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Pallmann Bid To Clear The Air
PALLMANN is promoting the best possible indoor air quality with its Pallmann Zero System, developed to forma solvent-free coating system for wood floors. The new water-based, two component wood floor lacquer Pall-XZero is a lacquer system for heavy to very heavy duty wood flooring, which is said to be free from VOC. Together with the solvent-free joint filler Pall-XZero filler and the solvent-free primer Pall-X ZeroBase, it forms the Pallmann Zero System. Pallmann has been working in surface refinement for 110 years, offering...
read moreBostik Has A Brand Makeover
BOSTIK has unveiled a new visual identity as part of a makeover of its brand positioning. The campaign is designed to streamline the company’s brand portfolio and strengthen its global visibility. The company says its tagline, Smart Adhesives, reflects its positioning on developing intelligent adhesive solutions. The logo features a gecko, renowned for its ability to cling to almost any surface, run up polished glass and support its body weight with a single toe. The gecko logo symbolises Bostik’s Smart Adhesive solutions, said by the...
read moreForecast Fuses The New & Old
THE2013/14ColourTrendForecast is a collaboration between INVISTA Antron carpet fibre and Global Colour Research. Its Eccentric Icons palette reveals a hybrid colour trend capturing the past, present and future. The trend calls on traditional workmanship and vintage crafts, combined with today’s minimalist aesthetics. Eccentric Icons turns up the saturation of retro hues, echoing the 1920s and 1930swith saffron yellow, royal navy and burnt orange, which are partnered with neutrals such as dusky rose, soft grey and pale...
read moreNow Tiles Have A Wood Look
NEW Timberlux ceramic tiles from CRAVENDUNNILL’s Renaissance collection emulate solid wood strip boards, in size, grain, tone and surface texture. Advanced printing techniques make this porcelain tile range suitable form any commercial locations and the entire house, including bedrooms and bathrooms. Timberlux can be installed on floors and walls and is available in the larger wood plank size of 900 x 150mm. It is offered in a choice of six wood hues: teak brown, dark oak, green oak, mid oak, washed oak and silver grey, and has a...
read morePink Underlay Keeps Abreast
FLOORWISE, in support of Breast Cancer Care, is offering Aware underlay with a recognisable pink film and colouring, seen as an opportunity for retailers to engage with their potential customer base. The underlay is said to give retailers a chance to create a feeling of goodwill, as with each sale a combined donation will help to support the work of Breast Cancer Care. Each Floorwise Aware stockist will receive a marketing pack that includes window stickers, posters, balloons, an underlay presenter, a counter-top dispenser and...
read moreTarkett Focus On Air Quality
TARKETT is to use phthalate-free plasticisers in its residential and professional flooring product ranges in Europe in2014. As part of Tarkett’s commitment to greater sustainability and eco innovation, these new phthalate free products (excluding recycled content) have been designed to improve indoor environment and air quality. In the past few years, Tarkett started deploying the new phthalate-free technology in its North American and Swedish production sites. The Group will now progressively roll it out within all remaining...
read moreSika Adds Larger Slurry Bucket
SIKA damp-proofing slurry is now available in a 20kgbucket size, alongside the existing 12.5kg bucket, and 25kg sack, which are available in grey. Suitable for use on masonry, concrete, stone, block, bricks and tile surfaces, it is said to be crucial to ensure that the area is dampened with clean water prior to use. To help fill joints in brick and block work, a semi-stiff paste of the damp-proofing slurry should then be used. The damp-proofing slurry should then be mixed with water until an even consistency is achieved. This...
read moreSocial Media On Message
Making sustainability meaningful to a wider audience: Sustainability consultant Alan Best explains how major institutions are working to engage and educate new audiences to share their thinking and actions on sustainability: I RECENTLY attended a Sustainability Leadership Forum at the London HQ of NYSE Euronext, which is a Euro-American financial trading organisation involving institutions such as the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext who have formed the first global equities exchange. This was held on the day that Twitter was...
read moreIndustry Urged To Focus On Next Generation
THE head of Wates, one of the UK’s biggest construction companies, has called on contractors to work with schools to help tackle a ‘serious skills deficit’ over the next decade. Paul Drechsler, who was chief executive of Wates construction until his retirement at the end of last year, said the construction industry was better placed than any other sector in the UK to partner with schools in deprived areas and support young people due to its large supply chain. Speaking in an interview with Construction News, Mr Drechsler said: ‘The...
read moreFeRFA Applauds Apprentices
ANOTHER group of 20 resin flooring apprentices trained through FeRFA have qualified for NVQ and SVQ level 2 diplomas. Sixteen of the successful candidates attended the FeRFA awards dinner just before Christmas where they were presented with their certificates by Mike Bialyj, (pictured above) the CITB employer services director. Mr Bialyj congratulated them on their achievements, acknowledging the commitment required from both the employer and apprentice trainee over the two year course. He also applauded the progress FeRFA had made working...
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