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DULUX REVEAL 2021 COLOUR OF THE YEAR - BRAVE GROUND™ Dulux has revealed a bolstering and balancing new shade that will connect us back to nature and the simple things for the year to come. Dulux Brave Ground is a warm, natural colour that works as strong foundation for embracing change in the home. It stands on its own as a beautiful, powerful neutral and can be used in a way that allows other colours to shine. Earthy and empowering, it evokes security, growth and potential to help us create environments that infuse us with courage. According to Irish Dulux Colour Consultant Cora Collins, “2020 saw people look to paint colour to make positive changes in their homes. They stretched themselves by spring boarding outside their comfort zones to make interior changes that they may have put on the long finger in the world as we used to know it.” Dulux has built four colour palettes around Brave Ground which take this neutral shade in very different directions. Responding to specific needs, each one allows consumers to confidently express themselves with colour: Earth, Timeless, Trust, Expressive.
Dulux Brave Ground is available through colour mixing in any finish for walls and wood. Dulux Colour of the Year is also available from the Dulux Signature Collection. Discover more about the Colour of the Year on www.dulux.ie/en/ dulux-colour-of-the-year-2021
Earth palette - Brave Ground and Night Seas.
INTRODUCING SMARTPLY MAX FR B
MEDITE SMARTPLY has recently launched SMARTPLY MAX FR B, the brand new Euroclass B OSB3, a market innovation bringing increased safety and reliability to an industry contingent on safety and predictability. SMARTPLY MAX FR B is the first Euroclass B board - the maximum Euroclass rating for a timber panel - manufactured in the UK and Ireland to feature wood flakes treated with flame retardant solution before pressing. This ensures its flame retardance is integral and maintains its structural integrity, unlike many post-treated alternatives, making it the safer choice for use within timber frame construction, or projects that will require a large amount of timber product. “We are extremely excited to introduce SMARTPLY MAX FR B to the marketplace, expanding our already extensive SMARTPLY OSB range,” comments Richard Allen, Sales Director at MEDITE
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SMARTPLY. “In SMARTPLY MAX FR B, customers can expect all the fantastic benefits of a SMARTPLY OSB board, with the addition of ZeroIgnition® solution, a water based and environmentally friendly flame retardant which is added during panel production. “This is a solution that has potential in a huge range of applications and industries, encompassing many modern methods of construction such as offsite and timber frame construction, light gauge steel and modular construction systems, as well as temporary structures. “Whatever the sector, all customers can rest assured that this board’s flame retardance will hold to Euroclass B standard, even when cut to size, which makes it different to other FR boards out there.” Manufactured using advanced resin technology that results in a high performance, no added formaldehyde panel, SMARTPLY MAX FR B can help specifying architects, contractors and fabricators contribute to the creation of safer, healthier environments. SMARTPLY MAX FR B meets with the requirements of European Standards EN 300 and EN 13986, while also complying with the European reaction to fire class B-s2,d0 and Bfl-s1. Boards can be manufactured in largescale formats of up to 2.8m wide by 7.5m long, making it ideal for offsite manufacturing, as well as traditional building. For more information of the new SMARTPLY MAX FR B, visit: mdfosb.com/en/smartply/products/smartply-max-fr-b November/December 2020
