The Stocklists - January 2013

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FlooringNews

BRITAIN’S No. 1 FLOORCOVERING MAGAZINE FOR THE RETAIL AND CONTRACT MARKET

Albert’s all partied out, but the carpet’s ready for a happy new year!

Regency’s Carefree carpets are made to shrug off the wear and tear of a family Christmas and maintain their superb appearance and performance.

So after the party’s over, you can sell affordable quality with confidence.

Seeing really is believing. Visit us at

Birmingham NEC, January 20 to 23 - Hall 2 Distributed by Furlong Flooring.

Ask your local representative for more details - see pages 22-23

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Monthly ‘Stocklisters’ shown in BOLD Page No

Index BONDWORTH

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Expertise advice from F Ball

page 4

Buying Groups

Choosing the right organisation for you

pages 8

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Adhesives

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MERRYFIELD

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CARPENTER COLUMBIA

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Carpet Company Directory Our line-up of the leading players

pages 12-13

Carpet Trouble-shooter

pages 10-11

All about stains, spots and shading

Carpet Types

The starter guide for picking a pile

page 5

Underlay

Understanding underlay types and selection

page 9

Wholesaler Distribution Directory

pages 14-16

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Classified advertising..................................................................................page 63 carpets/rugs/tiles woods/laminates/smooths fibres underlay accessories/services/organisations wholesalers/distributors adhesives

National & regional guide to distributors

Wool Fibre Page

A checklist of natural fibre characteristics

page 17

Woolsafe: the carpet care guide

pages 6-7

How to protect and clean wool carpets

UK manufactured Carpet Cutting Machines

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ISSUE 454: 7 JANUARY 2013

Published by Mayville Publishing Co Ltd., 219 West Ella Road,West Ella, Hull HU10 7SD Tel: 01482 659396 Fax: 01482 659397 www.thestocklists.com Sales Director: Diane Martin. diane@mayvillepublishing.co.uk Publication Director: David Spragg Founded by Roy Spragg in 1973. ISSN 2046-7338 © Mayville Publishing Co. Ltd. 2012. Every care is taken in compiling this magazine, but the proprietors assume no responsibility in the effects arising therefrom.

FlooringNews starts on page 33

The end of the decline?

We anticipate the opportunities for a prosperous new year in this ‘Age of Austerity’ with pragmatic comments from industry leaders pages 44-45

Eventful start

Two of the year’s big events are in January - Domotex, the world’s biggest flooring show on pages 46 - 52 and the designer Interiors UK event in Birmingham page 43

Looming disaster averted

Disappearing carpet crafts rescued for restorations page 42

Firm Foundation

Top firms strengthen role of Carpet Foundation pages 58

Record recycling

Major achievements in diverting flooring waste from landfill page 38

Laminates latest

Dennis Flower looks at the revival in designer laminates pages 54-55

Best foot forward

Brockway launches value-led brands page 58

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Flooring Factsheet Adhesives

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Flooring factsheet Carpet types WOVEN

TUFTED

With advances in manufacturing technology, 95% of all carpet produced today is tufted. It takes about an hour to make a roll of carpet that might take eight hours to weave. To make tufted carpet, hundreds of yarn-threaded needles are pushed through the primary backing fabric to form loops or tufts, which may be left as is or cut.

A heavy adhesive coating is applied to hold the tufts in place and a secondary backing is usually glued on for strength and stability.

A wide variety of styles and textures can then be created using various techniques.

Woven carpet may be in a tiny minority of today’s production but still produces some of the finest carpets which are used for prestigious installations.

Axminster • The pile of the carpet is inserted into the backing as it is woven and cut to length, creating U-shaped tufts to give a velvety surface. The process locks in the fibre to create a carpet of high durability and performance retention as well as a luxury feel.

The process allows for intricate designs and colours to be used – although modern trends mean that the traditional patterned axminster has given way to current fashion trends for plain carpets.

LOOP PILE Berber • Berber carpets look like and are named after a handmade, bulky wool carpet made by the Berber tribes of North Africa and Asia.

The loops are made from thick or bulky yarns of wool, nylon, polypropylene or a blend of these fibres to give a cushioned effect underfoot. These carpets are available in an assortment of colours and may be flecked and can be either level loop or multilevel loop.

Wilton • Wilton woven carpets are produced in a similar way to axminsters – the principal difference being that a continuous fibre is woven all the way through. The carpet can be sheared to create a range of cut and loop textured effects. The result is a high quality carpet of unrivalled durability.

Level loop • When all the loops are of the same height, a highly flexible and durable carpet is created which has a natural, casual appearance even when (commonly) it is made from synthetic fibres.

The tight loop texture tends to hide marks so it’s a good blend between luxury and practicality.

Flat weave • Manufactured in the same way as wilton, flat weave is a loop pile which allows the yarn to be woven across a wider area to created a flatter, more textured effect.

Multi-level loop • The loops vary to two or sometimes three loop heights to create informal, random textures which are very forgiving for marks and stains and therefore very suitable for high traffic areas and busy family rooms.

ends blend together which then further enhances the overall finish.

These carpets tend to ‘shade’ with heavy use. Footprints show easily and the colour looks different from place to place because fibres lying in different directions reflect the light differently. A luxury for occasional rooms.

CUT PILE Freize • Frieze (pronounced free-say) carpets are similar to saxony, but the yarns are more tightly twisted and should always be heat set.

They have a dense, low pile surface which creates a coarse, pebbly texture. Frieze carpets are very durable and hide footprints, dust and dirt, which makes them suitable for heavy traffic areas.

CUT AND LOOP When some of the pile is cut and other left as loop, a variety of surface textures and patterns can be created (in a variety of colours).

The multi-level surface is excellent for hiding footprints and stains so cut and loop is good for high traffic areas and general purpose rooms in the home.

Saxony • Saxony textures are made of twisted yarns, which should be heat set. The tips remain very distinct, rather than blending together to form a very elegant finish. Saxony textures show footprints and vacuum marks so are suitable for more occasional rooms in the home.

More textured variations improve the practicality of saxonies.

Shag pile • Shag pile has varied in popularity. The pile is up to 50mm long and the texture is casual and loose but the surface flattens easily and lacks durability.

Twist • The popular twist carpet is the cut-pile standard. The yarn is tightly twisted and often heatset to retain this feature and the result is a versatile, textured finish that is ideal for plain colours.

Velvet • Velvet textures (sometimes called ‘velour’ or ‘plush’) all have a level surface pile of approx 5mm to 10mm height, which is then sheared to give a smooth finish. With very little twist in the yarn, the

BONDED Bonded carpets (sometimes called ‘fibre-bonded’ or ‘fusion bonded’) are created by firing fibres into an adhesive material – the fibres are not stitched into the backing in any way. The technique is principally used for commercial carpet tiles.

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Level Loop

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Flooring factsheet Carpet care guide from WOOLSAFE Housekeeping Tips for Carpets and Rugs Entrance or walk-off mats The use of entrance mats at all outside entrances to the house is highly recommended, as they will significantly reduce the rate at which the carpet will soil. They should be of adequate size to allow street dirt to be removed from shoe soles and must be cleaned regularly themselves.

Services for Retailers

Customer carpet care HELPLINE If you have trouble dealing with customer queries like “How do I get red wine stains out of my carpet?”

Just give them our HELPLINE 01943 850 817 and we’ll give them the correct advice.

Simple.

Certified Operator Network For experienced, specialist wool carpet cleaners you can trust visit: www.woolsafe.org/find/aregistered-carpet-cleaner.

WOOLSAFE Registered Inspectors Solve disputes with customers with our independent carpet complaint Investigators. Just visit: www.woolsafe.org/find/a-registered-carpetinspector and call your nearest inspector.

WOOLSAFE Approved Products Have confidence in the cleaning product you recommend, use the WOOLSAFE Approved Products Directory it contains only safe and effective carpet cleaning products. For spot removers visit: www.woolsafe.org/spotremovers

Carpet Care Leaflets We offer to help you develop custom carpet care literature and we also offer generic carpet care leaflets designed to be given away with each cut of carpet. Correct carpet maintenance should start from day one.

Web pages and Links We offer to help you develop custom carpet care pages for your website or you can link to our website’s carpet care pages for up-to-date and accurate advice.

Contact us by email, telephone or post to:

The WOOLSAFE Organisation 49 Boroughgate, Otley, LS29 8NR Tel: 01943 850817 E-mail: office@woolsafe.org or visit www.woolsafe.org

The WOOLSAFE Organisation – promoting quality carpet and rug care since 1991.

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Regular Maintenance

Regular cleaning will extend the life of a carpet and maintain its appearance. Vacuum clean regularly and thoroughly, which removes gritty dirt that can damage the fibres.

Deal with spillages as soon as possible, preferably the moment they occur.

Beware of products claiming to be safe on all fibres, including wool. It might be true, but if it does not have the WOOLSAFE Mark, it is not endorsed by most carpet manufacturers!

Never use any detergents such as dishwashing liquids, soaps or other cleaners recommended for general household use. Although they may clean the carpet satisfactorily they will almost certainly cause problems such as rapid re-soiling, colour bleeding or other damage to the pile or backing of the carpet.

Use only WOOLSAFE approved products

WOOLSAFE-approved carpet care products have been independently and scientifically tested and are safe and effective for cleaning and maintaining all types of carpets and rugs.

