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FORBO MARMOLEUM MAGAZINE

FORBO MARMOLEUM MAGAZINE
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FORBO MARMOLEUM MAGAZINE

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Overview: Forbo Flooring Systems, part of the Forbo Group, is a global leader in flooring solutions, offering a wide range of products for both commercial and residential markets. Their offerings include linoleum, vinyl, textile, flocked, and entrance flooring products.
Marmoleum: Marmoleum is a sustainable flooring solution made from natural, renewable materials. It is known for its durability and low cost of ownership, available in various designs and colors, making it versatile for different architectural needs.
Product Features: Marmoleum features Topshield2, a water-based polymer finish that enhances performance and longevity. It is suitable for applications in healthcare, education, retail, and office environments due to its ecological and economic benefits.
Sustainability: Composed of 97% natural raw materials, Marmoleum is biodegradable and recyclable. Forbo emphasizes transparency through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) to showcase the environmental impact of their products.
Environmental Initiatives: Forbo is committed to environmental stewardship, using green energy and maximizing recycled content. Their 'Back To The Floor' scheme recycles installation waste, and Marmoleum is certified by various environmental labels, supporting building certifications like BREEAM and LEED.
Historical Context: Linoleum, discovered in 1863, has been used in iconic buildings worldwide. Marmoleum continues this legacy, favored by architects for its authenticity and versatility.
Introduction to Marmoleum Flooring: Marmoleum is a resilient flooring known for its durability and ease of maintenance. It does not shrink after installation, reducing the need for welding, and is water-resistant.
Welding Options: Marmoleum offers matching welding cords for seamless installation, including glow-in-the-dark options for safety.
Entrance Flooring Systems: Forbo's Nuway and Coral systems reduce maintenance by preventing dirt and moisture from entering buildings.
Enhanced Performance Products: Marmoleum offers products like Corkment for sound reduction and Marmoleum Ohmex for improved electrical conductivity.
System Solutions: Forbo provides comprehensive solutions for flooring needs, ensuring quality and ease of installation.
Installation and Maintenance: Forbo supports professional installation with training and tools, offering systems like Quick-Fit for challenging installations.
Product Specifications: Marmoleum products are categorized into collections like Real, Fresco, and Vivace, each with unique colors and thickness options. They meet various EN-ISO standards for durability and safety.
Acoustic and Electrical Properties: Marmoleum Decibel and Acoustic products offer significant noise reduction, while Marmoleum Ohmex is static dissipative.
Environmental Impact: Designed with a low environmental impact, Marmoleum meets EN 14041 requirements, ensuring a minimal environmental footprint.
Design and Aesthetic Features: Collections like 'Touch' and 'Unexpected Nature of Linoleum' offer unique color combinations and tactile experiences.
Conclusion: Forbo Marmoleum provides a diverse range of sustainable flooring options with various technical and aesthetic features, suitable for a wide range of applications.
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FORBO MARMOLEUM MAGAZINE-1

Forbo Flooring Systems is part of the Forbo Group, a global leader in flooring, bonding and movement systems, and offers afull range of flooring products for both commercial and residential markets. High quality linoleum, vinyl, textile, flocked and entrance flooring products combine functionality, colour and design, offering you total flooring solutions for any environment. Forbo Flooring UK Limited 79 St John Street, Clerkenwell If calling from the North, Midlands, London & South East If calling from Scotland & South West Nuway enquiries: Residential enquiries: Email: [email protected] 2 Deansgrange Business Park E-mail: [email protected] Registered office: Forbo Flooring UK Limited 'generic BREEAM rating creating better environments FLOORING SYSTEMS MARMOLEUM TODAY, TOMORROW, FOREVER creating better environments FLOORING SYSTEMS

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ma I" ITIO leunflToday; Tomorrow, Forever We have been creating Marmoleum floor coverings for well over 100 years. In doing so we have preserved the rich heritage that created this well-known brand with an eye to the future, ensuring that we offer the world's most sustainable floor covering while meeting the needs of the real world. By choosing Marmoleum flooring, you create better environments, today, tomorrow, forever. Bulletin Board From the floor to the wall, Forbo Bulletin Board is a linoleum surfacing material that's ideal for walls or vertical surfaces as notice or pin-boards. It's also...

