FORBO REFRESHES ITS ETERNAL VINYL RANGE WITH INNOVATIVE NEW DESIGNS

Forbo Flooring Systems has renewed its Eternal collection of general purpose vinyl, with a focus on expertise in design, performance and sustainability – with increased recycled content, lower embodied carbon and an adhesive free range now available. Offering new contemporary wood and stone patterns and a matte-satin finish for a more natural and realistic appearance, Eternal allows architects and specifiers to create beautiful flooring schemes across a range of spaces.

SPEEDY AND SUSTAINABLE REFURBISHMENTS WITH FORBO’S ADHESIVE FREE VINYL

With a focus on delivering flooring solutions that provide significant reductions in downtime, Forbo Flooring Systems has refined and refreshed its Modul’up adhesive free sheet vinyl collection. With the addition of new designs and colourways that benefit from Forbo’s innovative digital printing capabilities, the range is ideal for healthcare and education refurbishments.

FORBO EXPANDS DESIGN POSSIBILITIES WITH NEW TESSERA TEVIOT PHASE COLLECTION

Forbo Flooring Systems has enhanced its established Tessera carpet tile collection with the introduction of its new Tessera Teviot Phase design in plank format. The collection unlocks a wide range of new design possibilities, with a 100x25cm plank format that includes contemporary transitional stripes that co-ordinate with popular Tessera Teviot colourways.

Flotex leads by design

Forbo Flooring Systems has re-imagined its digitally printed textile range – Flotex, with the launch of new, exciting designs aimed at hospitality & leisure, education and offices.

Completely new to the Flotex offering, the organically inspired Flotex Advance range is split into Code and Latitude designs, with 39 contemporary patterns across a range of tones. Both are available in sheet and tile formats, with the sheet product benefiting from a new special ‘next’ backing, which means it can be installed adhesive-free or fully adhered.

The Flotex Code collection is subtly flecked, featuring 26 colourways, from neutral greys, to deep purples, allowing for smart and stylish interior spaces to be created. The Latitude range is formed of 13 organic patterns in light and dark shades, in a more neutral palette, perfect for workspaces and classroom environments.

Forbo partners with the Salvation Army to provide carpet tiles to support local communities

Forbo Flooring Systems, one of the UK’s leading flooring manufacturers, is proud to have entered into partnership with the Salvation Army Trading Company (SATCoL), supporting its Take Back scheme and furniture shops with donations of reusable carpet tiles.

With the focus on supporting local communities and prolonging its Tessera carpet tiles’ useful lifespan, Forbo will be supplying The Salvation Army with donations of surplus carpet tiles, lifted from corporate refurbishment and renovation projects. As part of the charity’s Take Back Scheme, the carpet tiles will be distributed to the charity’s furniture shops around the UK, providing communities with easy access to affordable and high-quality flooring.

FORBO LAUNCHES NEW DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY SAFETY FLOORING RANGE

Recognising the need for inclusive spaces, Forbo Flooring Systems has launched its new Surestep Balance range, a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) compliant safety flooring that can fit the aesthetic and functional requirements for dementia-friendly environments.

Forming part of a wider refresh to its Step safety flooring, Surestep Balance has been designed specifically with dementia-friendly environments in mind. Featuring eight colourways with a subtle speckled, minimalist matte effect, Surestep Balance will help to create contemporary, inclusive flooring schemes.

Forbo takes it's Safety flooring to the next level

Forbo Flooring Systems’ Health and Safety Executive (HSE) compliant Step safety vinyl portfolio has been updated, taking the whole collection to the next level. Incorporating new and on-trend aesthetics, while retaining the same trusted slip resistance, the refreshed Step collection caters to both design and safety demands in interior spaces.

Recognising the market demand for more sophisticated safety flooring solutions, Forbo has looked to provide a wider range of designs within its Step portfolio. Able to cater to a range of sectors, the refreshed collection features 63 new colourways, including the addition of new contemporary wood and stone designs alongside a new dementia-friendly range. In addition to this, Forbo’s Step safety vinyl contains the lowest embodied carbon on the market for safety vinyl, without the need for offsetting. This refresh now means there is no need to compromise on design when looking to specify fully compliant safety flooring.