The Green WOOLSAFE Mark identifies those products that not only are the most suitable for wool and other quality carpets, but also have the right environmental characteristics.

Periodic Cleaning

When the carpet or rug reaches a stage where it could do with a really good clean, you can either do the job yourself, or you can call in a specialist carpet cleaning company.

If you are considering cleaning the carpet or rug yourself make sure to use only WOOLSAFE approved products. Look for the WOOLSAFE Mark on the bottle or package.

It is best to engage the services of a professional carpet & upholstery cleaning company. To get a really expert job done entrust the work to a WOOLSAFE accredited carpet cleaning company.

These companies are fully trained, have been in business for a considerable length of time, are members of one or more recognised professional trade associations related to the cleaning industry and have a reputation for top quality service. And they use only WOOLSAFE-approved cleaning agents on your wool carpets and rugs!

If you have a problem with a carpet or rug that requires an independent inspector, a network of carpet complaint investigators, trained and registered

by The WOOLSAFE Organisation is available throughout the UK and Ireland.

WOOLSAFE Registered Inspectors have extensive experience in investigating the causes for carpet complaints based on their practical involvement with carpets and rugs over many years.

They are fully qualified to investigate carpet and rug complaints on-site on behalf of carpet manufacturers, retailers, cleaning companies and carpet owners. They can carry out or commission tests where required, and will provide comprehensive reports.

To contact an inspector in your area call 01943 462127, email: inspector@woolsafe.org, or visit: www.woolsafe.org / Private Householder / Registered Inspectors

WOOLSAFE The Retailer's single source solution for carpet care advice and services.

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maintenance • cleaning • spot removal • protection • inspection

General Rules for Spot Removal

Treatments 1.

• Soak up liquids with white kitchen roll, tissues, toilet roll or clean cloth • Scoop up or scrape off solids

• Try to identify unknown spots prior to treatment – if unsure, use solvent first • Always work from the edge of the spot inwards • BLOT, do NOT rub

• Use small quantities of spot remover at a time, applied to a cloth, NOT directly to the spot; work into the spot with a small, soft brush or sponge

• Take care with applying solvents to bitumen-backed carpet tiles

• When using solvents always ensure there is plenty of fresh air ventilation • Always thoroughly rinse out water-based spotters with clean water

• Dry the spot, if possible, with a hair dryer

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Blot with white kitchen roll or paper tissues

Vacuum clean

Cold water

Warm water

WOOLSAFE-approved carpet shampoo solution (diluted) WOOLSAFE-approved spot remover for greasy/oily stains

Absorbent paper or paper tissue and hot iron

Chewing gum remover (solvent or freeze type)

10. Nail varnish remover or acetone

12. Surgical spirit (ethyl alcohol or ethanol)

13. Rub with a coin

14. Rub gently with coarse sand paper

15. WOOLSAFE-approved disinfectant or deodorizer

16. Rust remover

More Difficult Spots Artificially coloured drinks

Spot or stain Blood

Try 1st Try 2nd Try 3rd

Burn/scorch marks

5

6

Butter

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14

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Chewing gum

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7

3

Chocolate/cocoa

Cola

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7

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Cream

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Egg

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5

Floor wax

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6

Fruit juice

7

5

Gravy and sauces

3

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Herbal tea

5

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Metal polish

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6

Mustard

5

Oil and grease

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6

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5

Shoe polish

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5

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Paint (emulsion) Tea

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Spot or stain

Try 1st

Try 2nd Try 3rd

Bleach

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6

C/heating radiator fluid

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Coffee

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Felt-tip pen

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7 or 11 12

Furniture polish

7

Ink (fountain)

Ink (ballpoint pen)

3

Milk

7

Paint (oil)

10

Soot

16

Urine (fresh stain)

7

Vomit

Glue/adhesive (plastic base) 10

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Lipstick

12

Nail varnish

4

Rust

11

Tar (asphalt)

6

Life inspired cleaning innovations www.bissell.com

11. White spirit or turpentine substitute

17. Carpet re-colouring kit

Easy Spots

Home of the Legendary Cleaning Product - Carpet Power www.ozkleen.co.uk

WOOLSAFE-approved spot remover for water-based stains

(Treatments used by professional carpet cleaners)

Candle wax

WOOLSAFE Approved Carpet Cleaning Products www.prochem.co.uk

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The Clean Carpet you Expect... the Service you Deserve www.servicemasterclean.co.uk

Environmentally Aware for Superior Carpet Care www.envirodri.com

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Urine (old stain)

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Red wine

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These may require repeated attempts with stronger spot removers. Some stains you may find impossible to remove completely in which case the assistance of a professional carpet cleaner is required.

Vacuum Cleaners the Choice of Cleaning Professionals www.sebo.co.uk

British Wool makes a Better Carpet... Naturally www.britishwool.org.uk This information is provided with the support of WOOLSAFE members for the benefit of all carpet retailers and fitters.

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Flooring factsheet Buying Groups Why join?

www.smg-group.co.uk Contact: David Lewis Tel: 0118 932 3832 info@smg-group.co.uk

Associated Carpet Group www.smartercarpets.co.uk Contact: Richard Moore Tel: 01942 825520 rjmoore65@googlemail.com rmoore@smartercarpets.com

Buying groups have been a highly successful feature of the floor retailing scene in the last decade or so, giving independents the extra edge they need to compete effectively with the retail park chains.

More than 1000 retailers are now members of one of the several buying groups which operate in our sector and the numbers are slowly, but steadily growing.

While the benefits of bulk buying power are self-evident, the resistance to the buying group concept among nonmembers appears to be centred on fears of surrendering some control to a committee – and most particularly compromising long-established relationships and negotiated terms with current suppliers.

The bottom line is the bottom line. A retailer selling across a broad range of products is likely to improve margins within a buying group – but you don’t need a leap of faith to join up. Ask the buying groups for answers...

www.beautifulflooring.co.uk Contact: Paul Phillips Tel: 01892 549050 paul@atbrm.com

www.flooringone.co.uk Contact: Glenn Harding Tel: 0121 683 1426 glenn.harding@flooringone.co.uk

Pick the right one

How to decide whether to join a buying group – and which one…

• Evaluate all buying groups as they all work differently • Talk to the main marketing contact and/or a member of the committee

• Get a list of members and call up two or three for a ‘real-world’ view www.greendalecarpets.co.uk Contact: Rob Harding Tel: 01432 852000 Fax: 01432 852005 rharding@greendalecarpets.co.uk

Metro Group www.carpet1st.co.uk Contact: Jill Coward Tel: 01204 393539 jillcoward@carpet1st.co.uk

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• Establish your territorial exclusivity – where’s the next nearest member of each buying group

• Ensure you understand the financial arrangements, any

fees that would relate to your membership, how the bills are paid and whether your fees are refundable if it doesn’t work out. Ask the buying group for a consultation to estimate your potential savings

• Review all the extra benefits and services to see what you would actually use

• Check out the product ranges offered including the own-label options and the UK/European mix

• Ensure you understand any rules that may limit your flexibility to run your business the way you want

Key benefits

Increase margins • Group purchases to get beneficial rates • Rebates • Exclusive higher-margin products • Special promotions One of the key reasons to join a buying group is to benefit from the discounts they negotiate as a bulk buyer from manufacturers. The way discounts and rebates are passed on to members varies between groups so make sure it’s absolutely clear how this will be done. You’ll need to work out how this compares with discounts you have already negotiated locally with preferred suppliers.

Increase sales • ‘Best of both worlds’ proposition • Wider ranges and exclusive products • POS, displays and merchandising support Your customers will like the proposition that you are independent but with the buying power of a group – this gives them (and you) the ‘best of both worlds’ with personal service and competitive pricing. Most groups will also offer you ‘own label’ ranges and support with point-of-sale, merchandising and displays. Central stockholding may also be on offer.

Access professional services • Business services • Financial services • IT and internet support • Training and workshops • Professional bodies Some buying groups offer an excellent range of other services which may be valuable to your business. Financial services include invoice factoring, credit, loans and insurance. Some of the more sophisticated groups offering marketing packages, software systems to help you run your business operations and customised websites ready to use. Relationships with professional and training organisations can also offer discounts.

Network with other independents • Members-only exhibitions with preferred manufacturers • Regular meetings • Regional workshops • Supplier presentations • Helpline A lot of retailers enjoy the buying group environment of being independent but not alone out there on the High Street. Groups hold regular meetings and some have their own trade shows, regional meetings and workshops to help you develop your business. The network gives you someone to call when you need advice on, for example, an unusual installation, a technical consumer complaint, legal issue or business dilemma.

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Flooring factsheet Underlay In a tight market for margins, underlay for carpet and laminate flooring offers retailers one of the best opportunities to add value to every sale – with good profitability, trade-up potential once benefits are understood and high satisfaction levels with customers.

www.floorwise.co.uk

But 50% of carpet is still sold without new underlay!

Retailers should create an assumption that new underlay is always required, the only decision is which type. It’s also a good target-setter for sales staff.

Setting up in-store demonstrations so customers can walk on samples with different grades of underlay and feel the difference has shown excellent results – some manufacturers offer point-of-sale units.

Benefits

Good underlay will...

