Zone 1 and Zone 2.

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Transferring the Confidex® Guarantee
A registered Confidex® Guarantee is transferable in the event of sale or transfer of owner or tenant of a building. Please contact the Colorcoat Connection® helpline.

Note: Confidex® must be registered within 3 months of the building completion date for the guarantee to be valid.

Register Confidex® Guarantee

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At Tata Steel we are committed to making the products society needs and to making them in the most responsible way. Our commitment to sustainability also means we actively manage our impacts and contribution throughout the full life of our products - with our suppliers, within our own operations, through the supply chains we serve and by taking responsibility for recycling steel. Colorcoat Prisma® has achieved BES 6001 responsible sourcing certificate which reinforces our commitment to sustainability.

Life Cycle Assessment
We constantly strive to ensure that the manufacturing processes and materials used to manufacture Colorcoat Prisma® are the most sustainable available. Moreover, the enhanced robustness and durability of Colorcoat Prisma® mean that it significantly outperforms other pre-finished steel in terms of environmental impacts over the full life cycle. To demonstrate the environmental impacts, Tata Steel have published an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for each of the Colorcoat® assessed cladding systems, based on an initial Life Cycle Analysis.

System environmental assessment
In the UK all roof and wall systems using pre-finished steel achieve a Green Guide A+ rating. Manufacture and processing of Colorcoat Prisma® into building envelope products, through our approved supply chain, can meet the responsible sourcing criteria for BREEAM. Our manufacturing site has an environmental management system which has been certified to ISO 14001.

Recycling
Colorcoat Prisma® is truly recyclable without any loss of quality, time after time. There is a well established and very efficient steel recycling infrastructure which ensures that all steel collected at end of life goes back into steel manufacture. Through this efficient recycling of steel, the environmental investment in steel-making is never wasted, making steel the most sustainable construction material.

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Product Downloads

We offer a range of face to face and online CPDs aimed at Engineers and Architects

These free seminars can be booked at any time between 9am and 5pm. Our online webinars can all be delivered via Skype for Business and Teams, but we can consider other platforms if this will not work for your practice.

Below outline the CPDs we have available - Book yours today

• Decarbonising your structural hollow section designs
• Essentials of Structural Hollow Sections
• Welded Joints in Tubular Steelwork - Eurocode 3 Part 1-8
• Concrete Filled Hollow Sections - Composite Design – Eurocode 4
• Composite Floor Deck in Construction
• Structural Roof Deck in Construction
• Specifying metal clad envelope systems in accordance with ADB2 of the building regulations and the value of large scale system testing
• RIBA 2030 climate challenge: How steel building envelope solutions contribute
• Pre-finished steel standing seam systems for roof & wall cladding
• CDM regulations 2015 and their impact on steel building envelope specification.
• Steel building envelope systems for non-domestic buildings
• Steel for roof and wall cladding

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