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Marmoleum; Authentic, Sustainable & Design_6 Celebrating 150 years of Linoleum_w Topshield2, floor performance in the real world_20 Other Forbo Marmoleum collections_7°

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Forbo presents the Next Generation ofMarmoleum Take a fascinating look into a world of colour and design. Marmoleum enhance the interiors of today's and tomorrow's buildings. Forbo Marmoleum stands for versatility, sustainability and durability. It combines ecological and economic values that help bring modern and contemporary Marmoleum is a natural floor and is the most sustainable floor in the resilient flooring category. All Marmoleum floors now include Topshield2, a water based polymer which is double UV cured finished, delivering floor performance in the real world, that results in the lowest...

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Authentic & Versatile The lowest cost of ownership Marmoleum has a long and proud heritage. Whether looking for a traditional or more modern design, in sheet or tile, Marmoleum is used in a variety of application areas ranging from hospitals and schools to airports and designer shops. No matter the application, Marmoleum is versatile and has the proven lowest cost of ownership. Sustainable and Durable The most sustainable resilient floor Created from natural, renewable raw materials, one could say that as long as the sun shines and the rain falls we can continue to make Marmoleum. There are no...

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AUTHENTIC & VERSATILE Creating a dialogue with Architecture and Design Marmoleum has been interlinked with the architecture of the 20th century. Chosen for both aesthetic and functional reasons. Rietveld, Le Corbusier, Jacobsen and Eames all have their connection to Marmoleum, from the origin of their first design classics to today’s many remakes that have turned their designs into true furniture icons. In the past these chairs connected to the traditional uni Walton floors. Today they work even better with our modern Marmoleum Concrete floors. design icons & evergreens 8 9

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AUTHENTIC & VERSATILE Celebrating 150 years of Linoleum Frederick Walton discovered linoleum and patented its manufacturing process in 1863. It’s quite remarkable that a product, discovered in the days of gas lights and horse-drawn carriages, is still used in applications for which it was originally designed, such as flooring in health care and educational facilities. Linoleum has found its way into an incredibly large number of buildings all over the world. It was the dining hall flooring for the infamous Alcatraz prison in San Francisco, CA, as well as the elegant White House in Washington,...

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AUTHENTIC & VERSATILE We take pride in creating Marmoleum The craft of manufacturing linoleum has evolved over the last 150 years. Forbo has been driving this development by creating its Marmoleum brand. passes, the marble, speckled, uni or striped designs are created as the mixture is pressed and infused into the jute fibre backing. Making Marmoleum is an art, which is not learned at any trade or craft school. In fact, only a handful of people know how to make Marmoleum. From the calander, the Marmoleum sheet is transported to drying rooms. The material, often 18 kilometres in length, is left...

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Sustainable & Durable Sustainable & Durable What makes Marmoleum special is that it is created from raw materials obtained from their natural habitat right where they grow and renew, often in just 12 months time. Jute and flax are annual crops that can be harvested just like wheat or corn. Extracting rosin is a continuous process, while wood flour, a waste material from the timber industry, is derived from European production forests. Limestone is available in abundance. With Marmoleum, it is the simple, natural ingredients that create the product and give it the unique performance attributes...

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Life Cycle Assessment & Environmental Product Declarations At Forbo we believe an open, honest and transparent approach attitude is the only way to show products and processes. Life Cycle any product during its creation, use and what remains when a product reaches its end of life by measuring a set number of impact categories. party, verified report on a particular verifies our claims and gives transparent insights into our test Environmental Stewardship state-of-the-art environment where the traditional manufacturing process has been automated in efficient production lines that are run entirely...

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Sustainable & Durable’ Where detail matters: our LCA Target Architects and designers today are much more aware that the buildings and interiors they create represent a value that should last for the next few decades. Sustained durability is as much connected to the environment when considering energy use as it is in choosing the right materials. During the construction of the building, choices can be made that create a better environment. The individual product labels that are connected to sustainability already provide a guideline concerning the environmental profile of a product. In recent...

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All Forbo Flooring Systems catalogs and technical brochures

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  2. Bulletin Board

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