• Improve underfoot comfort • Increase appearance retention, reducing flattening • Absorb the pressure of foot traffic and reduce wear • Improve thermal insulation and warmth • Increase sound insulation • Smooth out sub-floor imperfections • Last the lifetime of the carpet

Poor or old underlay will...

• Feel hard and unwelcoming • Reduce carpet life • Cause wrinkling and premature wear spots • Cause carpet fibres to break down more quickly • Not meet British Standards

How thick?

A maximum of 12mm is recommended (working with gripper will be difficult thereafter) but rooms with heavy traffic will need a thinner, denser pad. The combination of thickness and density is all important as a thick underlay with low density may not perform well. Typically, the thicker the underlay, the better quality it will need to be – 11mm is often used for luxury installations with 9mm and 7mm the common domestic thickness.

Sponge rubber

Combination

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Crumb

PU foam

www.numa-online.co.uk

Types

Sponge rubber The market’s most popular underlay is available in flat or waffle patterns in a wide range of weights for different applications. It performs well for comfort and has a durable spring retention.

PU (polyurethane) foam PU foam is a relative newcomer to the market, typically made from recycled foam offcuts. The foam provides excellent comfort and performance levels with lots of thickness options and densities – and its light weight helps handling. The product can be re-cycled again after use.

Crumb rubber Flat and dense, crumb rubber is good for heavy footfall - offering maximum protection but a little less comfort (and very good over stair nosings).

Laminate underlay There’s still an opportunity to sell underlay with laminate flooring, improving the acoustic performance of the floor and helping the boards float above any imperfections in the sub-surface.

Combination A rubber crumb base with a felt top layer offers a good combination of protection, durability and comfort. It also allows carpet with seaming to bed into the top felt.

Underfloor heating underlay Always ask if there is underfloor heating. Most manufacturers offer specialised products. Underlay and carpet with a combined tog rating up to 2.5 can be used – which means the underlay would normally have a tog rating of 1.0.

Felt This traditional (but environmentally friendly) underlay is made from recycled fibres – wool, jute and synthetic – to create a firm, dense pad with excellent thermal insulation.

Still a very popular choice among contractors when stretch fitting woven carpets.

Pre-tackified underlay A self-adhesive single stick underlay in both needlefelt and PU. A removable system for heavy use when comfort is desired.

www.novostrat.com

www.carpenter.limited.uk

www.interfloor.com

www.interfloor.com

www.underlay.com

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Flooring factsheet Carpet trouble-shooter COLOUR MATCHING

Carpets are produced in batches - known as creels - and usually each batch produces between 500m2 - 3000m2 in a single width, depending on the creel size. Whilst the recipe used by the dyer remains constant, and is followed to the letter, in each separate production the colour reproduction will vary from batch to batch.

However production is matched back to the original or master sample to ensure that the colour remains ‘within a commercial tolerance’.

This process if not an exact science and a commercial tolerance is subjective but nevertheless is usually the professional judgement of the head dyer based on his/her experience.

A greater level of tolerance is required on blended colours (Heathers etc). To ensure perfect colour matching it is advisable that a single width be used in any installation requiring exact colour matching.

N.B. Carpets which are laid with the pile travelling in different directions, even though they be from the same batch will appear not to match.

For further information please check with the manufacturers recommendations.

SAMPLES

The samples held by individual retailers may not be from the same batch as current production and therefore should be used as a guide and not an exact colour match.

SHEDDING

The original carpet tile

All cut pile carpets will lose short fibre, which is created during production when spun yarn is cut for tuft formation. These fibres fall onto the surface of the pile and appear as ‘fluff’.

The effect varies with yarn type and may be removed without detrimental effect upon the carpet by vacuum cleaning.This excess fibre is only a small fraction of the total fibre contained in the carpet.

PULLED LOOPS

This information is given by responsible manufacturers to help you help your customer to make

Pulled loops occur only in looped pile carpet where one or more loops in the continuous pile is pulled through the primary backing of the carpet.

This is usually due to some local condition, possibly some sharp object which has caught in a loop in situ and has resulted in a pull. Pulled loops are easily dealt with by trimming the offending end level with the rest of the pile. They should not be left as this could result in further loops being pulled and developing into a ladder.

• shedding • pulled loops

SPROUTING

Occasionally an odd tuft or two can work its way to the surface and stand proud of the rest of the pile. This is probably due to one end of the tuft being longer than the other i.e. J shaped tuft instead of V shaped. Remedial action merely requires that the offending tufts be scissor trimmed level with the rest of the pile.They should never be pulled out.

SHADING

Shading occurs because the pile of the carpet has become crushed, flattened or brushed in a different direction to the natural lie of the pile whilst in situ.

This causes light reflection at differing angles resulting in the creation of light and dark patches on the carpet.This will occur on all pile fabrics but can be more noticeable on plainer carpets because the shadows created by pile pressure will not be disguised by a heavy pattern or design.

STATIC

Carpets do not produce static but like other household fabrics and objects have the capacity to store it. Static is caused by the build up of static electricity upon personnel in a dry environment and is discharged when a person makes contact with an object which can conduct electricity (i.e. door handle or filing cabinets, etc).

The static charges will vary in intensity depending upon the individual, air humidity and the contact materials. Static is more usually associated with synthetic materials as they do not retain moisture very well but it can and does occur with wool in very dry room conditions.

Preventative measures include the introduction of moisture into the room or in situ carpet treatment.

FADING ON WOOL

Carpets made from wool can and do fade in use.

The degree of fade can vary depending on the colour chosen and the local conditions to which the carpet is subjected.

Fading can be caused by exposure to ultra violet light which is found in daylight, but is accelerated when sunlight shines directly onto the carpet. This has the effect of lightening or “Bleaching” the colour just as exposure to sunlight will lighten human hair. Wool is after all animal hair.

Protection should be given to carpets exposed to such conditions just as you would protect other furniture or fabrics.

A complaint on fading would be considered justified if it failed to meet the required shade standard when tested to the British Standard BS1006 (1990).

an informed choice.

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• sprouting • shading • static • fading • pile reversal • shedding • flattening • soiling

PILE REVERSAL (SEE SHADING)

Like shading, this occurs when the pile or nap of the carpet changes direction and thus reflects light at different angles showing the effects of shading which can become permanent. It is also described as ‘watermarking’. This can happen to every carpet construction be it Axminster, Wilton, Tufted, Hand Woven, Persian, Chinese, Indian or even Coir Matting. Like shading it can be more apparent on plain carpet because heavy patterns can disguise the effects. It can occur quite quickly after installation.

A tremendous amount of research has been carried out over many years by many institutes to determine the cause of this phenomenon but none of it has proved conclusive. There is no commonly known manufacturing process which can cause or cure this phenomenon and therefore it is not a manufacturing fault. For further information please check with individual manufacturers recommendations.

INDENTATIONS

When a carpet is subjected to a heavy point load, such as under the legs of furniture, it is unreasonable to expect the carpet not to indent.

Usually, the longer the load is in place, the longer will be the time for the pile to recover. In the case of very heavy loads in place for a considerable time, the recovery time can be very considerable.

It must be remembered that it is not only the pile of the carpet that becomes indented. the underlay will also indent and the backing of the carpet may also distort into the indentation in the underlay.

Some underlay’s will recover well and some less well depending upon their composition, thickness, density etc.

The use of cups below furniture legs can spread the load and the net result is a larger area of less deeply indented carpet.

The ability of a carpet to recover from a heavy static load can be measured in the laboratory, using the test method described in BS 4939 and many manufacturers will have data on this aspect of carpet performance. In this test the carpet is loaded for 24 hours and the degree of recovery is measured after 1 hour and 24 hours. Since there are so many different underlay’s however, it is very rare for the recovery from a heavy static load to be evaluated on carpet and underlay.

Often normal maintenance (vacuum cleaning with a rotating brush machine) will speed up recovery but in the case of serious indentations the use of an iron and damp cloth or a steam iron together with a blunt darning needle to carefully tease up the pile can be beneficial. Care must be take not to over wet the carpet, of course.

FLATTENING

Flattening will occur as a result of traffic which eventually flattens the pile particularly in the main areas of use. All pile fabrics will flatten to greater or lesser degree dependant on the amount of traffic to which it is subjected and the construction (tuft density/pile fibre/height/weight) of the product concerned.

SOILING

Soiling is usually the result of some local condition to which the carpet has been subjected to, or maintenance, or lack of maintenance programme.

There is nothing we as manufacturers can do to prevent soiling in use. There are several types of soiling which are quite common:

Spillages - Liquids such as soft drinks, cordials or

any drink which contains sugar, particularly hot drinks, is likely to leave a stain. In such instances, professional help should be sought.

Shampoo - if incorrectly applied, can leave

sticky soap residues in the fibres which can result in the soiling reappearing quite rapidly.

Dust

- which is carried on draughts can soil carpets in various ways, apart from the obvious soiled edges, at gaping skirting boards for instance, dark lines appearing on surface might suggest airborne dust vacuum-drawn through poorly fitted floorboards. Sometimes the shape of floorboards can be seen quite clearly. Air borne dust sometimes shows itself as spots on the carpet, this is due to the air carried on a draught under the carpet escaping through minute holes both in the underlay and the carpet, leaving dust deposited on the pile much like a filter action. In such installations, the use of a lining paper is essential as a preventative measure.

