1. Product development & design
Product design with circularity and users in mind
Circularity and users in mind
Most flooring only has one lifetime - ours has a few more
The challenge of circularity begins with how we design products, but also covers the value they provide during their lifetime. Hence, we produce all products with circularity and users in mind.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN
MOST FLOORING ONLY HAS ONE LIFETIME – OURS HAS A FEW MORE
We develop and design flooring solutions to create value during use and after, keeping both the environment and users in mind. Our focus is on designing flooring with renewable and recycled materials. This enables us to deliver products that help take care of both the environment and you. We aim to create easy-removal solutions that are eco- and human-safe in all product categories while contributing to recycling schemes worldwide. That means you get products that are easy to install and remove – enabling a
smooth recycling process.
There's always a way around
Forbo Flooring Systems is world leader in linoleum, with the ambition to grow our bio-based floors to make up more than 50% of our total business. We use exclusively fully traceable raw materials for all our flooring categories, and we are introducing innovative loose-lay and adhesive-free flooring solutions every year in preparation for the circular economy.
Creating fully circular flooring provides us with some challenges. But with the right strategy in place, there’s always a way around.
Product design with circularity in mind
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101 %
We make flooring products made from 100% harmless and traceable raw materials.
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51 %
of our modular products can be easily installed and removed after their useful life, this makes them circular-ready.
Dynamics of a building
Our design philosophy on healthy interiors
Healthy buildings are very much part of sustainable development – sustainable development in which the individual is central.
Our philosophy on healthy interiors is expressed in our design philosophy 'The dynamics of a building’. We use this to provide the most appropriate type of flooring for each space. The result is buildings that are well designed, last longer and are easier to adapt to the occupier’s requirements - buildings and interiors whose timeless solutions make frequent renovation less necessary, so saving money and reducing waste.
Contributing to healthy interiors
Health refers to a safe, clean and comfortable indoor environment.
Today more than half of the world’s population, over 54%, is living in urbanized areas. On average we are spending around 80%-90% of our time indoors and this will only increase. No wonder that the focus on quality of the indoor environment, and the attention given to green architecture and healthy buildings, is becoming more prominent. As our flooring is part of the indoor environment in which people live, meet and work, it is our mission to design and offer products that contribute in a positive way to the health and comfort of the individual.
Floor characteristics that contribute a healthy indoor environment:
• Antibacterial
• Allergy approved
• Phthalates free
• Low emission
• Acoustic performance
Product design with users in mind
Allergy free
Low VOC emissions
Acoustic solutions
Light Reflection Ratings
How we deal with building challenges
