ACM stands for Aluminum Composite Material. It is a sandwich panel consisting of two thin aluminum face sheets (0.2mm or 0.3mm) bonded to a solid polyethylene core. The result is a rigid, flat panel that is significantly lighter than solid aluminum of equivalent panel size. The face sheets are factory-painted in a range of finishes - matte, gloss, metallic, brushed, or mirror.

Yes. ACM panels can be bent using V-grooving - a routing technique that removes the polyethylene core along a fold line, allowing the face sheets to be bent cleanly to 90° and other angles without breaking. This is how sign shop fabricators create letter returns and clean reveal transitions on building cladding. Gentle curves need no groove: the Alcosheet data sheet gives a minimum bending radius of 500mm (ASTM D790), so a 3mm sheet can be rolled round a column about a metre across. Anything tighter than that, or a folded corner, needs the groove first.

Yes. The Alcosheet data sheet gives an outdoor temperature resistance of -40 to +60°C (ASTM D1654), so a Canadian winter is within its range. Our stocked sheets are polyester coated, which is right for signs, fascia and soffits; a facade that has to hold its colour in full sun for many years should be PVDF, which we quote to order. Fire rating is a separate question: the stocked core is polyethylene, so for an occupied building facade in Canada check the building code and ask about a fire resistant core.

ACM panels at FIDAR System are available with 0.2mm and 0.3mm face sheet thicknesses depending on the colour combination. The 0.3mm face variants (White Matte + White Gloss, Black Matte + Black Gloss, Mirror Silver) have a slightly heavier, more rigid face - preferred for applications where the face will be handled frequently or needs to resist denting.

No. Laser cutting is not suitable for ACM panels. The aluminum face sheets reflect the CO2 laser beam, which can damage the laser optics. ACM should be cut with a circular saw (fine-tooth carbide blade), jigsaw, or CNC router. Shearing is also possible for straight cuts.

A supplier. We import aluminum composite panels under our own label, Alcosheet, hold them in stock in North York, Ontario, and cut them to size on our own CNC router. We do not roll the aluminum or bond the polyethylene core, and neither do most of the companies that come back when you search for aluminum composite panel manufacturers in Canada. ACM is pressed on a small number of continuous bond lines, so nearly every Canadian source is a stocking distributor. What separates one from another is what is genuinely on the floor, the skin thickness behind each finish, and whether they will cut the sheet for you.

Yes. Our stock sits at Unit 29, 601 Magnetic Drive in North York, inside the City of Toronto, and pickup is free. Inside our local 30 km zone, which covers most of the GTA, our own truck delivers for a flat $29.90. It goes out to 50 km at a distance rate, and beyond that we ship anywhere in Canada. If you need a sheet today, phone 416-857-7555 before you drive over and we will have it pulled and ready at the counter.

Four things. Skin thickness, because 0.2mm and 0.3mm rout and dent differently. Core type, because a plain polyethylene core and a fire retardant core are not interchangeable on an occupied building. Real stock rather than a catalogue listing, because a finish that has to be imported is a long wait dressed up as a product page. And whether they cut, because a supplier who only sells full sheets leaves you to find a router. Ours are 0.2mm and 0.3mm skins, polyethylene core, eight finishes held in North York, cut on site.

Both. The prices on this page are what a single sheet costs, and they do not change if you only need one. For pallet quantities, a standing monthly order or a project take off, send the quantity through the quote form and we will come back with a price for that volume. We supply sign shops, fascia and cladding contractors, fabricators and display builders across Ontario on that basis.

Alcosheet, our own brand of aluminum composite panel. The sheets are made to our order and arrive with the Alcosheet name printed on the protective film and the carton. The colour chart, the made to order range and the full technical data sheet are on the Alcosheet page.

Yes, on a quote. The Alcosheet chart has 35 coded colours, from metallic silvers, golds and copper to gloss reds and blues, oak and walnut veneer, brushed gold and mirror. Any RAL colour or a match to your sample can be made as well, in 1 to 6mm, widths up to 2000mm and lengths up to 8000mm. Send the code, size and quantity and we come back with a price and a lead time.

Within 45 days of installation, as the Alcosheet carton says. Left on longer in sun and heat, the adhesive can stick to the paint and the film tears instead of peeling. Before you take it off, check the arrows printed on it: every panel on a wall should go up with its arrows pointing the same way, or metallic and brushed faces can look a shade different from panel to panel.

Yes, on the CNC router. ACM cannot be laser cut, because the aluminum face reflects the beam and damages the optics, so every cut ACM order runs on the router with a 6.35mm bit. You can price a cut piece yourself in the cut to size configurator before you order anything. We cut flat parts: panels, fascia blanks, letter backs and sign faces. V grooving for folded returns is a step you run yourself, and the fabrication tab above describes how.