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Flotex flocked flooring

Flotex flocked flooring

Flotex, a unique textile floor covering, has the characteristic of a resilient floor such as being durable and hard wearing, as well as the warmth, quality, and comfort of carpet. This strong and hygienic floor, Flotex, is the only truly washable textile floor, due to being completely waterproof. Explore the collections below or watch the Flotex video for inspiration.

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  • Flotex flocked flooring
  • Flotex flocked flooring
  • Flotex flocked flooring
  • Flotex flocked flooring
  • Flotex Colour Penang_s482006 sage
    Flotex Colour

    Flotex Colour

    Experience the perfect synergy of form and function with the Flotex Colour collections Calgary, Penang and Metro. All Flotex Colour items are available in sheet and tiles, and with matching borders in uni colors, the collection offers endless design possibilities.

  • Flotex Advance Latitude
    Flotex Advance

    Flotex Advance

    Experience the perfect synergy of form and function with the Flotex Advance collections Code and Latitude. All Flotex Advance items are available in sheet and tiles, and with matching borders in uni colors, the Advance collection offers endless design possibilities.

  • Flotex Elevate Circular Fields
    Flotex Elevate

    Flotex Elevate

    Flotex Elevate takes us on a journey across North America where we soar above the Grand Canyon and across the fields of Kansas, over the treetops in Quebec to the Arctic Sea. We marvel at the unique beauty found in amusement rides, railroad cars, and city streets. Flotex provides the perfect canvas to capture our North American experience, with leading-edge digital print technology and our unique flocked construction for time-tested durability.

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    Flotex planks

    Flotex planks

    Sophistication & style in modularity. Forbo has seen the major modularity trend rising in flooring and has developed a range of Flotex Modular planks in 100x25 cm. This concrete textile flooring collection offers a range of exciting floor designs, giving an endless amount of possibilities to mix and match and adapt for any environment.

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    Flotex Naturals

    Flotex Naturals

    Bringing Nature Indoors

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    Flotex Journeys

    Flotex Journeys

  • Flotex custom flooring
    Flotex vision library

    Flotex vision library

    Forbo offers a unique Flotex collection of over 500 digitally printed designs in high level photographic resolutions. Flotex flocked flooring is a unique textile floor covering that combines the hard wearing and durable characteristics of a resilient floor with the comfort and warmth of a carpet.
    Made to Order, 240 square yard minimum.

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    Flotex Created by

    Flotex Created by

    Forbo Flooring Systems works with world-renowned designers such as Phillipe Starck, Mac Stopa, José Medina Galeote and Ettore Sottsass to create unique floor designs that can be used in multiple environments. By combining the creativity of our own designers with the expertise of renowned designers from around the world, we strive to continuously offer new unique floor designs.

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    Flotex Harmony

    Flotex Harmony planks & tiles

    Flotex Harmony is a collection of coordinated colors and patterns specifically designed to meet the unique flooring needs of senior living environments, making it fun and easy to create beautiful, inviting interior spaces for your community. The subtly textured Ballet and Lindy designs provide Harmony’s foundation, pairing neutral earth tones with shades of sapphire, emerald, or garnet to form the collection’s ten color families.

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    Flotex Principles

    Flotex Principles planks

    Flotex Principles of Education is a 4-part collection of complementary styles, designed for the education market segment and beyond. Ensure the Future, Empower the Mind, Encourage the Heart, Explore the World. The core principles of education from K-12 to higher learning and throughout life. Warm and cool neutral tones, rich jewel tones and bright primaries come together to create a well rounded palette providing a broad spectrum of combinations and possibilities through design and color.

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    Flotex hospitality & leisure

    Flotex Hospitality & Leisure

    Forbo's beautifully designed Flotex Hospitality & Leisure collection offers high-quality floors that provide comfort and safety. Flotex flocked flooring is a unique textile floor covering that combines the hard wearing and durable characteristics of a resilient floor with the comfort and warmth of a carpet.

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    Flotex Prairies

    Flotex Prairies planks

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Why choose Flotex?

A choice, not a compromise

Flotex is a high tech textile which brings together the world of resilient and textiles connecting key performance indicators into one single product, that
delivers all you can expect from an innovative flooring solution.