It is the responsibility of the retailer to advise the consumer when the carpet is measured of any poorly fitting doors, skirtings, or floorboards and the consumers responsibility to ensure any remedial work to seal draughts, is carried out before the carpet is fitted, if a resulting complaint is to be avoided.

INSTALLATIONS

Telephone National Institute of Carpet Fitters (NICF) for further information – 0115 958 3077.

This information is given by responsible manufacturers to help you help your customer to make an informed choice.

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The Stocklists Carpet Company Directory Abingdon Flooring

Adam Carpets Ltd Be Tu Tw W Ww

Alternative Flooring Associated Weavers Tw Tu Avena Carpets Ltd Tu Ww

Axwoven Carpets Ltd Ax Be

Axminster Carpets Ltd Ax Be Tw Bajong Carpets NV Tu Tw W Balta Industries Tu Tw W Ww

01274 655694 01562 829966

01264 335111 01422 431100 01422 330261

0121 550 5788 01297 32244 +32 56783250 +32 56 62 2211

Beaulieu International Group Be Pr Tu Tw +32 56 67 66 11

Belvedere Carpets

Tu W sales@belvederecarpets.co.uk www.belvederecarpets.co.uk Betap Tufting BV Tu Tw W BIC Carpets Be Tw W

Bizspoke Custom Carpets Be Tw W

020 8800 0740

+31 383 861 060 +32 56 23 54 10 01924 488882

Blenheim Carpets Ax Be Tw W Ww

020 7823 3040

Bond Worth Ltd Ax

01562 745000

BMK

Brintons Ax Tu Tw W Ww

Edel Telenzo’s Bakerloo 12

0113 380 5333

0800 505055

Custom Carpet Company Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww

Brockway Carpets Ltd Tw W sales@brockway.co.uk

Bronte Carpets Ltd Be Tu Tw W office@brontecarpets.co.uk www.brontecarpets.co.uk Burmatex Tu

Cavalier Carpets Ltd Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww Christy Carpets Tu

Clarendon Carpets Tw Classis Carpets Tu W Ww

Condor Carpets BV Tu

Cormar Carpets Ltd Tu Tw W info@cormarcarpets.co.uk www.cormarcarpets.co.uk Couristan Carpets Ax Tu W Ww Craigie Carpets Be

Creative Carpets Ltd Be Tu Tw W Creatuft Carpets Tu W

Mohawk’s Cherbourg Check

01562 828200 www.brockway.co.uk

Dan-Floor UK W

Domo Floorcovering Pr Tu Tw

Drury Lane Carpets Ltd Be Tu Tw W

01282 862 736

01924 262525 01254 268000 019078 308777

E & WE Carpets W

01737 830301 0844 9151000 +32 55 335211 01254 296829 01562 825952

Edel Telenzo Carpets Ltd Tu Tw W sales@edeltelenzocarpets.co.uk www.edeltelenzocarpets.co.uk Enterprise Weaving Co Be Ww

01422 374 417

01562 745030

01675 433066 0870 020 1725 +31 38 4778911

01204 881 234

800 223 6186 01294 558400 0116 284 1455 +32 56 35 4444

Fells Carpets

Ww cummings@btinternet.com www.fellscarpets.co.uk

Fetcham Furnishings Ltd Tw Fletco Taepper A/S Tu W

Firth Carpets & Flooring Be Pr Tu Tw W Ww

Furlong Flooring

Tw W enquiries@furlongcentral.co.uk www.furlongflooring.co.uk

01977 662211

020 8944 6220 +45 96 60 3000 01484 721529

01772 696 787

Brockway’s Vogue

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01827 831525

Gaskell Mackay Carpets Ltd Ax Tu Tw W

01429 892525

Georgian Carpets Tu Tw W

01827 831430

Godfrey Hirst (GB) Ltd Tu

Halbmond Teppichwerke Be Pr Tu Heckmondwike FB

ITC Be Pr Tw Tu

0800 526696 +49 037 421 420

John Lanham Watts Carpets Ax Tw Ww

John Evans Ltd Ax Tu Tw W

Joseph Hamilton & Seaton W Kingsmead Carpets Tu Tw W

01924 410544

0032 51 424 411 01937 588511 07850 935301 01827 831400 01827 831 424

Lano NV

Ax Pr Tu Tw W Ww marketing@lano.be www.lano.com

+32 56 65 4300

Le Tissage d'Arcade Ax Ww

+32 05685 4747

Lecaflor Ltd Ax Be Pr Tu Tw W Ww

0800 78 33 712

Leigh Spinners Ltd Tw

01942 673232

Louis de Poortere W

+32 56 393 386

Lusotufo Tu

01388 664101

Manx Carpets Tw W

01827 831 434

Bronte’s Cream Shagpile

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Master Weaver W Ww

01562 754 382

Mayfield Carpets Tu Tw W

01706 639 866

MID NL Be

+31 38 851 8700

Modulyss Be Tu Tw Pr

Mohawk Europe

+32 52 457211

marinagooch@mohawkeurope.com www.mohawkinternational.com

Mr Tomkinson Tw Ww Ossfloor UK

Penthouse Carpets Tu Tw W Phoenox Textiles Pr Tu Pownall Carpets Tw W

Roger Vanden Berghe.NV Tu Ww Ryalux Carpets Ltd Be Tu Tw W

Sans Frontieres Ltd Be Pr Tu Tw W Ww

Shaw Home Foundations Tu Signature Carpets Be Tu W TAT Carpet

Tapibel NV Pr Tu Tw

01480 479830 01480 471304 01827 831 450

01675 433031 01706 341231 01484 863227 0845 6528811

+32 56 73 57 11 0845 652 8811 0844 5611977 01675 433 501 01422 845075

07976 607657 01623 481 221

Cormar’s Berwick

Tasibel NV Tw

The Grosvenor Wilton Co W Ww The Sultana Carpet Co Ax The Wilton Carpet Co Ax W Ww

Thomas Witter UK Ltd Tu Tw

+32 52 499600 01562 701456 01299 822300 0845 296 8850 0870 1128318

Timzo Tufting Industry BV Tu +31 38 385 4477 Tisca Tiara Tu Ww

Trendy Tuft Designs Be Tu Tw W Ulster Carpets Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww

United Carpets & Beds Tw W Ww Victoria Carpets Tu Tw W Ww

02838 334433 01709 732 666

08700 104484

Westex Carpets Tu

Weston Hammer W

Whitestone Weavers Ltd Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww

Woodward Grosvenor Ax Tu Tw W Ww Wool Classics Tu Ww

01274 855080

01562 749300

Vorwerk

Wilkies Carpets Tw

+41 71 791 0111

01274 861334 0845 644 9090 01429 892555 0113 307 9955 0800 526696 0207 349 1560

Woven Carpets of Kidderminster W 01299 827477

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Mercado Leeds 0113 3802900 sales@mercado.co.uk www.mercado.co.uk

Fells Carpets Goole 01977 662211

sales@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk

North East

Carpet & Flooring Gateshead 0191 482 7373 gateshead@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk Fells Carpets Goole

01977 662211

sales@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk Floorwise (North East) Ltd Birtley - see Floorwise p16

Vanguard Carpets Redditch 0845 601 1189 customerservices.redditch@ carpetandflooring.co.uk www.vanguardcarpets.co.uk Wood Floor Sales Redditch 01527 511888 help.redditch@ carpetandflooring.co.uk www.woodfloorsales.com

North West A&A Carpets Manchester 01204 701188 sales@aandacarpets.co.uk www.aandacarpets.co.uk

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D. M. Miller Ltd Manchester 0161 205 9949 dm.miller@btconnect.com www.dmmillerltd.spaces.lives.com Fells Carpets Goole

01977 662211

sales@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk

Green Tree Distribution Stone, Staffordshire 01785 818005 kevin@greentreedistribution.co.uk Lee Floorstok Ltd Liverpool - see Floorwise p16

Lee Floorstok Ltd Manchester - see Floorwise p16

MCA Floorwise Ltd Morecambe - see Floorwise p16 Mytton Flooring Norwich - see Floorwise p16

Millbrook Carpets Darwen 01254 703999 millbrookcarpets@live.co.uk Vanguard Carpets Redditch 0845 601 1189 customerservices.redditch@ carpetandflooring.co.uk www.vanguardcarpets.co.uk

Carpet & Flooring Manchester 0161 786 6800 manchester@ carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk Wood Floor Sales Redditch 01527 511888 help.redditch@ carpetandflooring.co.uk www.woodfloorsales.com

Midlands

East

DMS Flooring Supplies Northampton 0845 643 5601 dmsnorthampton@ dmsflooringsupplies.co.uk

Faithfull Floorcovering Suffolk 01473 822341 sales@faithfulls.co.uk www.faithfulls.co.uk

Carpet & Flooring Birmingham 0121 421 9131 birmingham@ carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk

Floorwise D & J Ltd Southam - see Floorwise p16

Green Tree Distribution Stone, Staffordshire 01785 818005 kevin@greentreedistribution.co.uk

J J Wholesale & Distribution Ltd Birmingham 0121 765 4994 jjwholesale@gmx.com

Mattys Wholesale Carpets Birmingham 0121 359 2001 sales@mattys.co.uk RPS Flooring Mansfield Woodhouse - see Floorwise p16

STS Flooring Distributors Watford 08454 342000 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.com see page 28 for details

