The New Evolution in Flooring Adhesives Is Coming
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FebruaryFebruary // MarchMarch 2019 AUSTRALIAAUSTRALIA && NEWNEW ZEALANDZEALAND THE NEW EVOLUTION IN FLOORING ADHESIVES IS COMING COMPLETE PRODUCT SOLUTIONS for the installation of carpet, vinyl, LVT and rubber floorcoverings www.mapei.com.au Visit our website at www.mapei.com.au to find more information on our NEW Resilient Adhesives Range It’s what you can’t see that makes the difference. Comfort For Life dunlopunderlay.com.au The new Springtred stand makes selling carpet underlay a whole lot easier! 1 2 3 Holds the updated brochure with the new 1 branding and selling points. Take home sample swatches to remember 2 the feel of softness first hand. Walktesters add an additional level of 3 realism, allowing customers to experience the underfoot comfort. For more information contact your Dunlop Flooring Sales Representative or the Customer Service team on 1800 622 293 The Collection Supreme (11mm) is of higher density and thickness, delivering a superior supreme feel and maximum performance. Ultimate (10mm) takes it to another level, offering greater luxury and ultimate softness. Extra (9mm) provides extra density and thickness for improved extra underfoot comfort. Classic (8mm) is your first step towards comfort and better classic carpet performance. Contents News Editor’s Note 06 Welcome to the first issue of Flooring Vinyl: the journey towards sustainability Magazine for 2019. You will notice the magazine has been redesigned and now has Icons a new look and feel reflective of the vibrant nature of our industry. 22 Bill Stahmer Inside you will find the 2019 Adhesives Guide which provides a valuable reference Feature point and insight into the various types of adhesives, including their application, 30 available right now in the marketplace. 2019 Adhesives Guide Earlier this year our team at Flooring Airstep - Retailer of the month Magazine went to Las Vegas to attend The International Surface Event (TISE), a trade 42 show co-located with StonExpo/Marmomac Staffords Warehouse and TileExpo. Betty Tanddo, our editor at large, brings you a complete overview of Safety this year’s event including trends and stories from various exhibitors relevant to the 44 Australian market. Tactile ground surface indicators This issue’s ICON is Bill Stahmer of Software Stahmers Carpets the oldest floor covering business in Australia spanning across five 46 generations. Bill’s story is one of hard work Improve quantifying and quoting and monumental achievements making it a truly fascinating read. Overseas News If any of you know of a person who deserves 48 to be acknowledged as an industry ‘icon’ The International Surface Event (TISE) in Las Vegas or if you would like to contact me directly regarding any relevant industry news or events please email me on michelle. [email protected] Until next time…enjoy. Michelle Cammiade Editor Front Cover Mapei www.mapei.com.au Flooring Febrary/March 2019 www.flooringmagazine.com.au News 4 VALE: Jorn Ejvind Jensen 14.10.1926 – 24.12.2018 International Icon Jorn Jensen of Carpetland, long love of Australia which Jensen often or Taepperand as the company was known referred to as the “land of milk and honey.” in Denmark, passed away on December 24th 2018. Jensen, one of Europe’s largest carpet After several more visits Jensen opened his retailers with more than 300 ‘supermarket’ first of three Victorian Carpetland stores style carpet retail outlets throughout nine in Nunawading, followed by Preston in countries, started his business in a small 1987 and Footscray in 1992. The family Copenhagen shop in 1964. Intrigued purchased a holiday home in Merimbula by Jensen’s highly successful marketing that they fondly refer to as the ‘summer strategies, Noel Kiely (the man who brought house’ and visit every February/March to Berber Carpets to Australia) met with escape the Danish winter. Jensen’s last visit Jensen in Copenhagen in the 1970’s. Jensen was in 2018. graciously showed Kiely his stores, explained his marketing concepts and having always Jensen was 92 year old and died of been fascinated with the idea of going to pneumonia following and operation and a Australia, he then asked Kiely to arrange a short stay in hospital in early December. visit for him, his wife Jytte and their family. It was this family holiday that sparked a life A very sad goodbye. ▲ Resin Flooring Club is now open to all Australian applicators Australia’s only purpose-built club Flooring Club is not just another slick only dedicated resin flooring buy and for resin flooring applicators has business strategy or cheap marketing sell group, regular updates on trade been launched, with Resin Floor Club trick. It’s a real passion motivated by qualification and industry news, as