News and Press releases

The sky is the limit

4/27/2017

Since 1889, the Harvard College Observatory in Boston has been gathering glass photographic plates of our atmosphere. Today, the collection consists of more than half a million images. That is 25 percent of all the astronomical photographic plates existing in the world. In January 2016, disaster hit! A water leak from a pipe caused major flooding in the facility where the precious plates were stored, affecting the entire glass database – all 165 tons of it. There was no back-up, so humanity’s only record of a century’s worth of sky was at stake. Harvard’s gut reaction was to try and manage the restoration on its own. But after going through a few boxes of plates they realised they needed professional help.

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A multi-layered challenge

4/26/2017

A science centre museum in Copenhagen is housed in a building that is more than a century old. To update facilities to be in line with today’s requirements, the museum had to be closed for a total renovation. Unfortunately, fire broke out during the work. The good news was that none of the exhibition materials were damaged because the premises had been emptied. The bad news was that enormous amounts of water were needed to extinguish the fire. Causing extensive damage to the roof and large sections of the museum.

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Winds of change

4/13/2017

In the Netherlands, the government is pushing hard to increase usage of renewable sources of energy. By 2023, the target is for eight million households to get their energy from wind power instead of non-renewable sources. To accomplish that, a large number of wind turbines need to be installed at a fast pace.

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Polygon annual review 2016

3/31/2017

We provide solutions to prevent, control and mitigate all kinds of property damage - from the everyday right through to the worst that nature can cause.

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Polygon acquire Villaklimat OBM AB in Malmö

3/31/2017

On 31 March Polygon Sweden acquired Villaklimat OBM AB in Malmö. The acquisition further strengthens Polygons market position in the Skåne region.

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