
Aldino ALBERTELLI
Aldino has more than 40 years experience in material science, classical architectural molding and building Science. He invented the ACELL FOAM™, trade secret and know how of ACELL TECHNOLOGY™ and has currently 18 patents to his name relating to chemical and manufacturing processes.
His early professional experience was centered on the molding of products for the construction of film sets and high-end architectural moldings. In the 70’S, he founded Openwood PLC, a predecessor company to ACELL INDUSTRIES LTD, which grew to become the 2nd largest company in its field in the UK. Openwood PLC worked with the top architectural practices in the UK, and participated in the rebuilding and refurbishing of numerous well-known buildings. In 1982, Aldino negotiated the formation of a joint venture with BP Chemicals for the acquisition of Openwood PLC and served on the board of the JV as Chairman and CEO until 1985.
Aldino sought new applications that would enable ACELL to be applied in large-scale, industrialized processes. Its proprietary technology was used to create a range of panels for use in the building and construction industry with the initial focus being to produce composite exterior doors in the UK. The original GRP composite doors were produced using ACELL FOAM™ core surfaced with glass reinforced resins in an automated ‘wet resin’ assembly process.
The break-through came in 2008 with the creation of an entirely new moulding process:ACELL MONOLITHIC MOULDING PROCESS™, which was subsequently awarded patent protection by the UK patent authorities in August 2012.
Aldino studied at the Hammersmith and West London College, sponsored by the British Film Industry.