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Rail

Rail Blogs

  • Stefan Jordan

    Meet the team

    Stefan Jordan

    Meet the team: Stefan Jordan

    This month Stefan Jordan, Key Account Manager Transport Flooring for Forbo Flooring Systems, sat down to tell us a little more about his role and how he works with clients to achieve their flooring requirements.

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  • Coral FR Entrance Flooring

    Protecting interior floor coverings

    Coral FR

    An effective entrance system that prolongs the lifetimes of interior floor coverings

    Stopping up to 95% of walked in dirt and moisture, effective entrance floor coverings can prolong the life of your rail vehicle interior floor coverings, as well as greatly reducing cleaning costs and the risk for slipping. With almost 50 years of experience Coral FR offers you the best entrance flooring solutions for your entrance areas on board rail vehicles.

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  • Marmoleum FR2 - vivace

    Delivering a greener footprint for rail vehicles

    Marmoleum FR2

    Marmoleum FR2 floor coverings are CO2 neutral, naturally

    A sustainable rail floor covering, created using a high % of natural raw materials, with renewable and recycled content. It is also CO2 neutral in the cradle to gate phase of the product’s life cycle.

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  • Flotex FR_Tracks

    Why choose Flotex FR?

    A unique, textile, flocked floor covering

    Flotex FR

    Flotex FR combines the cleaning properties and durability of a resilient flooring with the comfort, slip resistant and acoustic properties usually associated with textiles.

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  • Marmoleum FR2 - black hole

    Topshield pro

    Marmoleum FR² & Striato FR new surface finish

    Introducing Topshield Pro

    When it comes to sustainability, design and functionality, Marmoleum FR² & Striato FR is second to none – and it just got even better. Better for the environment, better appearance retention and better for you.
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  • Frederic Lepron

    Meet the team

    Frédéric Lépron

    Meet the team: Frédéric Lépron

    This month Frédéric Lépron, Key Account Manager Transport Flooring for Forbo Flooring Systems, sat down to tell us a little more about his role and how he works with clients to achieve their flooring requirements.

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  • Transpress blog | Marmoleum FR2

    Marmoleum FR²

    Updated Collection

    Marmoleum FR2 - updated collection

    Discover the natural beauty of Marmoleum FR2 floor coverings with over 140 references to choose from.

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  • Transpress blog | IdeasTrainCity

    IdeasTrainCity

    a unique interior concept

    IdeasTrainCity, a unique interior concept

    Within the next 10 to 20 years, Deutsche Bahn expects that there will be more than one billion additional customers per year using railway transport to commute and travel. In order to create more capacity in their trains, DB, in collaboration with Neomind, have developed the IdeasTrainCity.

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  • Transpress blog | Pantone Color of the Year 2022

    Design Trends

    Pantone Color of the year 2022

    Design Trends: Pantone Color of the Year 2022

    Recently, Pantone has announced its Color of the Year 2022: PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri. According to Pantone it's a vibrant colour that displays a spritely, joyous attitude and dynamic presence that encourages courageous creativity and imaginative expressions. We asked Dorothé Kessels, our Global Director Design, about her thoughts on this new Color of the Year.

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  • Transpress blog | Marmoleum Striato FR

    Marmoleum Striato FR

    UPDATED COLLECTION

    Refreshed Marmoleum Striato FR collection

    Creating comfortable spaces with the updated Marmoleum Striato FR floor coverings collection for rail.

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  • Transpress blog | Coral FR

    Coral FR

    updated collection

    Coral FR updated collection

    By stopping up to 95% of walked in dirt and moisture, the installation of Coral FR entrance systems can prolong the lifetime of your rail vehicle interior floor coverings and finishes, as well as greatly reducing cleaning costs and the risk for slipping.

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  • Transpress blog | Widest portfolio

    Floor & wall coverings

    The widest portfolio

    The widest portfolio of floor and wall coverings for rail vehicles

    Forbo Flooring Systems have a truly comprehensive and compliant floor and wall covering product offering for the global rail sector. Whether you are sourcing floor coverings for high speed, intercity, regional, light rail, trams or metro vehicles, we can provide you with an exceptional range of products and services.

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  • Transpress blog | Bob Summers

    Bob Summers

    Arcola Energy

    Bob Summers

    Bob Summers visits the hydrogen and battery-powered prototype trains showcased during the COP26 climate change conference

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Marine

Marine Blogs

  • Flotex Mac Stopa_360005F stripes

    Flotex FR by Mac Stopa

    New Flotex FR designs

    Created by Mac Stopa

    This Created by collection is inspired by Mac Stopa's experiences, observations and fascinations in various fields of design. In collaboration with Forbo Flooring, his ideas were visualised using high definition printing techniques.

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  • Coral Marine FR

    Protecting interior floor coverings and finishes

    Coral Marine FR

    Entrance flooring systems play a critical safety role in modern life in all types of areas including marine applications.

    Entrance flooring is fundamental to modern marine vessel design as it has a critical safety role to play. Slips, trips and falls make up a lot of all reported major injuries. By taking sensible decisions over flooring surfaces and installing effective entrance matting, the potential for slipping can be dramatically reduced.

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  • Flotex FR- natural blend

    New Flotex FR designs

    A discussion with Sarah Oldfield

    Designer and Custom Digital Print Specialist at Forbo Flooring Systems discuss inspiration for the new designs

    We sit down with Sarah Oldfield, Designer and Custom Digital Print Specialist, who talks us through the new additions to the Flotex FR collection.

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  • Jason Holmes

    Design Freedom with Flotex FR

    An Interview with Jason Holmes

    A discussion on design trends and the freedom that comes with Flotex FR

    Jason Holmes, Head of Design Textiles for Forbo Flooring Systems, sat down to discuss design trends within the Marine segment and why Flotex FR lends itself very well to the segment due to the design freedom it offers.

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  • Flotex FR Marine_Corridor

    Importance of acoustics

    Reducing impact sound

    The importance of acoustics when designing for cruise ships

    Béatrice Balle Coureau, Product Manager Flotex at Forbo Flooring Systems, discusses the issue of noise and details how it can be controlled with the correct floor covering specifications within cruise-liner environments.

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  • CSI London

    CSIE London

    Cruise Ship Interiors London

    It was nice to be back at CSIE London

    After the success of CSIE Barcelona in 2019, we were excited to be back exhibiting. After some great success in recent years, collaborating with some of the biggest names in the industry, we were eager to meet new and existing contacts and this exhibition certainly didn’t disappoint!

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  • Floors created by José Medina Galeote

    Created by Galeote

    New Flotex FR designs

    Created by Galeote, new Flotex FR designs

    José’s unique signature is based on hand made drawings and paintings with a very characteristic trait and a calligraphic touch. His style is abstract, graphical, hand-made, playful and full of storytelling. In his work is tells the story of everyday life, encouraging the viewer to reflect on the society in which we live.

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Bus & Coach

Bus & Coach Blogs

  • Bus & Coach

    Reduce slips and trips

    Bus & coach vehicles

    Reducing slips and trips on vehicles

    Reducing accidental slips and falls by passengers is an important consideration for bus and coach providers. Thankfully, there are modern, commercial safety flooring solutions that can help with this and provide guaranteed lifetime slip resistance. Emily Hancock, Marketing Coordinator, International Key Accounts, at Forbo Flooring Systems explains further.

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