About Solinear
Specialist Architectural Solar Shading and Louvre Contractors

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[edit] At Solinear we are very proud of the service and products we provide and therefor we would like to tell you a little bit more about our company:
Solinear is a comprehensive louvre and solar shading solution provider offering consultation, design, manufacturing and installation packages for complete peace of mind whatever your requirements.
As a single source solution we're able to provide a fully inclusive, cost effective option using a combination of our ‘off-the-shelf’ product range and a completely bespoke system, specially engineered to meet your exact specification and aesthetic aspirations. Providing the perfect balance between a tailor made system and the value engineering benefits of standard components.
With our in-house design teams based in York and Leicester, complimented by our UK based Manufacturing Facility, we are able to offer full Building Information Modelling data (BIM Level 2) as part of our innovative design service.
Utilizing over 14 years experience, we can now offer a diverse range of architectural louvre and solar shading products facilitated by a very close relationship with our supply chain, giving us greater influence over both quality control and availability. Our continual product development programme enables us to offer innovative, customised solutions to architects at the very earliest stage of project design, giving confidence that the finished product will enhance the look and performance of their building.
The Solinear Solar Shading and Architectural Louvres project portfolio includes a wealth of satisfied clients and contractors with a diverse range of innovative architectural louvre and solar shading products expertly installed across the education, health, leisure, retail, transport, commercial and residential sectors throughout the UK.
Solinear has industry respected accreditations with Constructionline, Safe Contractor, CHAS and SMAS alongside our ISO 9001 Quality Assurance certification. We are dedicated to continuing our progression as a company by working towards both OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 accreditation.
Capable and experienced working with extruded aluminium, timber and now timber resin, Solinear is able to offer a sustainable, environmentally friendly and low impact product solution to enable you to maximise the project's creative potential alongside the client’s BREEAM aspirations.
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