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Prima

Product catalog summary
Introduction
Formica® is a leading brand in kitchen design, known for its innovative laminate surfaces that blend style, color, and practicality. The Formica Prima® range includes worktops, splashbacks, and upstands that enhance kitchen aesthetics and functionality.
Product Features
  • Durability and Aesthetics: Formica Prima® laminates are designed for long-lasting appeal, supported by a lifetime guarantee.
  • TRUESCALE Technology: Offers high-definition printing to mimic natural materials, providing a realistic stone appearance.
  • Marble and Granite Designs: Provides luxurious looks at a lower cost, available in various colors and textures.
  • Stone and Wood Textures: Includes practical and affordable textures like engineered stone, slate, concrete, ceramics, and wood.
Design and Versatility
  • Variety of Options: Features 52 worktop designs, 9 premium textures, and various thicknesses and edge profiles for different kitchen styles.
  • Functional Design: Includes features like breakfast bars and islands to maximize space and functionality.
  • Edge Profiles: P-3 and P-Zero profiles offer sleek lines that complement stone and wood worktops.
Textures and Finishes
  • Radiance: Enhances stone veining with a shimmering effect.
  • Ceramo: Features a dual gloss effect inspired by ceramics.
  • Honed and Riverwash: Mimic natural stone textures.
  • AR Plus® Gloss: High gloss laminate that retains its shine.
  • Matte 58 and Crystal: Offer smooth, durable surfaces with subtle sparkle.
Conclusion
The Formica Prima® range provides a comprehensive selection of stylish and durable kitchen surfaces, catering to various design preferences and functional needs, making it a versatile choice for modern kitchens.
Product Specifications
The document details specifications for Formica Prima® products, including dimensions like 4100 x 600 x 38mm for worktops and 1500 x 1200 x 8mm for splashbacks.
Product Range and Textures
Lists a wide range of decor options and textures, such as Amber Kashmire and Black Granite, each associated with specific textures like Radiance and AR Plus® Gloss.
Guarantees and Quality Assurance
Offers a lifetime guarantee on worktops, breakfast bars, and islands, and a 10-year guarantee on upstands and splashbacks, meeting British and European standards for resistance to heat, impact, moisture, and scratching.
Installation and Maintenance
Includes an installation and maintenance guide to validate guarantees, advising customers to check color and surface finish compatibility before installation.
Manufacturing and Support
Products are manufactured in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, supporting the "Made in Britain" campaign. Free samples can be ordered via the Formica Prima website or by contacting their support team.
Product Name Changes
Notes changes in decor and texture names, ensuring customers are aware of updated nomenclature while products remain unchanged.
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Catalog excerpts

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FORMICA* prima Worktops, Splashbacks & Upstands Accept no substitute

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Beautiful surfaces that reflect your lifestyle The iconic name of Formica® is synonymous with kitchen design; our laminates were a revolutionary material that brought colour, style and practicality to kitchens all over the world. With our latest Formica Prima® worktop surfaces and accessories, we strive to create beautiful environments, whatever your style and personality, to make your kitchen, the heart of your home. The real beauty of our classic laminate designs is that they will be as fresh and striking in years to come, as when they are first installed. Our commitment is a lifetime worktop...

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TRUESCALE Inspiration on a grand scale. Formica® TRUESCALE laminates are designed using full slabs of stone and printed using the latest high definition printing technology. Bringing exquisite detail on a large scale and mirroring the exact characteristics of natural materials across a large laminate sheet, Formica TRUESCALE laminates are without the repetition found on conventional laminates. Look out for the TRUESCALE badge Image shows Marbled Cappuccino TRUESCALE

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Marvellous Marbles All the visual drama of marble, without the dramatic price. Formica Prima® presents a selection of exotic and luxurious marbles that will make a big design statement, without demanding a big budget. Bringing an undeniable wow factor to any kitchen, Formica Prima marbles are available in a variety of colours to suit your interior design tastes. To show off the full drama of these marbles, use as a large island or breakfast bar. They also look marvellous vertically as a feature splashback. Actual marble is a more open grain stone, which makes it softer and more delicate. Prima...

