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Perfect polyamide from Lano Carpets
With homes right across the UK warming up to the benefits of polyamide carpets, Lano Carpets has been working hard to ensure its polyamide ranges meet the style needs of today’s discerning consumers. Offering softness and incredible durability, Polyamide has gathered a growing fan base thanks to a silk-like finish…
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Quick-Step and Pergo featured in Innovations@DOMOTEX
From 17 to 20 January 2015 in Hannover, UNILIN will showcase its newest Quick-Step and Pergo flooring solutions at DOMOTEX, the world’s leading trade fair for floor coverings. For two of the brands’ new solutions, a special spot will be reserved in the dedicated ‘Innovations@DOMOTEX’ areas: the Quick-Step Impressive and…
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The Duke of York, KG, opens Scott Brownrigg Designed University
Designed and delivered by international design practice, Scott Brownrigg and constructed by BAM, the £10m college provides a new concept in technical education for students aged 14 to 19; an “engineering academy” at the heart of a large engineering, manufacturing and business community. His Royal Highness met with the design…
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Woodwork is Golden with Osmo UK
Osmo UK’s Polyx®-Oil range is most commonly used on wooden flooring, but as woodwork expert and YouTube blogger, Peter Parfitt has highlighted, it is also a great finish for other wooden furniture. Peter’s latest video – www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxliVE1QDjw – walks viewers through the construction of a wooden picture frame. As the design was…
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Pergo stepped up at Sleep
Visitors to this year’s Sleep event were witness to one of the biggest names in flooring as Pergo looks to strengthen its position as a leading supplier of laminate, engineered wood and LVT flooring for the hospitality sector. Pergo showcased its concept centred on 84 decors available in three different…
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Pergo proves it worth at central London pads
Luxury homes, apartments and studios across London have been refurbished with Pergo® laminate flooring helping to achieve a first class finish within tight timescales. Working from a palette of grey, reflecting current domestic interior trends, developer V-Exsis turned to different styles and finishes from the Pergo stable, selecting PerfectFold 3.0…
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Itec enchants at London’s Sleep event
Itec Contract Floors exhibited alongside sister brand Moduleo at this year’s Sleep event, welcoming architects, designers and specifiers active in the hospitality industry to its ranges of safety, acoustic and decorative flooring. With floors designed to bring high levels of performance without decorative trade-off, the Itec Contract Floors collection is…
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The rise of the Master Installer
The Academy for Excellence in Flooring can now boast that nigh-on 200 certified and highly qualified Master Installers are enjoying the benefits of being aligned to one of the most powerful brands in the business. As the Academy gears up to for new one-day courses designed to polish skills and…
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WoolSafe Educational Conference 2014 – Review
The 3rd WoolSafe Educational Conference, held recently at the Museum of Carpet in Kidderminster, proved to be the most popular WoolSafe Academy event to date. It brought together carpet and chemical industry representatives with the best carpet cleaners, inspectors and industry trainers from around the world for two days of…
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Ingenius for Bang & Olufsen
Mats and flooring specialists, Jaymart, have recently supplied their Ingenius heavy duty polypropylene entrance matting incorporating the iconic Bang & Olufsen logo to this Danish company, famous for their high-end televisions, sound systems, loudspeakers and car radios. Ingenius is available in a range of colours and 10mm or 15mm thickness.…
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Stiller saves by switching suppliers
One hallmark of successful organisations is that they take nothing for granted and constantly seek improvements. Stiller Warehousing and Distribution, based in Newton Aycliffe, is a family-run business with 60 years of experience in cost-effective regional and national logistics. When refuelling analysis showed that significant cost savings are offered by Dieselink, part…
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Recofloor’s annual Awards Event takes a rugby theme for 2015
Recofloor members who have tackled their vinyl flooring recycling and pushed forward their achievements over the past year will be recognised at the fourth annual Recofloor Awards Event to be held at Leicester Tigers Rugby Club on Tuesday March 17th 2015. Founded by Altro and Polyflor, Recofloor, the UK’s award-winning…
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Louis de Poortere delight at Domotex
