MakMax Taiyo Middle East and the Taiyo Kogyo group of companies boast an international portfolio of architecturally designed ETFE foil projects using our  ETFE System.

We have created ETFE roofing, ETFE skylights and ETFE facades for stadiums, shopping centres, leisure and recreation centres, health-care facilities, schools and universities, walkways, and distinctive public shade structures.

Single Layered Application

The MakMax ETFE Skylight System can be applied in a single layer to form a durable, lightweight glazed roof.

Reinforced with cables, lightweight steel or aluminium to maintain shape and stability, a single-layer ETFE structure is perfect for allowing natural light into buildings via applications such as skylights and atrium roofing.

Flexible and able to form architecturally unique shapes, ETFE foil is also popular as an architectural building façade.

Double or Triple Layered Application

MakMax’s ETFE system makes use of air-filled foil pillows to create lightweight, thermally insulated and highly translucent roofing.

The ETFE pillows, or cushions, are created with a pneumatic system which maintains low-pressure air between 2 or 3 layers of film. The cushions are restrained in aluminium extrusions and supported by a lightweight truss frame and cable system.

Under typical loading conditions, cushions can range from 1 to 5 metres wide and reach up to 60m in length.

Pneumatic cushion system

A multi-layer ETFE system is generally supplied with one or more inflation units. Each unit consists of two redundant blowers forming a backup system for guaranteed structural stability.

The air when entering the machine will be dried to avoid condensation within the cushions. A series of pressure sensors continuously monitor the internal pressure of the cushions, maintaining them between 5 psi and 6 psi.

In case of high wind or snow loads, sensors can automatically and continuously adapt the pressure to compensate external loading.

Depending on air temperature and humidity, one unit can supply a roof of up to 1400sqm. These units are UL certified and run on an 110V power with consumption less than 1KW/h.

Pneumatic cushion system

A multi-layer ETFE system is generally supplied with one or more inflation units. Each unit consists of two redundant blowers forming a backup system for guaranteed structural stability.

The air when entering the machine will be dried to avoid condensation within the cushions. A series of pressure sensors continuously monitor the internal pressure of the cushions, maintaining them between 5 psi and 6 psi.

In case of high wind or snow loads, sensors can automatically and continuously adapt the pressure to compensate external loading.

Depending on air temperature and humidity, one unit can supply a roof of up to 1400sqm. These units are UL certified and run on an 110V power with consumption less than 1KW/h.