CONNECT WITH MODERN NATURE: FORBO’S NEW MARMOLEUM SOLID COLLECTION

Building on the success of its climate positive Marmoleum flooring, Forbo Flooring Systems continues to push forward, updating the Marmoleum Solid collection to support the enduring trend for contemporary interiors that connect with modern nature.

Refreshed and contemporary, the new colour palette features muted and neutral tones, providing architects and designers with a high-end flooring option made using 98% natural raw materials – independently certified Climate Positive cradle to gate and importantly, without offsetting. Arranged intuitively in four go-to collections, the plastic-free Marmoleum Solid collection comprises 72 colourways, 26 of which are new – all future orientated and modern in character.

FORBO CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF NUWAY

Forbo Flooring Systems is delighted to announce that 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of one of its most popular entrance flooring systems: Nuway, a primary barrier matting which has been manufactured here in the UK since 1924.

Forbo began producing rubber matting made from recycled material – matting that we now know as Nuway – back in 1924. Fast forward 100 years and Nuway remains the rigid entrance flooring system of choice for commercial buildings. In fact, around 18km2 of Nuway is hand-made every year and is installed within airports, train stations, shopping centres, offices and schools – to name just a few – across the world!

FORBO’S MARMOLEUM ACHIEVES CLIMATE POSITIVE STATUS

In the face of the escalating global climate crisis, specifiers, contractors and end users are increasingly looking to reduce carbon emissions and find solutions which contribute positively to sustainable design and reduced CO2 emissions. Understanding these challenges, Forbo Flooring Systems is proud to announce a ground-breaking milestone for its market leading Marmoleum range: It has successfully achieved official climate positive status from cradle to gate, without offsetting.

Forbo's New Allura Collection offers contractors readily available LVT stock

As part of its Allura Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) collection refresh, Forbo Flooring Systems has developed a new offering specifically designed for flooring contractors. The specially selected collection will provide contractors with a range of ‘off the shelf’ Allura options, available in a variety of installation constructions to ensure there is a solution for all applications.

Forbo understands the frustrations flooring contractors may face when looking to find the perfect flooring solution for their customers, which not only meets their design brief and is readily available, but also offers a range of installation methods to meet the conditions of the subfloor. However, with Forbo’s new Allura collection this is no longer the case.

Tessera Infused : Carpet Tiles Created To Meet The Needs Of Modern Workspace Design

Tessera Infused is the latest range to be added to Forbo Flooring Systems’ workspace portfolio. Combining a soft organic pattern with natural structures, the new carpet tile range has been designed to encourage a sense of well-being within any space.

Inspired by the elements and designed to work effortlessly within commercial interiors, Tessera Infused is a multi-height loop pile carpet tile, which provides a beautiful and organic mottled aesthetic. Available in 12 natural, earthy colourways from the light grey Morning Cloud to the copper-like shade Coral Dream, the colours within the collection have been designed to blend tonally with each other, as well as to closely match other Tessera ranges to create beautifully integrated flooring schemes. Not only this, but Tessera Infused can be combined with Forbo’s Allura Flex Vinyl planks and tiles using the same adhesive, without the need for transition strips, additional profiles or inconvenient build-ups of the sub-floor.

Forbo Announces New Dementia-inclusive Design CPD

Forbo Flooring Systems has developed a new RIBA-certified CPD, which examines the role of flooring in dementia-inclusive buildings.

The number of people diagnosed with dementia in the UK continues to rise, with the Alzheimer’s Society predicting that almost 1.6 million individuals will suffer from the illness by 2040 . What’s more, 61% of people with dementia are also living in the community and not in care homes . As we anticipate this alarming growth, it’s imperative that we learn to construct more inclusive environments for those with dementia, to help make their lives easier. Forbo’s new CPD focuses on this and covers a range of topics including, ‘why it is important to consider dementia when designing a building’, ‘how a person living with dementia perceives the world’, as well as best practice design advice.

Developed with guidance from the University of Stirling’s Dementia Services Design Centre (DSDC), the CPD is perfect for anyone who specifies flooring for commercial and public buildings, or for those that have a passion for creating inclusive environments.