Forbo

Why our customers choose Forbo

Forbo’s collection of commercial and industrial vinyl and Linoleum flooring offers unique, sustainable products for high traffic areas across many sectors. Designed for offices, hospitals, schools, universities and manu more their range of flooring can be teh solutionfor your next commercial project. From entrances to exists they can provide the right type of flooring for every room.

 

MARMOLEUM

Marmoleum is Forbo’s iconic linoleum brand – a natural flooring renowned for durability, sustainability, high quality and innovative design. Due to its unique characteristics and with a proud heritage dating back over 150 years, Marmoleum is a superb flooring choice for almost any application space.

Created from 97% natural raw materials (including rosin, wood flour, linseed oil, jute and limestone), Marmoleum is one of the most high quality sustainable floor coverings available.

Marmoleum has been a contemporary, substainable and durable solution healthcare, education, retail, commercial offices and private rental sectors.

Design
• Versatile, authentic floor covering that comes with a long and proud heritage.
• Tile, sheet and plank formats for unrivalled creativity.
• More than 300 colours over a variety of designs, including patterned, marbled, solid and linear effects.
• The colour and design blends deliver versatility when combining with other surfaces like woods and stones.
• Forbo’s very precise Aquajet water cutting technology enables reproduction of the most intricate designs, text, logos or piece of art using Marmoleum Tailor made.
• Off-the-floor applications with Furniture Linoleum and Bulletin Board.

 

 

Performance
• Developed specially for Marmoleum, Topshield pro is a unique, advanced, two-layer water-based surface finish that protects floors, keeps them looking good and is easy to maintain year on year.
• Naturally bacteriostatic and independently proven to inhibit the growth and spread of infections such as Norovirus, MRSA, Acinetobacter baumannii and C Difficile, it contributes to a healthier, more hygienic environment.
• Approved by Allergy UK and boasting TVOCs 30 times lower than European norm, Marmoleum is independently proven to contribute to a healthier indoor environment.
• Specialist acoustic and static control versions available.
• As it lasts for so long and is easy to clean, Marmoleum has a very low ownership cost.

Sustainability
• Manufactured from 97% natural raw materials, 62% renewable resources and 43% recycled and reused material.
• Weighted average of our Marmoleum product range is climate positive (cradle to gate) without offsetting.
• No phthalates, plasticisers or mineral oil.
• Naturally bacteriostatic over the product’s life.
• Installation offcuts and production waste is recycled back into the product ensuring optimal raw material utilisation.

Step Safety

Forbo’s safety flooring collection provides a complete range of non slip floor coverings designed to meet safety demands across a wide variety of applications.

SAFETY
• Safety vinyl flooring with guaranteed lifetime slip resistant performance, created with slip resistant particles throughout the matrix
• Step covers all relevant slip resistance ratings which can be used across co-ordinating colour schemes.
• Widest variety in safety flooring solutions, aesthetically pleasing with no comprise on performance.

DESIGN
• All Step ranges are designed with the application in mind, including fresh & comfortable solutions for continuously wet and barefoot/footwear combined areas.
• Through advanced printing techniques, they are able to create beautiful and realistic Wood and Stone designs.
• Surestep Balance, is a minimalistic design with a matte finish, specifically tailored as dementia flooring.
• Step is easy to combine with other collections, like Sphera, Eternal and our wall covering range Onyx +.

CONFIDENCE
• All Step safety floors are finished with PUR Pearl or PUR coating, providing exceptional stain, scratch and chemical resistance and superior appearance retention.
• As well as unmatched cleaning and maintenance performance.
• Innovative slip resistant particles Step Crystals on the majority of the ranges contribute to a clean fresh design and easier cleaning.
• With over 50 years of experience, Forbo is a trusted name in safety vinyl production.