well officially opening its doors in December talking to thousands of applicators over as meet-ups and industry events for 2018. the years and listening to their stories. networking, support and fun. ▲ While the club offers great value for The club was formed to help applicators businesses, we also want to make a real deal with the unique challenges of the difference to the people behind those Australian resin flooring industry and businesses.” aims to make all application businesses more equipped, informed and enjoyable. In addition to great discounts and special offers from a growing list of Founder Jack Josephsen explains, “Resin industry suppliers, the club has the Flooring Febrary/March 2019 www.flooringmagazine.com.au News 6 Vinyl: the journey towards sustainability ver the past two decades, the Vinyl efficiency, energy and greenhouse gas In 2017, two flooring suppliers joined a Council of Australia has made management and transparency. Information record 17 companies in achieving PVC O considerable progress in guiding the and data collected through the program Stewardship Excellence Awards, rewarding continuous improvement and sustainable helps to drive innovation throughout the their perfect scores in compliance development of the Australian vinyl, or PVC, Australian PVC industry, influencing product with the strict criteria relating to the industry. Vinyl Council Chief Executive Sophi design and encouraging more efficient environmentally-responsible production and MacMillan charts their achievements to date. manufacturing processes. supply of their vinyl-related products that year. Companies achieving this standard can Our 20th anniversary celebrations in 2018 This evolving, annually audited program be recognised using a specific annual licence coincided with some significant milestones is delivering important results and driving mark. on PVC’s journey towards sustainability. industry performance improvements. Unlike other materials, PVC has suffered Industry successes include the most stringent The introduction of Best Practice PVC decades of scrutiny and misinformation. But manufacturing benchmarks for raw material Guidelines, in 2010 by the Green Building that is all changing thanks to our sustained suppliers and the avoidance of toxic heavy Council of Australia, was partly based on efforts in transforming perceptions and metal pigments and additives, plus a newly- the industry’s PVC Stewardship Program attitudes towards this versatile, recyclable enacted commitment to confirm avoidance at the time and led to Best Practice PVC and widely-used material. of classified ortho-phthalate plasticisers. accreditation of products, recognised in the Green Star building rating system. It’s worth remembering that no material All the vinyl flooring sector signatories – whether man-made or natural – can be reporting in 2017 complied with the heavy Best Practice PVC products are fully considered inherently ‘sustainable’. What’s metal commitment and all confirmed compliant with world-leading, stringent important is how a material is managed avoidance of the use of classified ortho- manufacturing guidelines. Holding this throughout its lifecycle – from raw material phthalate plasticisers in the products they accreditation is a great demonstration of extraction to end-of-life - that determines its supply to the market. supply chain transparency and verification, degree of sustainability. leading to companies taking greater More recycled PVC is being used in products, responsibility over how their suppliers, as Launched in 2002, the PVC Stewardship driven by initiatives for innovative recycling well as their own operations, perform. Program (PSP) is now supported by solutions in several sectors including 47 companies representing most of the commercial vinyl flooring. Several vinyl PVC’s successful use in countless building Australian Vinyl industry. All are committed flooring suppliers supply products to the and construction products over the decades to continuous improvement in the market that contain recycled PVC and/ is testament to its durability, functionality environmental footprint of their products, or offer take back arrangements for vinyl and recyclability. Its strength, versatility whether they manufacture locally or source installation offcuts and end of life materials. and resistance to the elements makes it product from overseas. Around a dozen ideal for use in a variety of applications, suppliers and manufacturers of vinyl from windows to flooring and even as a flooring products are current signatories to sustainable alternative to timber planks. this program. As a relatively low carbon durable plastic, The PSP requires signatories to report PVC provides solutions through its track annually against strict criteria that measures record of stewardship,