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PROGRESS PLAST changes profile

They say that the eye is the mirror of the soul. Perhaps this is why Progress Plast - the rapidly-growing leading company in the technical profile sector now known as Progress Profiles - chose an eye as its new company logo: both the perfect graphic synthesis and a modern mirror of a company that looks to the future with farsightedness…

MAPEI KOREA is born

Mapei Group has completed its purchase of Henkel activities regarding adhesives and chemical products for the building industry in South Korea that also included the Ceresit and Thomsit brands. The purchase was organized with a new company, Mapei Korea, with headquarters in Seoul and a productive unit in Chungcheongbuk-do, around 100 km from Seoul, the 58th Mapei Group productive unit,…

TOVER changes look

This year, Tover changes look: an innovating communication, a new web site represent the symbol of a particularly dynamic company both on the domestic market and abroad. Domotex 2011 will be the ideal appointment to show all the new products which enlarges an already wide range. Tover will emphasize its complete system of finishing products for sportive floors, its numerous…

LABORLEGNO, restyling for the website

The latest version of the official website of Itlas partner Labor Legno parquet producers is now online with a young and more dynamic makeover: richer in content, attractive new graphics, and naturally, an updating of the assortment the company offers the market divided into three sections: “I prefiniti”, “La tradizione” and “Legno per esterni” (Pre-finished, Traditional, and Wood Decks). Like…

GAZZOTTI's first 100 years

No mere allusion to nostalgia but rather a point of departure for new challenges, this was the spirit in which Gazzotti commemorated its first century of selling wood floors last June 22. The birthday was celebrated along with all the Bologna company’s employees (each and every one!), who were offered a truly special “family lunch”: you certainly don’t get the…

GAZZOTTI: a hundred years old ... but still young at heart

1910-2010: a lot has happened over the past hundred years and Gazzotti can tell many a fine tale. The story of a great passion - for wood - originating at the foot of the Basilica di San Luca in Bologna (Italy). The story of technological evolution, meaning constant improvements and enrichment in the production of parquet: new wood species, new…

MAPEI buys out BETONTECHNIK

Mapei, the world leader in construction products, continues to grow thanks to its acquisition of the Austrian Betontechnik, leader in the field of concrete additives. “This acquisition” says Giorgio Squinzi, Sole Director and CEO of the Mapei S.p.A. Group “is aimed not just at an increase in Mapei’s activities, but also at the chance to provide extra stimulus for the…

ROVEA and PARQUETONE: even stronger thanks to the ALCEA GROUP

Parquetone, the line of paint products for parquet developed by Industrie Chimiche Rovea (Wip Coatings division), is enjoying increasing popularity with users in both Italy and abroad. The philosophy behind this result is based on total customer satisfaction, thanks to a water- based product line that combines health and environment safety with a flawless final aesthetic result, plus great strength…

BONA'S FINISHES THE FIRST to be rewarded EMICODE EC1 for very low emission

Bona, the leaders in products for the installation, renovation and maintenance of wooden floors, has been awarded the licence to use the GEV trademark. The Emicode license is the registered and protected trademark of a classification system by which indoor installation products, adhesives and construction materials can be divided and identified, according to their emission characteristics in the different classes.…

Restyled AHEC website

The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) has completely reorganised its presence on the Web with a new website www.americanhardwood.org. The site development plan took into account extensive research conducted with architects and specifiers around the world to better identify their information needs and use of the network. The result? A tool that offers a vast database concerning both the various…