∂ Product news BJELIN - WIDE PLANKS OF HARDENED WOOD Bjelin develops, manufactures and sells a broad product portfolio consisting of both traditional wooden floors and new innovative floors in new materials. The development is performed in cooperation with our sister company Välinge Innovation AB, mostly known as the inventor of the click floor. The manufacturing takes place in our own state-of-the-art factories in Sweden and Croatia. Bjelin’s wide planks are manufactured with a patented technology to cure wood and make it stronger. It’s an innovative wooden floor with a genuine wooden feel that is several times stronger than other wooden floors and utilises renewable raw materials in an optimal way. 21 cm is wider than most on the market. 27 cm is completely unique, especially in this price range. Even the length is generous at just over 2.3 metres. Innovative Swedish technology and top modern production provide you with stable floors that will stay beautiful for a very long time. The raw material used to make Bjelin’s parquet floors comes from the world renowned Slavonian forests in northern Croatia. The timber is sawn in Bjelin’s local sawmills and is completed in our own state-of-the-art parquet factories to parquet floors in a great variety of designs. The high quality of oak allows for plank widths up to 20 cm and can be obtained in categories with almost no knots to vibrant and rustic planks.
CLARIANT’S BEYOND COLOR ADDITIVES ELEVATE POSSIBILITIES FOR HIGH-PERFORMING SUSTAINABLE COATINGS 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 At American Coatings Show (ACS) 2022, Clariant is prioritizing sustainability Beyond Color to support the creation of more sustainable innovations for industrial and consumer coatings products. Visit Clariant at Booth 2846 to explore the latest multifunctional additives that are driving the industry’s transition, from new renewable carbon-based ingredients to nonhalogenated next level fire protection. “Supporting a sustainable transformation is wide-ranging and application-specific. Impacts such as improving the environmental and health profile of a coating, reducing emissions throughout the value chain, or boosting efficiency in production, transportation and handling go hand-in-hand with enhancing functionality and protection capabilities,” comments Jörg Rüger, Head of Competence Center Paints & Coatings. Read more on www.floor-forum.com/en/news
TOVER With Lympha, the 2-component Tover lacquer, customers will be satisfied: a natural effect, raw wood to the touch on all wood species. Never seen before! Contact us to receive a wood sample at +32 475753367 – email: k.vandyck@tover.com
50
Floor Forum International 123
