{"id":661,"date":"2005-10-27T17:49:02","date_gmt":"2005-10-27T17:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/?p=661"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:29:16","slug":"rusnak-mercedes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/rusnak-mercedes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rusnak Mercedes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alucobond,<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Project Name:<\/th>\nRusnak Mercedes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Project Location:<\/th>\nArcadia, California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALUCOBOND\u00ae PLUS Materials:<\/th>\n6,160 sq. ft. of 4mm Champagne Metallic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Year of Installation:<\/th>\n2005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Architect:<\/th>\nFMG Architects, Oakland, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fabricator:<\/th>\nGES Sheet Metal, Pomona, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Attachment Method:<\/th>\n1-1\/4\u201d deep hat sub-section and contrasting,
\ndarker silicone sealant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

High-Performance Identity at Rusnak Mercedes<\/p>\n

Rusnak Auto Group wanted a \u201chigh-tech,\u201d high-performance identity for its new Arcadia, CA dealership \u2013 an identity compatible with the fine Mercedes automobiles available there. To help project the desired image, ALUCOBOND\u00ae Material by 3A Composites USA Inc. was chosen for architectural signage as well as exterior cladding of the auto dealership itself.<\/p>\n

The project utilized 6,160 sq. ft. of 4 mm ALUCOBOND\u00ae Material in Champagne Metallic color. Panel attachment at both the horizontal and vertical panel joints involved a 1-1\/4\u201d deep hat sub-section and contrasting, darker silicone sealant, according to Glenn Schuske of GES Sheet Metal, Pomona, CA. Panels were fabricated by GES, which also assembled column covers in its shop.<\/p>\n

\"Alucobond,<\/a><\/p>\n

The architectural firm for the project was FMG Architects of Oakland, CA.<\/p>\n

The first location for what is today\u2019s Rusnak Automotive Group was opened in 1959. The business has since grown in the greater Los Angeles area to include 16 locations offering 12 different makes of automobiles. Rusnak Automotive Group has received many awards for customer service and satisfaction from rating organizations, publications and auto manufacturers.<\/p>\n

ALUCOBOND\u00ae Material is frequently chosen for automobile dealerships because of the sleek, high-tech look of the aluminum composite material (ACM) panels. Incorporating the product into both signage and architectural applications can help project the desired corporate identity look throughout the entire dealership, and from one dealership to another. ALUCOBOND\u00ae Material consists of two sheets of .02\u201d aluminum thermobonded to a plastic core, and is manufactured by the Benton, KY plant of 3A Composites USA Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Project Name: Rusnak Mercedes Project Location: Arcadia, California ALUCOBOND\u00ae PLUS Materials: 6,160 sq. ft. of 4mm Champagne Metallic Year of Installation: 2005 Architect: FMG Architects, Oakland, CA Fabricator: GES Sheet Metal, Pomona, CA Attachment Method: 1-1\/4\u201d deep hat sub-section and contrasting, darker silicone sealant High-Performance Identity at Rusnak Mercedes Rusnak Auto Group wanted a \u201chigh-tech,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11,39,61,37,38,28,64,62,29,40,60],"class_list":["post-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-studies","tag-acm","tag-acp","tag-airport","tag-aluminum-composite-material","tag-aluminum-composite-panel","tag-architecture","tag-cid","tag-corporate-id-2","tag-design","tag-exteriors","tag-signage-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7453,"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions\/7453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}