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Covid-19 - Social distancing

Social Distancing

The distancing society will remain for a while. How do you encourage people to hold the required distance? We are happy to advise you on how to redesign your space through permanent zoning.

Social distancing

Intro

We take our responsibility in all geographies by limiting the spread of the virus and protecting the health and safety of our customers, business partners and employees as much as possible. Our company strictly adheres at least by the rules issued by governments and local health authorities in all countries where we do business.

Social distancing will be a normal part of life for the period to come. To help people stay safe we have developed new products and inspiration. We are happy to advise you on how floors can help to hold the necessary distance.

Our customer service department and especially our 24/7 ForbOnline service has been proving very popular and will keep supporting you in all cases where you are able to proceed with your projects. Should you have any questions please contact your local account manager, customer contact or customer services departments worldwide.

Social distancing

Most shops open their doors after the Corona forced break, restaurants and hotels are allowed to receive guests again, with strict observance of the hygiene regulations. In order to keep the prescribed distance between customers, many stores have put temporary markings on the floor. This may be useful for now, but it is not a really permanent solution. The shoe soles of thousands of customers quickly destroys the markings, making it unusable.

If you think in long-term solutions, distance markers made of Marmoleum, Vinyl or Flotex can also be incorporated directly into the planning and design. The materials are individually cut on site and firmly integrated into the floor. They are robust, easy to clean and even have antibacterial effects in the case of Marmoleum.

Marmoleum Way finding

Anti viral claims

Anti-viral claims & floor coverings

This page describes the position of Forbo Flooring Systems on the role of floor coverings preventing the spreading of viruses.

The view of Forbo Flooring Systems is that there is neither scientific evidence, nor common ground indicating that floor covering is a solution to prevent the spreading of viruses. Therefore, claiming anything that suggests this can be misleading and does not fit within the values of Forbo Flooring Systems; we create transparency for our customers and support them to make the right choices.

General advice

We advise to follow governmental recommendations and to remain transparent in all communication to our customers. Governments are advised by scientific experts on controlling the spread of viruses. In the case of Covid-19 the main approach worldwide is to use hand or surface disinfection with soap and/or alcohol, and to apply social distancing and face coverings to prevent the spreading of aerosols.

Facemask
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Laboratory testing

There is an international standard (ISO 21702) that tests how much virus remains on a surface after 24 hours. This test is performed in a laboratory under controlled circumstances. Viruses are spread mainly through air and via contact on to surfaces, under varying conditions. Some flooring suppliers started to promote the claim that their flooring products help as a ‘solution against corona’.

Claims that are based on tests as mentioned are not resembling day to day life nor a practical situation. A floor in a building is not the same as in a laboratory test. In practice a floor covering picks up dirt, water and various other contaminants depending on the cleaning regime. Results in a laboratory are no prediction for what happens in practice.

Disinfection of a floor

When customers want to ensure their flooring is and remains disinfected in practice, a smooth and non-porous flooring provides a good basis for ease of maintenance and disinfestation. Smooth surfaces create a good foundation for easy cleaning and disinfection; the smoother and non-porous the surface, the easier it is to clean. We recommend to use our resilient portfolio as a good foundation to disinfect the floor in use. This is also the case for Flotex as being a unique washable textile floor covering.

Desinfect your hands

At Forbo Flooring Systems we recognize the concerns and complexities that now exist as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic which have become part of everyone’s daily life. We take our responsibility in all geographies by limiting the spread of the virus and protecting the health and safety of our customers, business partners, and employees as much as possible. Our company strictly adheres at least by the rules issued by governments and local health authorities in all countries where we do business.

All our production sites are running and we are able to receive and deliver sales and sample orders. Our customer service department and especially our 24/7 ForbOnline service has been proving very popular and will keep supporting you in all cases where you are able to proceed with your projects. Should you have any questions please contact your local account manager, customer contact or customer services departments worldwide.

Solutions

Covid-19 flooring solutions

As the lockdown eases and local governments have set rules how countries can slowly and safely ‘open up’ again, it’s becoming obvious that social distancing will be a normal part of life for a longer period of time.