Durable and comfortable
Discover the toughness and durability of Flotex which comes as a result of the 80 million nylon 6.6. fibers per square meter, while experiencing the quietness and comfort normally only associated with a carpet as a result of the impervious cushioned backing.

Quiet yet Hygienic
The nylon fibers not only perform in sound absorption and comfort, they also capture allergens and fine dust from the air, all of which they effortlessly release in any cleaning action in both dry and wet conditions. Through its construction Flotex is protected against mold and odor’s whilst keeping up its appearance, as the floor restores to mint condition after every cleaning action.

Warm while washable
Simple every day vacuuming removes any dirt or dust trapped in the dense nylon surface. However steam cleaning or deeper mechanical cleaning can also be used after heavy soiling, requiring a minimum of traditional detergents. Simple cleaning action already restores Flotex to its original appearance. The wide array of colors and designs in which Flotex is offered, remain as vibrant and lively as the day the floor was installed.

Safe but sound absorbing
Flotex provides both low in-room impact noise performance (class A) as well as good impact sound reduction (>20dB), meaning a quiet room and a quiet building. Flotex also meets the HSE wet and dry slip resistance classifications for use of flat surfaces and ramps.

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Technical Information

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Forbo has a wide variety of promotional and technical documentation available for each of its products. The documents can be found by going to the product selection of your choice. You are then able to download the related documents. Download center

You can also immediately download the Flotex Sheet & Flotex Modular technical information here.

Flotex Sheet
Technical Data Sheet
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Flotex Modular
Technical Data Sheet
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Warranty
US Commercial Warranty
CA Commercial Warranty (French)
CA Commercial Warranty

Guide/CSI Specifications
Flotex Sheet Specifications
Flotex Modular Specifications

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Flotex & the environment

A sustainable product

Forbo’s manufacturing operations for Flotex in Great Britain and France secures a high quality products, produced with green electricity and minimum waste streams that are all recycled in the product. Flotex is created with nylon 6.6 fibres, all dies and inks used to create the Flotex designs are water based. No additional chemical processes take place other than high temperature steam treatment to secure the colors. Spillage and waste does not occur.

Flotex makes use of waste streams of other Forbo production locations to be transformed into the backing of the products. Recycled content in Flotex is up to 67% of the backing content. The real advantage for using Flotex is the extreme performance of the product, with a product life time that surpasses that of ordinary textiles by a factor 6. The product can be cleaned by using water and a simple detergent. For most staining, simple household soap is enough to clean the product, while other detergent clean away ink, oil and more severe stains. After use the product can be recycled back into the production process.

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Bionic Flooring Performance

Bionic technology combines biological methods and systems that are found in nature with man-made products and processes. This transfer of technology from the living fauna and flora help to create optimized and highly efficient products. Classic examples of bionic technologies is the development of water and dirt repellent surfaces that also can be observed from the leaves of the lotus flower. Flotex is neither a true textile, nor is it an resilient and its unique construction succeed in combining the best of both worlds, suitable for use in commercial environments however demanding the conditions.

Approximately 80 million minute nylon 6.6. fibres (flock) are as strong as a bamboo construction, yet creating the comfort of a moss surface. Precision
printing technologies used to manufacture Flotex mimic the rich colour pallet that can be found in nature to the smallest detail. Slip resistant in wet and
dry conditions (comparable to R13), imitating the functions of the Gecko‘s feet. Like a honey bee collects and distributes pollen on the stems by hovering between flowers, the Flotex surface captures fine dust and allergens from the air and releases this completely during a simple basic cleaning action.

As such Flotex is the high tech textile that offers bionic performance, available in both sheet and tile.

Bionic Flooring Performance - Bee

Flotex soiling classification

Flotex soiling classification

In circumstances where the design of the entrance system is inadequate for the level of traffic or unsuited to the type of soiling entering the building, dirt and moisture may be carried onto the surface of the interior floor covering.

Hiding dirt
Flotex is able to `hide' soiling to a greater or lesser degree depending on its colour and design. Using objective testing methods, we have graded every one of the Flotex designs on their ability to hide `general' dirt. The result of these tests is a soiling classifcation which is shown alongside each product reference number.

Soiling classification

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Read more about Flotex

Would you like to read more about Flotex please download our brochure Flotex brochure

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