Progress Plast, situated in Casella d’Asolo in the Veneto Region of Northern Italy, offers a vast range of profiles for floors, coverings, building trade and do-it-yourself. The photo shows a skirting in anodized silver aluminium and stainless steel AISI 304-1.4301, available in various heights, 60 and 80mm, with sticker. Perfect to respond to high tech needs and requirements with aesthetic and decorative finishes.
It can be combined with Procover and Profloor. Procover is an aluminium joint cover. It is used to finish technically floors laid at the same level in ceramic tiles/ceramics and ceramics/wood. In anodized aluminium or stainless steel (shiny or satined).Profloor is a slide shape progressive transition creating a smoothed skirting in stainless steel AISI 304-1.4301, aluminium and shiny brass with adhesives and protective film. It is used to finish floors in Pvc, linoleum-moquette and other thin materials with 2-5mm thickness. Profloor covers eventual laying flaws and guarantees a perfect covering.

A commercial agreement was signed at the beginning of September between Vermeister, the Italian producer of products for the laying and upkeep of wooden flooring, and CTA Calflex. Under this agreement, Vermeister is given the exclusive distribution rights in Italy for Awuko products on the parquet market. Awuko is an internationally renowned German producer specialising in the production of abrasives for the wood, steel and vehicle bodywork markets.

The Swedish company Bona has decided to take one further step on the market by streamlining, clarifying and strengthening their brand from BonaKemi to Bona.
The company offers a complete product range for the entire lifetime of wooden floors, with a high level of service under one brand name - Bona. “The key to being active in a highly competitive market is to build a strong brand and to strengthen our unique identity”, says President and CEO and Kerstin Lindell. Bona has been focusing on wooden floors ever since its start in 1919, and now the company wants to emphasize this with their new tagline, Passion for wood floors.
“Bona is working with a brand strategy where the company logo - Bona - is profiled as the only brand - says Kerstin Lindell - In practice, this now means that we change our company name from BonaKemi to Bona and remove the “X” from our logo”.
Bona’s new tagline - Passion for wood floors - mirrors Bona’s focus and expertise in wooden floors.

Energy efficiency in construction and thermal requalification of existing buildings will be in the forefront at BAU 2009, 12th – 17th January 2009 at the new Munich exhibition centre.
One of the main roles of external shells and the domestic plant technology is to use energy as efficiently as possible. The construction of new buildings is, in this case, somewhat pioneering. The goal is the so-called “energy-gain house”, i.e. a building capable of producing more energy than it actually consumes. The “hottest” theme for the public is, however, a reduction in CO2 emissions, that is thermal re-qualification of existing buildings. In fact, roughly 40 percent of all final energy consumption in the EU can be attributed to existing buildings.
The theme of energy will be in the spotlight at BAU 2009, not just stressed by the exhibitors, but also discussed in various collateral events, dealing with energy saving and energy production. The new forum entitled “The future of the building industry” will see leading designers and architects presenting their current projects dealing with the issues of energy and architecture and solar energy. The Detail Symposium will also look at the question of energy in architecture, the participants being architects, engineers, energy experts and industry representatives.