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Hello and welcome to our annual Resilient Flooring Focus.
The resilient flooring sector including luxury vinyl tile, sheet vinyl, rubber, and linoleum is one of the largest and fastest growing divisions in the industry.
The inherent flexibility and durability afforded by resilient materials combined with their ease of maintenance means that they are specified time and time again in commercial, healthcare and education settings.
Vinyl is currently outselling all other resilient products in the UK market, according to AMA Research who provides us with a focus on the vinyl & LVT sector from their 2016-2020 market report. However our comment section demonstrates that other materials are following hot on the heels of vinyl.
Janet Lowe of Forbo discusses how advances in manufacturing could soon see linoleum step out of vinyl’s shadow while nora systems looks at low-emission floorcoverings, such as rubber, can contribute to our sense of wellbeing.
We shine the spotlight on recent installations from Polyflor whose safety flooring is welcoming pupils to a new build school and Karndean who has provided a stylish and flexible floor to global fashion brand Farfetch. And if you think that hot and
humid environments spell disaster for vinyl installations, then take a look at our case study from F. Ball which proves it doesn’t need to.
As well as all of this, we also take a close up look at some of the continued
innovations in design and performance with new launches from across the industry. I hope you enjoy reading!
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