Sustainability is an issue of ever-growing importance in our society. MEISTERWERKE has now published its first sustainability report. In the online Sustainability Report 2021, the German family company outlines the goals it has already met, and describes the company’s future strate-gic positioning in regard to sustainability.

Hardened Wood Floors featuring Välinge’s patented Woodura® and 5G® Dry™ technologies continue to take the flooring world by storm — combining the beauty and feel of a real wood floor with exceptional water-resistance, durability, and sustainability. To meet the demand, Välinge is further ramping up its capacity in Viken (Sweden) and sets up a mega-factory in Ogulin (Croatia).

Baruth (Mark). CLASSEN makes very good things even better: the manufacturer of the tried-and-tested Visiogrande laminate tiles with their extraordinary decors now offers four new exciting designs and increases the suitability for everyday use with the Megaloc aqua protect quick installation system, which is now used for all decors.

INVICTUS, AN ASSOCIATED WEAVERS BRAND

Associated Weavers (AW) is one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of tufted wall-to-wall carpet and a promising challenger on the luxury vinyl flooring market (under the Invictus brand).

The waterproof rigid core design flooring range from MEISTER has undergone a complete overhaul in terms of decor across all three col-lections.

Ried im Innkreis/ With its results for 2021, the international machinery and plant engineering group from Ried im Innkreis, Austria, is returning to growth and profit. “2020 was hard, 2021 was better, and 2022 will be really good!” These were the words that the Wintersteiger Management Board used to welcome employees to the hybrid town hall meeting on April 7, 2022, which was attended by around 500 colleagues on site in Ried and a further 600 at international sites via livestream.

The FN Neuhofer family-owned company is awarded “Austria’s Leading Company in Upper Austria” in category International. This renowned business award confirms the internationally successful commitment of this company based in Zell am Moos, growing dynamically and ready to relocate into its new buildings to complete the realisation of its structural vision.

− Reduce fossil-carbon: new renewable carbon-based ingredients with lower CO₂ footprint
− Choose effective bio-based waxes to enhance performance of wood & powder coatings
− Non-halogenated flame retardants extend fire resistance time & shelf life of intumescent coatings for steel

Kaisersesch. The CLASSEN Group, one of the leading international manufacturers of floor coverings, sees its CERAMIN material as an important building block for reducing the amount of plastic waste in the future. CERAMIN is based on the plastic polypropylene (PP), is 100% recyclable and contains no PVC and therefore no chlorine, stabilisers, phthalates or other plasticisers.

DISANO design floors for 2022: new Oak Sheffield decorative finish and trendy tile styles are added to the product range
HARO is continuing to build on its leading role in the area of PVC- and plasticiser-free design floors in 2022. The entire product range is dominated by the authentic surface, accounting for more than 45 percent of wood styles.

In 1994 Jan Peeters founded CSP Engineering. With all his heart and soul he has brought the business to what it is today. Now, however, it is time for change.

Soon he will step aside little by little, towards a well-deserved retirement, a new chapter in his life.

We want to create the best conditions for successful networking, for inspiration and for business success. BAU, World's Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials, Systems, will therefore be postponed once to April 17–22, 2023.

The next DOMOTEX will take place from 12 - 15 January 2023. By retaining the established date right at the beginning of the year, Deutsche Messe AG is responding to the wishes of the majority of the market and creating planning security for exhibiting companies and trade show attendees.

After its cancellation in autumn 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 1st Rosenheim LIGNA.Conference is now being launched in summer 2022. The organizer of the LIGNA, the world's leading trade fair for the wood industry, Hannover-based Deutsche Messe, and the Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences (TH Rosenheim) are teaming up to welcome you to Rosenheim on 1 and 2 June.