Vanguard Carpets Redditch 0845 601 1189 customerservices.redditch@ carpetandflooring.co.uk www.vanguardcarpets.co.uk Wood Floor Sales Redditch 01527 511888 help.redditch@ carpetandflooring.co.uk www.woodfloorsales.com

Beds Flooring Bedford 01234 341234 sales@bedsflooring.co.uk www.bedsflooring.co.uk

STS Flooring Distributors Ltd Cambridge Tel: 01954 781142 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.com See page 28 for details Vanguard Carpets Redditch 0845 601 1189 customerservices.redditch@ carpetandflooring.co.uk www.vanguardcarpets.co.uk Wood Floor Sales Redditch 01527 511888 help.redditch@ carpetandflooring.co.uk www.woodfloorsales.com

South East

Acorn Carpet Accessories Bromley, Kent - see Floorwise p16

Ashmount Flooring Supplies Ltd Tottenham 0208 808 2158 sales@ashmountflooring.co.uk www.ashmountflooring.co.uk Beds Flooring Bedford 01234 341234 sales@bedsflooring.co.uk www.bedsflooring.co.uk

Woodall Brothers Ltd Shrewsbury - see Floorwise p16

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The Stocklists Wholesale Distribution Directory Carpet & Flooring Bow 020 8525 5691 bow@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk Carpet & Flooring Camberley 01276 672100 camberley@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk Clifford Floors Strood 01634 285900 sales@clifford.uk.com Culpeck Strood 01634 299000 sales@culpeck.uk.com Columbia Flooring Middlesex 020 8443 3322 sales@columbiaflooring.co.uk www.columbiaflooring.co.uk See page 20 for details

Kent Flooring Supplies Ltd Chatham 01634 668668 sales@kentflooring.co.uk www.kentflooring.co.uk Littner Hampton London 020 8520 8474 littnerhampton@aol.com www.littnerhamptoncarpets.co.uk Potts & Ward, Woodcocks Ltd Brighton 01273 557211 pwwflooring@fastnet.co.uk www.pwwflooring.co.uk Rackhams London 020 8531 9225 sales@rackhamsltd.co.uk www.rackhamsltd.co.uk See page 26 for details

Salesmark Lancing - see Floorwise p16

South West

Carpet & Flooring Bristol 0117 316 0555 bristol@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk Fitwell Flooring Ltd Redruth - see Floorwise p16

Fitwell Flooring Ltd Newton Abott - see Floorwise p16

Solent Wholesale Carpet West Sussex 01243 774623 sales@solentwholesale.co.uk www.solentwholesale.co.uk See page 27 for details

STS Flooring Distributors Thame (Oxford) 01844 213555 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.com see page 28 for details

Solent Wholesale Carpet West Sussex DMS Flooring Supplies 01243 774623 Hemel Hempstead sales@solentwholesale.co.uk 0845 643 5344 www.solentwholesale.co.uk dmshemel@dmsflooringsupplies.co.uk See page 27 for details DMS Flooring Supplies STS Flooring Distributors Milton Keynes Orpington/Croydon 0845 643 5320 0845 434 1000 dmslaser@dmsflooringsupplies.co.u sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.com Faithfulls Service Centre see page 28 for details Kent

Vanguard Carpets Redditch 0845 601 1189 customerservices.redditch@carpet andflooring.co.uk www.vanguardcarpets.co.uk

Faithfulls Service Centre Walthamstow 0208 498 3040 sales.walthamstow@faithfulls.co.uk

Carpet & Flooring Glasgow 0141 427 8456 glasgow@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk

01322 285001

Faithfull Floorcovering Suffolk 01473 822341 sales@faithfulls.co.uk www.faithfulls.co.uk

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Vanguard Carpets Redditch 0845 601 1189 customerservices.redditch@carpet andflooring.co.uk www.vanguardcarpets.co.uk Wessex Flooring Amesbury - see Floorwise p16

Wood Floor Sales Redditch 01527 511888 help.redditch@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.woodfloorsales.com

Wood Floor Sales Redditch 01527 511888 help.redditch@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.woodfloorsales.com

Scotland

Wales

Carpet & Flooring Bristol 0117 316 0555 bristol@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk Mattys Wholesale Carpets Birmingham 0121 359 2001 sales@mattys.co.uk Roma Flooring Neath - see Floorwise p16

Vanguard Carpets Redditch 0845 601 1189 customerservices.redditch@carpet andflooring.co.uk www.vanguardcarpets.co.uk Wood Floor Sales Redditch 01527 511888 help.redditch@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.woodfloorsales.com

Ireland

Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Dublin - see Floorwise p16 Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Belfast - see Floorwise p16 Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Limerick - see Floorwise p16

Headlam Scotland North Lanarkshire 01698 831 000 sales@headlamscotland.co.uk www.headlamscotland.co.uk

Neil Smith Ltd Glasgow - see Floorwise p16

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National Network of Floorwise Distributors Acorn Carpet Accessories 14 Bromley, Kent Tel: 020 8462 0422 Fax: 020 8462 0927

Fitwell Flooring Ltd 18 Redruth, Cornwall Tel: 01209 214344 Fax: 01209 211162

Fitwell Flooring Ltd 17 Newton Abbot, Devon Tel: 01626 835935 Fax: 01626 834334

Floorwise D & J Ltd 11 Southam, Warks Tel: 01926 814922 Fax: 01926 817899

Floorwise (North East) Ltd 3 Birtley, County Durham Tel: 0191 410 7070 Fax: 0191 410 6116

Lee Floorstok Ltd 6 Liverpool Tel: 0151 708 7420 Fax: 0151 708 7241 Lee Floorstok Ltd 5 Manchester Tel: 0161 231 8080 Fax: 0161 231 8787

MCA Floorwise Ltd 4 Morecambe, Lancashire Tel: 01524 33517 Fax: 01524 381852

Mytton Flooring 12 Norwich, Norfolk Tel: 01603 624387 Fax: 01603 612888 Neil Smith Ltd 1 Glasgow Tel: 0141 552 1141 Fax: 0141 552 0623

Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd 2 Belfast Tel: 028 9075 3202 Fax: 028 9075 3901

Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd 7 Dublin 10 Tel: 00353 (0)1 626 3913 Fax: 00353 (0)1 626 3960 LoCall: 1850 445 746 (ROI)

Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd 8 Limerick Tel: 00353 (0)61 227 100 Fax: 00353 (0)61 227 000 LoCall: 1850 445 745 (ROI) Roma Flooring 13 Neath, West Glamorgan Tel: 01639 633001 Fax: 01639 646116 RPS Flooring 9 Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire Tel: 01623 624198 Fax: 01623 620931

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Flooring factsheet Wool fibre THE BEST CARPET WOOL

Wool carpets have a historic reputation for quality because as a fibre it is known to withstand pressure and have excellent appearance retention properties. The best wool for carpet production is ‘strong’ wool and this is grown on sheep breeds found in Britain and New Zealand. Most carpets will contain both British Wool and New Zealand Wool because British Wool is more bulky and resilient and offers texture and unique heathery shades to carpet, whilst New Zealand wool is softer and whiter and particularly good for plain, lighter shaded ranges. Combining the two within a blend for carpet yarn gives manufacturers the perfect qualities for carpet.

100% wool or 80/20 – 80/10/10 wool rich Wool has yet to be matched by any man-made fibre; it has superior strength and does not need other fibres to improve its performance.

However manufacturers choose to use synthetic fibres within the yarn blend for a number of reasons. These include fibre flexibility, dyeing, heat setting, stain resistance, durability and cost. These wool rich compositions offer industry standard carpets which will perform well in the home.

THE BENEFITS OF WOOL CARPET

Practical Strong and Resilient – Wool carpet will provide superior performance over many years as it can offer unique resilience and long lasting durability.

The natural crimp of wool offers valuable ‘bounce-back’ so that pile compression is resisted and the effects of tracking and shading are reduced – maintaining good appearance over many years.

Easy care – Wool is a natural fibre that has an inbuilt resistance to soiling due to its natural oils and its outer surface of microscopic scales and as a result additional anti-soil treatments are not necessary. Simply vacuuming the carpet will keep it looking good and whilst wool initially repels spills, prompt and complete blotting with white paper towels or an absorbent cloth is advised and will address many household spillages.

SAFE

DURABLE

Comfort Soft and Warm – Wool carpet adds luxurious underfoot comfort and warmth to the home and acts as an insulator improving heat retention and energy efficiency.

Peace and Quiet – Wool carpet absorbs sound and cushions the home against echo and room to room noise transfer.

Safety Fire Retardant – Wool is naturally fire resistant, has a slow ignition rate and tests show that it is self extinguishing within seconds. It meets many safety regulations without additional treatments and is favoured in contract locations for this reason.

Fall Friendly – Carpet cushions and so provides a softer floor which protects against serious injury in falls by the very young or the elderly.

Internal Environment Indoor Environment – As a natural ‘smart’ fibre with a complex physical and chemical structure, wool helps to create a balanced atmosphere in the home. It breathes and absorbs humidity in the air, releasing it when the atmosphere becomes dry and helps improve air quality by absorbing airborne toxins in indoor air.

Anti–allergy – The minute scales on the fibre’s surface will hold fine dust until vacuumed which helps to reduce floating particulate in the atmosphere. Wool does not give off harmful emissions or promote the growth of bacteria and wool is not a food source for dust mites.

