The strong demand for products, record quantities produced, but also price increases necessitated by cost pressures bring the wood-based materials specialist a significant increase in turnover in the 2021/2022 financial year.

They offer DINACHOC C901 adhesive for use in combination with parquet and wooden floors when the whole structure has to be compatible with floor heating at high and low temperatures.

In collaboration with PAOLONI s.n.c., TOVER presents a semi-industrial machine for the oiling and lacquering of wooden floors: MINI-TUNNEL.

This machine has many particularly attractive features:

The Carrefour International Wood Show 2022 gave Soboplac the opportunity to present its new PANELIO range of wall panels with wood strip effect.

• Breakthrough Be-Lite® technology reduces use of core SPC raw materials by up to 20% during manufacturing without compromising on performance
• Lighter panels offer lower transport and raw materials costs
• Only available via an i4F license

We are living increasingly closer together, and the construction of apartment blocks seems never ending. This makes our lives more and more hectic, making us yearn for some peace and quiet or just to do our own thing at home. And that’s what the Nakuru collection by Parquetvinyl seeks to achieve: a floor that allows you to live life to the full without disturbing housemates or neighbours.

Bjelin offers parquet floors with many different pigmentations. From light to dark. The natural pattern and colour of the oak varies greatly. Therefore, the planks are sorted into grades so that you can choose exactly the look that suits your interior design.

The annual Global DIY Summit is the world’s major event for retailers and manufacturers from the home improvement industry ¬– a platform to meet and exchange views of current and future developments within the global market. This year, the event took place on June 8th-10th at Bella Center in Copenhagen. As the leading expert in development and innovation within the flooring industry, Välinge participated for the first time.

Last month, the Global Flooring Alliance (GFA) scheduled an additional meeting to discuss the current market situation in the flooring industry. High inflation, rising energy and transport costs and the war in Ukraine are putting pressure on margins worldwide.

The new edition of our popular profile sample case Küberit-Best is available.

The high-quality transport case contains 370 individual samples for almost all flooring applications, divided into 3 drawers. New are the printed cardboard inserts with the content overviews of the drawers.

• i4F Booth 7-8066 (theMART 7th Floor)
• Presentation of i4F’s latest flooring innovations extends to architects and designers

The family-owned Italian company Chimiver is the first company engaging in the long run to support BeeLife European Beekeeping Coordination activities.

Chimiver has developed a new product called Oil Bee, a product using European beeswax for the protection of wooden floors and surfaces. Chimiver supports BeeLife through its Corporate Social Responsibility Programme, with a series of donations based on a variable sum of the total annual revenue of the product Oil Bee in 2022 and 2023.

Viken, Sweden (May 20, 2022) - Välinge has terminated its license agreement with the Chinese resilient flooring producer Jiangsu Lanrui New Material Technology Co., Ltd, formerly known as Jiangsu Lansen Integrated Material Technology Co., Ltd (“Lanrui”). The license agreement is terminated due to severe non-compliance with the contractual provisions of the license agreement.

Waregem, Belgium – May 19, 2022 – With an annual report entitled 'Here.We.Go' and a sustainability report 'Shaping sustainable living, together', B.I.G. is also publishing a strong ambition for a sustainable future.

Offering sustainable flooring and material solutions will be the number one priority for the coming years.

i4F, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the flooring industry, today announced that it has, for a second consecutive year, been awarded as one of the 2021/22 Best Managed Companies (BMC) by Deloitte. As a result, i4F remains a part of the global BMC community, hosted by Deloitte, and is invited to participate in international assemblies on a wide range of key business areas.