Innovation
In 1996 Sapa introduced Friction Stir Welding (FSW) to enable a process of solid-state joining as a production method. The method drastically advanced the production capacity at Sapa. Half of today's research and development budget at Sapa is directed towards finding new ways for heat transfer to occur.
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“Both cultures encourage innovation and experimentation, but are likely to reject the innovator if his innovation is not accepted by audiences. High culture experiments that are rejected by audiences in the creator’s lifetime may, however, become classics in another era, whereas popular culture experiments are forgotten if not immediately successful. Even so, in both cultures innovation is rare, although in high culture it is celebrated and in popular culture it is taken for granted.”
—Herbert J. Gans (b. 1927)