Eco/Environmental Natural and Sustainable – Grown on sheep, which graze freely, wool is both 100% natural and fully sustainable. As shearing is a necessary part of animal husbandry this means that every year there is a fresh supply of wool available for the carpet manufacturing industry.

Energy Efficient – Wool is energy efficient in the home and also in carpet production.

Biodegradable – Wool fibre is biodegradable in soil and will produce nitrogen, sulphur, carbon dioxide and water which are all plant nutrients.

Environmentally Assessed – Wool is an environmentally responsible fibre that has been measured in terms of its ecological impact. A Life Cycle Analysis study carried out by Leeds University to ISO 14040 standard for British Wool concludes that it compares favourably when measured against man-made fibres.

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Bankffiield Mill Greenffiield road, Colne, Lancashire. BB8 9PD

Celebrating 30 Years 1982 - 2012

Any Colour There is no need to compromise on the colour of your carpet. If the colour you require is not in our standard range, simply send Brontë the colour of your choice and we will specially dye yarn to your colour to produce carpet that will match any individual colour scheme. This service is available throughout all Brontë ranges.

Any Width Brontë Carpets custom make every individual order to suit the size of your room. In any width up to 12m (40 feet) with no unsightly seams. This also means you only pay for the quantity of carpet you require, avoiding costly waste on fiitting. Anything from stair runner to a room of 12m wide. No seams, no waste. This service is available on all Brontë ranges.

Tel: 01282 862736 Fax: 01282 868307 Email: office@brontecarpets.co.uk Web: brontecarpets.co.uk

Made to Plan For irregular shaped rooms such as an “L” shape or those featuring bay windows, fireplaces or alcoves, fitting a carpet normally involves costly waste and several seams which inevitably will prematurely wear and look unsightly. However, Brontë avoids these problems by making your carpet to size, with no seams, following the dimensions of the plan of your room.

Sales agentts James Hall. Area: Scotland Mobile: 07787 140136 E-mail: jameshall195@btinternet.com John Rostron. Area: North West / Cumbbria / North Wales Mobile: 07973 733208 E-mail: johntrostron@aol.com Mark Garbett. Area: South West / Avon / Wilts Mobile: 07840 664757 E-mail: mgarbett11@aol.com

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Niall Martin. Area: Central London / Essex / Beds / Berks / Bucks / Herts / Oxon

Mobile: 07866 735772 E-mail: niallmartin@msn.com Keith Leslie. Area: Northern & Southern Ireland Mobile: 07860 873838 E-mail: lesliekeith@hotmail.com Aldo Berettoni. Area: Yorkshire / North East / Humberside Mobile: 07971 173560 E-mail: aldo@berettoni.freeserve.co.uk

Mark Viner. Area: East Midlands / East Anglia / Notts Staffs / Lincs / Derbyshire / Cambs / Norfolk / Suffolk / Northants.

Mobile: 07860 733816 E-mail: mark.viner1@btinternet.com Steve Acton. Area: South East / South London Mobile: 07957 836207 E-mail: actonsta@sky.com James Thomas. Area: West Midlands (west of M1) & south Wales

Mobile: 07932 458032

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Midlands

CHRIS ALLCOCK M: 07872 964685 NOTTS, DERBYSHIRE & LINCS chris.allcock@furlongflooring.co.uk

MIKE SHUTT M: 07970 158594 BIRMINGHAM/ STAFFORDSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE mike.shutt@furlongflooring.co.uk

MARTYN REA M: 07968 324598 LEICESTER/WARWICKSHIRE martyn.rea@furlongflooring.co.uk

Wales & South West

BEN THOMAS M: 07794 048809 MID & WEST WALES bthomas@furlongflooring.com

JASON BRIMBLE M: 07794 041266 AVON & GLOUCESTERSHIRE jbrimble@furlongflooring.com

TIM BAILEY M: 07794 048414 S.E. WALES & HEREFORDSHIRE tbailey@furlongflooring.com

STEWART WAITHMAN M: 07794 048413 DEVON & CORNWALL swaithman@furlongflooring.com

Wood Floor Specialist

JOHN POWERS M: 07792 477312 SALES MANAGER: BEDS, BERKS, BUCKS, HAMPS, MIDDX, NORTHANTS, OXON, W&S LONDON, SURREY, DORSET johnpowers@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

RICHARD RICHMAN M: 07791 891044 AREA SALES MANAGER: NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, CAMBS, N&E LONDON, ESSEX, KENT, SUSSEX & HERTS richardrichman@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

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Scotland

COLIN RICHFORD M: 07970 163372 WEST SCOTLAND colin.richford@furlongflooring.co.uk

ALAN CAIRNIE M: 07976 311434 EAST SCOTLAND alan.cairnie@furlongflooring.co.uk

North West

ALAN CHEETHAM M: 07966 263571 GREATER MANCHESTER alan.cheetham@furlongflooring.co.uk

BOB CHRISTIE M: 07980 786264 MERSEYSIDE, WIRRAL & N. WALES bob.christie@furlongflooring.co.uk

CRAIG MELLING M: 07970 269730 CUMBRIA, CHESHIRE & FYLDE COAST craig.melling@furlongflooring.co.uk

South East

PAUL LOVELL M: 07816 217549 NORFOLK, SUFFOLK & CAMBS paullovell@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

IAN ROBERTSON M: 07816 217563 E & WEST SUSSEX ianrobertson@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

TONY CONWAY M: 07791 891025 BEDS, NORTHANTS, OXON & BUCKS tonyconway@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

PETER FLETCHER M: 07816 217561 HAMPSHIRE, DORSET & SURREY (OUTSIDE M25) peterfletcher@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

London

JOHN AKIEN M: 07791 891024 S.W LONDON, SURREY (INS. M25) johnakien@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

IAN COLLACOTT M: 07816 217550 MIDDLESEX, W. LONDON, BERKSHIRE iancollacott@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

Preston Sales tel: 01772 696787 fax: 01772 311921 Newport Sales tel: 01633 283959 fax: 01633 275454 London Sales tel: 01322 628707 fax: 01322 698733 enquiries@furlongflooring.co.uk THE STOCKLISTS January 2013

DARREN SPENDIFF M: 07791 890861 KENT darrenspendiff@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

RAYMOND SMITH M: 07816 217565 ESSEX raymondsmith@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

DAREN STEDMAN M: 07816 217548 N, N W & E LONDON, HERTFORDSHIRE darenstedman@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

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John Lanham Watts Carpets Ltd

Wool Loft House, Sandbeck Way, Wetherby. LS22 7DN Email: sales@jlwcarpets.com Web: www.jlwcarpets.com Tel: 01937 588511 Fax: 01937 588557

John Lanham Watts Current Ranges

Castle Howard Richmond Court Kirkham Abbey Bayton House Bedale Duchy Duncombe Park Raby Park Moortown Harrogate Velvet Wool Loft Velvet Wool Loft Weave Wool Loft Designer

4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 3.66m 3.66m 3.66m 4m 4m & 5m 4m & 5m 4m & 5m

10 Row Axminster 10 Row Axminster 9 Row Axminster 9 Row Axminster 8 Row Axminster 8 Row Axminster 9 Row Axminster 7 Row Axminster 8 Row Axminster Rolls Only Velvet 100+ Colours

Chunky Wool Loop Quality 80/20 Twist

Lakeland Tones Lakeland Charm Lakeland Heathers Naturally Herdwick Royal Coniston Royal Cumberland Royal Kendal

3.66m 3.66m 3.66m 3.66m 3.66m 3.66m 3.66m

8.5 Row Axminster 8.5 Row Axminster 8.5 Row Axminster 9 Row Axminster 7 Row Axminster 8 Row Axminster 9.5 Row Axminster

Goodacre Current Ranges

HAPPY NEW YEAR Please may we wish all our customers and friends in the trade all the best for the coming year. We hope we all have a good one.

Price Reductions You should have by now received your new JLW/Goodacre Price List.

Once again we have kept rises to a minimum and kept to our tradition of only one new price list a year. We have managed a tiny price reduction for Goodacre products as we switch to our own production facility. This is a small gesture at the moment but we hope to improve on this further as time goes by

Representation Yorkshire, Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Mr S Fletcher 07831 818989

Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and North Wales Mr A Powell 07540 112998 Cleveland, Durham, Tyne & Wear, Northumberland & Cumbria Mr R Conway 07967 721529

South Wales, Avon & Gloucestershire Mr P Thomas 07850 934849

Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire Mr A Owen 07971 362087

West Midlands, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Hereford & Worcester, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Powys Mr S Campbell 07921 439419

BESPOKE CARPETS

John Lanham Watts carpets would be happy to submit a price for any bespoke carpet project. We can provide a completely bespoke Axminster in terms of any design and any colour from as little as 100 sqm. We are also happy to price for any hand tufted requirement. We can help you with design work and can prepare Kibby trials for your consumer’s consideration.

We also have stock of Moortown Contract Rated Axminster (pictured above) for where timing and budgets are constrained.

Please contact us at sales@jlwcarpets.com

QUALITY AGENTS REQUIRED

Please note we are looking for quality Agents in the South East, Scotland and the Home Counties Please get in touch if you believe you can sell quality products & services.

Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire Mr J Hart 07889 264466

Contract Sales Mr Gary Kendall 07802 661944

Northern Ireland Mr Matt Mckillen 07732 263678

Republic of Ireland Mr A M Dunne 00 353 872593060

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Tel: +44 (0) 1562 754382 Fax: +44 (0) 1562 861 074 Sales: sales@masterweaver.co.uk Info: info@masterweaver.co.uk www.masterweaver.co.uk

Introducing the UK’s newest weaver, now open in Kidderminster with high levels of stock for rapid delivery.

Wilton Sandhurst

Modern carpets manufactured using traditional values

Sandhurst Range The Wilton Sandhurst range is woven with 24 beautiful and modern colours. This plain twist is a great choice for both domestic and commercial markets.

• Wilton Hardtwist Cut Pile • 80% New Wool, 20% Nylon, 1458 g/m2 • 4m • Extra Heavy Wear

Contrast Range A cut and loop range weighing in at 47oz comes in 6 modern and exclusive colours. Unique contrast pattern provides this Wilton range with a vibrant and strong presence.

• Wilton Cut & Loop Pile • 100% New Wool, 1594 g/m2 • 4m • Extra Heavy Wear/Heavy Commercial

Honeycomb Range This cut and loop range features in 6 natural and warm colours. Made out of 100% new wool, the bee hive type of texture our Honeycomb range adds additional warmth.

• Wilton Cut &Loop Pile • 100% New Wool, 1187 g/m2 • 4m • Heavy Wear/Medium Commercial

Chequers Range A loop range weighing in at 35 oz and comes in 6 colours with a unique chequers board like pattern.

100% new wool ensures high quality texture feel.

Wilton Contrast

• Wilton Loop Pile • 100% New Wool, 1187 g/m2 • 4m • Extra Heavy Wear

Marble Planet Range This range is made of 80% new wool and 20% nylon and is ideal for commercial and heavy domestic use. It features 8 strong and passionate colours.

• Axminster Cut Pile • 80% New Wool, 20% Nylon, 1255 g/m2 • 3.66m • Very HeavyWear/Medium Commercial

Seascape Surf Range Our Wilton Seascape Surf range features 6 colours and is made out of 100% New Wool, ideal for commercial as well as domestic markets.

• Wilton Cut Pile • 100% New Wool, 1246 g/m2 • 4m • Very HeavyWear/Medium Commercial

Baroque Cameo Range With the 10 strong commercial colours, the medallion pattern in combination with pindots makes this range ideal for ballrooms, function rooms and public areas.

Axminster Contrast

• Axminster Cut Pile • 80% New Wool, 20% Nylon, 1356 g/m2 • 3.66m • Extra Heavy Wear/Heavy Commercial

Baroque Pindot Range The traditional pindot pattern makes this range ideal for hotel rooms and receptions.Weighing in at 40oz our Baroque Pindot range, this Axminster range has 10 strong commercial colours.

• Axminster Cut Pile • 80% New Wool, 20% Nylon, 1356 g/m2 • 3.66m • Extra Heavy Wear/Heavy Commercial

Trellis Range The range features 8 soft and natural colours which makes it extremely pleasant and warm. Made in 80% New Wool and 20% Nylon for the commercial market.

• Axminster Cut Pile • 80% New Wool, 20% Nylon, 1255 g/m2 • 3.66m • Very HeavyWear/Medium Commercial

Tartan Range MasterWeaver AxminsterTartan range features 6 modern and vibrant colours, combining traditional Tartan design with modern and vibrant colours.

• Axminster Cut Pile • 80% New Wool, 20% Nylon, 1255 g/m2 • 3.66m • Very HeavyWear/Medium Commercial

Axminster Marble Planet

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As we enter 2013, and we look back at what has been, there is just one thing to say, HAPPY NEW YEAR and thanks for the business HURRAH!!!

GRAPHICS / CONTRACT GELS

TWISTS - STAIN RESIST

WILTON

Arena Endurance

Atmosphere Briar Twist Clyde 2013 Clyde Stripes Dublin Heather Dublin Twist 2011 Fairfield Supreme 4&5M Grandeur 40 Heathertwist Design Heathertwist Supreme 4&5m Moorland Twist Pembridge Twist Rhapsody Salt ‘n’ Pepa Stain-Tex Twist 4&5M Startwist / Startwist Supreme 4&5M

Parallel Lines

NATURAL EFFECT Ancona Cashmere 4&5M Country Treasure 4&5M Challenger Berber Gold Fields Hopscotch 2012 Houndstooth Tweed Ivory Coast 2012 Lavenham London Life 4&5M Promenade Rocca San Salvador 4&5M Shetland/Shetland Design 4&5M Silver State Sloane Square 4&5m

VINYL / SMOOTH FLOORING Casino Royale Champion Eclipse 2012 - Part I Eclipse 2012 - Part II Mojo 2012 Supergrip II Thunderball Valu Grip+

CARPET TILES

SAXONY / SHAG PILE Endeavour Half Century New Century Saxon King Somerset ‘Stay at Home’ Saxony Sweet Seduction Tennessee

TWISTS - WOOL

CORD, NEEDLEPUNCH & ENTRANCE MATTING Bedford Gel Bolero Explorer Hippo Mat Gala Grand Square Linea Magnum Mat Magnus Mat Rackcord 2012 Scorpio 2013 Supacord

Citation Twist Discovery 4&5M Eden Twist 40/50 4&5M Iconic Twist 40/50 4&5M Inspire Twist 30/40 Palace Twist 50/60 4&5M Paramount 30/40 4&5M Super Sixty 4&5M The Berber Twist Collection 40/50 4&5M Ultimate Textures 4&5M Ultimate Berber Twist 4&5M Ultimate Twist 40/50 4&5M Ultimate Luxury 4&5M

VELOUR / VELVET Designers Dream

Bedford Cord Capital Plus Heuga 727 Magnesium Neutron Positron Proton Quark

Call now to receive a copy of our latest special price guide!

We also stock Ball & Young Underlays, Accessories, Entrance Matting and offer a Special Order Service on products from virtually every flooring manufacturer in existence! 48 hour Delivery Service on all Balterio Laminate Ranges.

Your chance to join the Rackhams Team!!

We have a vacancy for an area manager for our active and successful North London area, the ‘home patch’! We need a vibrant, hardworking and organised sales person to manage this area and promote our products, our brand and our high service levels to an area north of the Thames within the M25.

Want more details? Move quickly and call Antony Stapleton on 07881-502505

Area Sales Executives TBA London N,W, NW & E Postals, Essex & Middx (Within M25) THE STOCKLISTS January 2013

James White London SW Postals, Surrey (West of A24), Beds, Berks, Bucks, Herts (West of A1) 07881-502508

Paul Henson Essex (Outside M25) Cambs, Suffolk, Herts (East of A1) 07837-295379

Phil Wheeler London SE Postals, Kent, Surrey (East of A24) & Sussex 07881-502507

Anthony Stapleton Sales Director 07881-502505 / 020-8498-2845

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Solent Wholesale Carpet Company Ltd CARPET, FLOORCOVERING & ACCESSORY WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS Telephone: 01243 774623 Fax: 01243 533636 E-mail: sales@solentwholesale.co.uk Website: www.solentwholesale.com Zola Park, Barnfield Drive, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6UX.

CHECK STOCK, PLACE ORDERS AND MANAGE YOUR ACCOUNT 24/7 ALL THROUGH OUR WEBSITE

Oxford, Berks, Bucks, Beds, Hants, Middlesex & Herts. . . . . Ian Cardrick, i.cardrick@solentwholesale.co.uk, Sussex E & W, Surrey, South London & Kent . . . . . . . . . . . . John Robson, j.robson@solentwholesale.co.uk, Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucs, & I.O.W. . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Ayling, a.ayling@solentwholesale.co.uk, Accessary Sales and IT Specialist (All Areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luke Crooks, luke@solentwholesale.co.uk, VICTORIA Castillion Celtic Heathers Crown Twist EasiCare - Full Collection Gaelic Heathers Imperial Velvet Natural Companions (Sisal, Chenille, Ridge) Options 288 Regal Twist Rustic Jewels Tudor Twist Coll LANO Bolero Campus X-treme Chiselhurst Fortuna Grandeur Heather Twist Design Heather Twist Supreme Pembridge Twist Sentinel Startwist Coll BALTA Casablanca Desert Twist Deluxe Fiesta Fusion High Flyers Highland Tweed Gala Cord-all options in stock Gala Edition Marrakesh Moorland Twist Nobility Rosemount Saxon King Shetland Shepherd Twist Stainsafe Favourite Super Wiltax Techno Tilehurst Twisty LUSOTUFO Celtic Horizon Mandaly Pavillion Velvet Safi Sintra Boucle Tangier Titan & Tital Diagonal Twist Berber Unique Valencia

CORMAR Apollo Berwick 40/50 Home Counties 42/50 Living Naturals Malabar Oaklands 32 Oaklands 42 Oaklands 50 Primo Choice Primo Plus Sensation BROCKWAY Amore Stripe Collection Avanti Cavendish Cresta 40/Cresta 50 Orion/Orion Major Portland Radnor 30/Radnor 40 DOMO Absolute Luxury Briar Twist Cabaret Festival Twist Heather Twist Playground Portofino Prima Saffron Saxony Scorpio IVC Classic Limestone Comfylux Extra Expressions Fantasy Fusion Master Grip Planet Precious Metals Presto Tile Styles Ultimate Oak Ultimate Minerals Victoria ITC Belgravia Concerto Consul Heritage Collection Palace TAPIBEL Cachet Melody Reeds Sysoltex Homested/Aran/Crofter Toscana

mobile: 07973 406329 mobile: 07973 898453 mobile: 07973 406799 mobile: 07966 664379

BEAULIEU carpets Adventure Twist Athena Dublin Dublin Heathers Explorer Endurance Fashion/Gallery Grass Collection Heavy Tread Mars Motor Car Pronto Selections Sweet Homes Yucatan vinyls Celtic Stone - New Colours Chess Comfort Grip Grandioso Jazz Magnum Sherwood Oak Studio Sonata Urban laminates Essentials (previously Casa) Cottage MOHAWK CARPETS Century Collection - Century - Half Century Presidential Collection - Independence - Liberty - Freedom (4&5M) - Splendor MISCELLANEOUS BIG VINYLS - FLEXIFLOOR Orotex - Ceylon Orotex - Matrix CAVALIER Celebrations Country Collection Hamlet Parish and Village C&H Homestyle LVT - planks and tiles LEIGH SPINNERS Atlas Velour THOMAS WITTER Innovations 50oz & 60oz PARAGON Toccarre Carpet Tiles

We carry other products not listed above, and can also provide a swift special order service on non stock lines.