To help people to stay safe by adopting this new behaviour, we have developed some products and offer you solutions how to deal with this and also have some fun in your floor design.

Coral Logo Entrance Mats

We've designed a range of entrance mats which we hope will act as a gentle reminder for people to keep their distance. There's a choice of four designs and they are offered at a special price as it's not our intention to make a profit from this but to support everyone's efforts to keep safe.
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Coral Logo entrance mats

Arrows in Carpet Tiles

All 40 colours in our Tessera Layout and Outline carpet tile ranges can be used to produce directional tiles. Simply choose the colour of the background tile and that of the contrasting arrow. Also Flotex tiles with arrows can be made.
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Arrows in Carpet Tiles

Arrows in Resilient Sheet

We can also supply loose arrows to be cut into existing resilient installations or resilient material. The arrows are available in many colours in all our sheet ranges. Please let us know your requirements and we will find the right combination for you. Contact us for more information

Arrows in Resilient Sheet

Allura Circles

Part of the new Allura 2020 collection, tiles of 50x50cm where a circle of Ø40cm has been cut out. The loose circles in combination with the cut-out squares can be used to mix and match with other circle tiles in the collection, which can be used to encourage social distancing especially in public spaces like shops where queuing systems are in place.
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Allura circels

Digital printed vinyl

Our advanced digital printing technology enables striking floor visuals that cannot be achieved with conventional print techniques. It enables you to design your own unique floor in the high quality of our heterogeneous vinyl sheet flooring. Arrows and circles can easily be printed on the vinyl sheet, which can be used to encourage social distancing.
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Digital printed vinyl

Flotex Vision digital print

As Flotex has over 70 million fibres per square metre, it provides a unique high density substrate for printing. As a result, vibrant designs and true to life visuals can be printed in high level photographic resolutions. All desired colour shades, tones and hues can be achieved. Flotex Vision is ideal for printing arrows, circles or other shapes in order to encourage people to keep distance from eachother.
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Flotex Vision

Marmoleum Aquajet

Are you looking for something unique on your floor? That is also sustainable and durable? Our Designing with Marmoleum selection offers you just that. With our Aquajet technique we can create the most precise and detailed floor designs. For example we can engrave arrows, circles or any other shape in a Marmoleum floor, helping people to hold 1.5 meters distance.
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Marmoleum Aquajet

Fast Flooring

Quick, Easy and economical. Fast Fit is Forbo’s collection of genuinely adhesive free floor coverings including entrance flooring and interior flooring ranges in sheet, tile and plank format for maximum flexibility. Fast Flooring is quick and easy to install and therefore a excellent floor choice for temporary areas, for example in hospitals.
Find out more about Fast Flooring

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Inspiration

Slachtofferhulp Netherlands
Stedin Delft
NHL Stenden - Netherlands
Allura combined with Tessera
Hotel Kapellerput
Ingram Micro Belgium
Compact Kältetechnik GmbH Dresden
Fabscrap
Flotex Vision Floral 840003 Floret
Ingram Micro Belgium
Marmoleum imagine
Tessera Contour 1906 rising ash
Showtim Wonderlab
Driestar College Leiden
Marmoleum Imagine
Marmoleum Imagine
Marmoleum Imagine
Novilux Structura 2501 2510
KEC De Donderberg - Netherlands
Marmoleum Imagine

Get in contact

Online consult

Although there are many positives to working from home, such as more time with our families, it can be more difficult to do your job and find project information. So we've developed new ways of keeping in touch to help you find the details you need. Our specification consultants will be happy to schedule an online consultation on Teams to discuss all aspects of a commercial project including:

• Advise on technical aspects of your flooring requirements
• Help and advise with regard to floorplans
• Support with sample ordering
• Tips and tricks on how to combine products in one project.

Fill in our contact form and we’ll come back to you to arrange a convenient date and time.

Design Service

The possibilities are endless with our wide range of collections, the diversity of designs and colours. To help you design a floor plan, we offer you the Forbo Design Service. The designs or the Forbo Design Service go beyond combining colours and designs. Surprising rooms and atmospheric can be created by using different materials. Want to learn more about the Forbo Design Service?
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