Proving there are more silver linings than just those found within clouds, Louis de Poortere will launch its stunning new Silver Lining Collection of rugs at Domotex. Found on C11-C13 in Hall 6, the new collection features two fabulous designs in Twinkle and Diamonds. Each takes inspiration from an erased…
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Jaymart takes the weight
Flooring and matting specialist, Jaymart, has been supplying Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing for many years. Nuffield Health’s Paddington Fitness & Wellbeing Centre in Sheldon Square, London has recently chosen Jaymart’s robust, hardworking Bladerunner heavy duty rubber safety flooring in 10mm gauge for their busy gyms. Nuffield offer a dedicated…
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Wild Weather Workgloves
Pioneering Gloves from Snickers Workwear – optimum grip, maximum power, complete comfort. There’s no doubt that the most important tools that you have on site are your Hands! That’s why it’s so important to make sure they are properly looked after during the winter months. Snickers now have a range…
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Faster, easier specification goes mobile
Architects, designers and contractors can now create fast, accurate specifications anywhere, thanks to Powerspec, from BAL. The world’s first online specification tool for tile adhesives and grouts has been completely upgraded and is now accessible via mobile phones, tablets, laptops or desktops. The improved processing performance means that it is unbelievably…
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Gradus Helps Welcome Visitors To Historic Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, a secret base for code-breakers during the Second World War, has undergone an £8 million restoration, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The formerly derelict wartime Codebreaking building, Block C, has been transformed into a vibrant Visitor Centre. In addition, the iconic Codebreaking Huts 3…
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More metal for your money
With new specifications that see an increase in size and weight, but no increase in cost, stairnosings from floorwise bring better value than ever before and more metal for your money. floorwise has brought together a comprehensive collection of stairnosings perfect for heavy-duty commercial work. With more metal, these nosings…
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You don’t need to go french to produce fancy finishes
OsmoUK introduced its Polyx®-Oil Clear Gloss finish earlier this year to add a bit of shine to wooden floors and furniture. A few months down the line, and the product has received high praise from woodwork expert and YouTube blogger, Peter Parfitt. Peter’s latest project is a pedestal desk, made…
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Is it easy to be green?
Van users should not shy away from sustainability challenges, according to The Fuelcard People. Steve Clarke, group marketing manager, said: “We have all heard the song, It’s Not Easy Being Green, but being greener is not as tough as some might think. The easiest place to start is with monitoring and…
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Leoline lights up Domotex
Famed for its style, performance and value, cushion flooring from Leoline is always a welcome addition to Domotex and this year will prove no different as it introduces new designs for 2015. In the Tile Styles collection a new mineral design has been introduced in Terrazzo. Available in three colourways,…
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WoolSafe announces first EGTS 1502 approved product
The WoolSafe Organisation has announced the first WoolSafe Approved product to pass the stringent EGTS 1502 environmental standard: nKapper from Carpet Cleaner Industries CCI GmbH. The new standard aims to satisfy demand for carpet care products that are both effective and safe for the environment, with WoolSafe teaming up with…
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Lano Carpets delivers at Domotex
Lano Carpets will exhibit at Europe’s largest flooring exhibition, Domotex, bringing new introductions that uphold the manufacturer’s reputation for quality and value. With new ranges to be announced in the SmartStrand collection that provides carpet made from renewable resources, Lano is continuing to develop the range that offers durability, resilience,…
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Tune into the right frequency with antron® carpet fibre
INVISTA’s Antron® LumenaTM carpet fibre features in one of the freshest designs from the UK carpet tile scene, Frequency from Quadrant Carpets. Designed and manufactured in the UK, Frequency harnesses the vibrancy and depth of colour found within the Antron® LumenaTM colour palette. Solution-dyed, the carpet fibre offers inherent light-fastness…
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Balta Broadloom brings it on at Domotex
With 10 new broadloom ranges set for launch in Domotex, Balta Broadloom is gearing up for a busy four days, confident that customers from across the world will be keen to discover its latest developments in polypropylene, wool and nylon. Royal Signature (80% Wool/10% PES/10% PP) is one introduction that…
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