Forbo Flooring expands its textile flooring range with Flotex advance

Praised by interior architects and designers alike, Forbo Flooring's Flotex flocked floor coverings combine unique aesthetic qualities with multiple technical benefits, resulting from their hybrid structure (textile on a PVC backing): walking comfort, resistance to heavy traffic, wear and stains, reduced slip risk, acoustic performance, ease of maintenance, durability...

Beyond these proven performances, the Flotex range is constantly reinventing itself and stands out once again with a brand-new collection, Flotex advance, which offers versatile installation: in tiles (tackifier installation) but also in sheets, a format that now benefits from the innovative Flotex next construction 100 % loose-lay (and therefore without glue or adhesive), although glued installation of these sheets remains possible. Other distinctive features: its two designs, Latitude (13 colours), inspired by watermarks, and Code (26 colours), focused on typography, bring boldness to interior design projects, in a thoroughly contemporary spirit. In addition, all Flotex advance references can be custom recoloured, an asset if a hotel or retail chain specifies a particular colour code to be rolled out.

Finally, this new Flotex advance collection harmonises with another characterful collection, Flotex colour, whose designs Calgary (with a cloudy pattern), Metro (a ?woven effect? trompe-l'œil) and Penang (subtly striped) are ideally suited to many segments: offices, hospitality, leisure or educational spaces, care homes….

Flotex advance, a new design step towards loose-lay installation
The Flotex advance collection, fully available from stock, offers two new designs that combine aesthetics and functionality. Whether it is the finely lined design of Latitude, inspired by watermarks, or the almost embossed, typography-style design of Code, both give the spaces they adorn an atmosphere that is at once elegant and soothing. Bold yet refined, the sense of well-being they create is immediate and the interiors are resolutely contemporary.

As a further decorative option, all Flotex advance patterns can benefit from a personalised recolouring service, in sheets from 50 m2 and in tiles from 200 m2. Simply provide your Pantone, NCS or RAL reference, and a sample will be sent back to validate the result.

In line with its exclusive Fast Flooring concept, which favours installation without glue or adhesive, Forbo Flooring offers Flotex advance the possibility of 100 % loose-lay installation, in its sheet version, thanks to the Flotex next construction. This combines a second fibreglass reinforcement ensuring optimal rigidity and dimensional stability with the use of the jointing strip characteristic of Modul'up floor coverings, placed at the joints with no perimeter fixing.

Of course, glued installation in sheets and tackifier installation for tiles remain available, in order to meet every site configuration.

Flotex colour 2024 version
Flotex colour is renewed in 2024, offering a wide choice of colours and shades that allows endless creations. The cloudy Calgary pattern blends 17 natural shades inspired by minerals and plants. The ?textile effect? Metro design, for its part, leaves a textured imprint on floors, either sparkling (citrus, lilac, lagoon, gold...) or understated (grey, carbon, concrete, anthracite, cocoa...). Finally, the tones of the Penang lines vary at will, from grey (zinc) to blue (sapphire), via green (evergreen), all sharing the same sophistication.

These three signature designs, Calgary, Metro and Penang, rich in 61 distinct colours, are available in sheets (glued installation) and in tiles (tackifier installation), all in stock.

Flotex in a few words...
• Comfortable and durable: its short velvet pile, made up of 80 million polyamide/m2 fibres implanted vertically by electrostatic flocking into a recycled PVC backing, provides warmth and walking comfort, and does not flatten, being extremely resistant to traffic (including castor chairs).

• Acoustic: with a declared impact sound reduction of 19 dB to 21 dB depending on the Flotex reference, for calm and soothing atmospheres.

• Hygienic and easy to maintain: 100 % waterproof and rot-proof, it can be washed with water or steam, and dirt is trapped only on the surface, unlike carpets and other textile floors that are sometimes impossible to clean.

• Non-slip: its slip resistance R13 makes it an ideal covering for schools, care homes, restaurants and even ski resorts.

• Respectful of users' health: its dense surface traps allergens and fine dust, which can be removed with simple vacuuming. The only textile floor covering approved by the prestigious Allergy UK Seal of Approval™ of the British Allergy Foundation, it also has the best health labelling rating, A+, for indoor air quality.

• Supporting a protected environment: like many coverings from Forbo Flooring, Flotex contains recycled materials, up to 18 % in sheets (21,8 % for the Flotex next construction) and even up to 59 % in tiles.