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Calacatta Marble displaying exquisite veined grey on a luminous background of creamy white. 1 Kitchen interior showing a 600mm wide worktop in 38mm thickness with P-3 profiled edge, 900mm wide breakfast bar in 38mm thickness with P-3 profiled edge. Close-up of Radiance texture. Close-up of P-3 profiled edge on a 22mm worktop.

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Based on an Arabescato slab, Marbled Cappuccino is a black marble with swirls of warm grey and chocolate brown. 1 Kitchen interior showing a 600mm wide worktop in 22mm thickness with P-3 profiled edge, 900mm wide breakfast bar in 22mm thickness with P-3 profiled edge. Close-up of Radiance texture on a 22mm thickness breakfast bar P-3 profiled edge. Close-up of 600mm wide worktop in 22mm thickness with P-3 profiled edge and mid panel splashback in Kashmir with AR Plus® Gloss texture.

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Ferro Grafite is an elegant dark grey marble with subtle swirls and bold white veins. 1&4 Kitchen interior showing a 600mm wide worktop in 22mm thickness with P-3 profiled edge, 1205mm wide island in 22mm thickness with P-3 profiled edge and mid panel splashback in Maui with AR Plus® Gloss texture. Close-up of 600mm wide worktop in 22mm thickness with P-3 profiled edge and mid panel splashback in Maui with AR Plus® Gloss texture. Close-up of Etchings 48 texture on a 22mm island with a P-3 profiled edge.

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Gorgeous Granites Delivering gorgeous work surfaces, the granite “look” remains the most popular in kitchens today. Composed of crystals such as quartz and mica, the sheer variety of colours and types of granites available mean that there is a granite to meet all tastes, from the most traditional and conservative, to the most modern and minimalist kitchens. We’ve sourced real slabs of granite from all over the world to inspire our Formica Prima® range. Our signature granites have been inspired by the strikingly beautiful, large-scale Mascarello granite from Brazil. Unlike actual granite, Formica...

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Crema Mascarello captures the rich detail of the stone in soft tones of white, off-white, taupe and warm grey. 1 Kitchen interior showing a 900mm wide breakfast bar in 38mm thickness with P-Zero square edge, wrapped horizontally and vertically. Close-up of 900mm wide breakfast bar in 38mm thickness with P-Zero square edge in Etchings 48 texture.

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Beautiful Antique Mascarello is a soft grey brown with dynamic patterning. 1&2 Close-up of Radiance texture with P-3 profiled edge on a 600mm wide worktop in 38mm thickness. Close-up of 900mm wide breakfast bar.

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Striking Stones Other popular stone looks include engineered stone, slate, concrete, ceramics and soapstone, but these can be hard to source, fabricate and install. They can also be expensive and the performance of these materials in a functional kitchen can have limitations. The Formica Prima® range of worktops captures the best of these looks and makes them available, practical and affordable. Premium and exclusive Formica® laminate textures add the perfect finishing touch, to give the look of highly polished, honed or weathered stones.

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Diamond Black in Ceramo finish is inspired by fashionable large tiles that are becoming popular in kitchens and used both horizontally and vertically. Ceramo has a dry touch, and an elegant dual gloss effect. 1 Kitchen interior showing a 600mm wide worktop in 38mm thickness with a P-3 profiled edge in Ceramo texture, including matching upstand and mid panel splashback in Possum in Matte 58 texture. Close-up of 600mm wide worktop with P-3 profiled edge in Ceramo texture.

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Soapstone Sequoia is a warm and inviting stone with finely drawn veins in white, beige and grey that criss-cross over misty hues of warm and cool grey. 1 Close-up of 900mm breakfast bar. 3 Close-up of 600mm wide worktop with P-3 profiled edge in 2 Kitchen interior showing a 600mm wide worktop in 38mm thickness with a P-3 Honed texture. profiled edge in honed texture with mid and hob panel splashbacks in Kashmir with AR Plus® Gloss texture.

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Wonderful Woods The ultimate all rounder, there’s a wood worktop to complement any kitchen style, traditional or modern, light or dark. Formica Prima® offers a classic selection of wood worktops and upstands to add natural style and warmth to any kitchen. High quality prints beautifully capture the detail of each species, ranging from traditional Oak and Walnut to exotic and colourful Ebony and Zebrano. The real beauty of Formica Prima woods is that you get the look, without the hassle, as our laminate worktops are water and stain resistant and unlike real wood, require no treatments or oiling....

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