Our reps and sales office would be pleased to answer all enquiries. Our last Price List is dated January/February 2013.

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NEXT DAY DELIVERY

WWW.STSFLOORING.CO.UK

NEW PRICE GUIDE JAN 2013

08454 341000 • ORPINGTON • CROYDON • WATFORD • CAMBRIDGE • OXFORD (THAME) • 08454 342000

Did You Know?

STS Flooring Distributors Ltd stock a large range

STS Goldline Stock Carpets Abbey Twist 30/40 Aston Twist Bernwood Design Bernwood Twist Bernwood Supreme Bernwood Heather Supreme Blenheim Twist 40 Blenheim Twist 50 Cherwell Cord Chislehurst Classic Berber Twist Fairfield Creation Fairfield Supreme Gladiator Supreme Harrier Felt Harrier Supreme Gel Heathdale Multicare Classic New Valley Twist Orinoco II Ravensbury Twist 32/40/50 Scala Serenity Supersava Elite Supersava Heathers Supersava Stripe Edel Telenzo Hercules Lawrence Lima Puma Balta Stock Carpets Gala Cord New Shepherd Twist THE STOCKLISTS January 2013

Lano Stock Carpets Bolero Chislehurst Fairfield Creation Fairfield Supreme Heather Twist Design Heather Twist Supreme Pembridge Twist Sapphire Scala Scala Solutions Startwist Startwist Supreme Cormar Stock Carpets Apollo Berwick 40/50 Forest Hills Living Naturals Malabar Textures Natural Berber Twist Oaklands 32/42/50 Primo Choice Primo Delight Primo Plus Primo Tweeds Primo Ultra Sensation Town & Country Beauleu International Dublin Elite Dublin Heathers Ranger

Fibre Bonded Ecocord Supacord Carpet Stock Tiles Ascot Beckenham Cheltenham Collection Clipper II Croydon Croydon Impact Heuga 727 (Interface) Keston Lafitte (Gradus) Latour (Gradus) Saturn Series Collection (Interface) Stock Underlays Blue Heaven Cirrus Cloud Nine Contract Cloud Nine Super Contract Cosi 8mm & 10mm Cumulus Durafit 500 Durafit 650 Xpress 8mm+10mm Goldtred Collection Heatflow Collection Nimbus Willow Green Roma Silver Lining Tredaire Elite Treadmore

REGIONAL MANAGER NORTHERN Rachel Sherwood 07801 762724

REGIONAL MANAGER SOUTHERN Dana Baldock 07801 762725

AREA MANAGERS NORTHERN Dave Lowman 07500 847758 North/East London, Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middlesex, Northants, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire Phaedra Duncan 07738 329714 Berkshire, Oxfordshire Steve Osman 07919 128401 Essex, Cambs, Suffolk, Norfolk

AREA MANAGERS SOUTHERN Mirka Mihulcova 07500 847566 South/West London, W Sussex, Berks, Hants, Surrey Vicky Langley 07962 646847 Surrey, W Sussex, Hants, South/West London Paul Jeffery 07717 218024 South/East London, Kent, E Sussex 29

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Tel: 01422 374417 or 01422 371226 Fax: 01422 377452 Email: sales@edeltelenzocarpets.co.uk www.edeltelenzocarpets.co.uk Unit B7 Warhurst Road, Lowfields Business Park, Elland, W. Yorkshire HX5 9DF

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Our New Year’s resolution for 2012 was to stay focused, keep positive and continue to do our best to deliver good customer service and saleable products.

We think this strategy has worked well for us and for you – so, that’s right – it’s going to be our resolution yet again for this year. And on that note we send our very best wishes for a happy and hopefully prosperous 2013 to all our customers and colleagues.

COMING SOON We can now confirm that our exciting new Hammersmith quality is in production and samples are being prepared ready for distribution starting this month.

Look out too for our new price list, being updated to include all the new ranges. We’re pleased to say that’s all that’s changing – there are no price increases at the moment!

Also now confirmed as going into production are two new colourways each for our exciting Tube Collection qualities - Bakerloo, Piccadilly, Mainline and Centrepoint. In subtle shades of greys and blues, we think they are striking and sophisticated and will have real appeal.

See you in Hannover

Mayfair

If you’re coming to Domotex in Hannover, don’t forget to come and see us in Hall 5 – stand C18. Apart from being able to get a preview of the smart new sample cards for Hammersmith, we’ll be unveiling another exciting new 100% 3 ply wool collection – Mayfair. It’s a versatile non-directional high-low loop pile in eight earthy shades of greys and taupes.

This is our new address!

We got lots of Christmas post at our old address so can we remind you all again to amend your records and ensure all of them list our new details, as follows Unit B7, Warhurst Road, Lowfields Business Park, Elland, West Yorkshire HX5 9DF

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OUR SALES TEAM Greater London as far as N. Circular on north side of Thames and as far as M25 on south side, Surrey, Middlesex, Sussex, Kent John A Constable T: 01622 685397 M: 07836 734322 E: john@jcagencies.co.uk Yorkshire & North Lincs John Alsop T: 01904 762471 M: 07860 572220 E: alsopagencies@yahoo.co.uk Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset Brendan Hart M: 07850 130221 E: a.b.hart@btinternet.com Lincs, Leics, Northants, Notts, Derbyshire Jim Osborne M: 07738 642934 E: jim.osborne@sky.com Hampshire, Berkshire, Bucks, Oxfordshire Niall Martin M: 07866 735772 E: niallmartin@msn.com South Wales, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire Andrew Jefferies M: 07831 457102 E: adj.agencies@btinternet.com Lancashire, Cumbria & Isle of Man John Rostron M: 07973 733208 E: johnrostron@aol.com East Anglia, Bedfordshire, Cambs, Essex, Herts, Norfolk, Suffolk Jonathan Hart T: 01621 817992 M: 07889 264466 E: jonathanhart66@hotmail.co.uk West Midlands Paul Brewer T: 0121 4277117 M: 07798 745181 E: paulbrewer1@hotmail.co.uk Greater Manchester, Cheshire, North Wales Philip Hambleton T: 01925 740050 M: 07966 397676 E: carpetphil@aol.com North East Rebecca Gibbons M: 07970 491215 E: rebann2@btinternet.com Scotland Tim Tindal T: 01436 671421 M: 07836 705620 E: ttcarpetagencies@aol.com Channel Islands, Isle of Wight John Eastlake T: 01323 896141 M: 07885 398858 E: john_eastlake@hotmail.co.uk Northern Ireland Gary O’Boyle M: 07831 220675 E: goboyle@ntlworld.com

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Weston Hammer UK 16/17 Byford Court Hadleigh IP7 6RD Tel: +44 (0)845 644 9090 Fax:+44 (0)845 644 9191 info@westonhammer.com www.weston-carpets.co.uk

New stands We are pleased to announce the arrival of two new in-store display stands that hold all of our collections.

If you are interested in having one of these units, please contact your local sales agent or our sales office.

Jacs Designer tonal loop pile in 100% Wool available in 4m and 5m widths.

Natural Lines Super luxurious 100% Wool loop pile available in 4m and 5m widths.

Tunis A heavy domestic berber loop pile in 100% Wool available in 4m and 5m widths.

Queen Tweed A fine heavy domestic berber loop pile in 100% Wool available in 4m and 5m widths.

Denver A stylish heavy domestic tonal loop pile in 100% Wool, available in 4m and 5m widths.

Oklahoma A heavy domestic berber loop pile in 100% Wool available in 4m and 5m widths.

Supreme Stripe A heavy domestic tonal stripe in 100% Wool loop pile.

Supreme Boucle Our best selling level loop 100% Wool product available in 12 up to the minute colours in both 4m and 5m widths.

Imperial Boucle A heavy domestic loop pile in 100% Wool available in 4m and 5m widths.

Las Vegas A chunky luxurious loop pile in 100% Wool available in 4m and 5m widths.

Sisal Boucle and Sisal Berber Natural fibre textured loop pile ranges in two styles.

The Stone Fibre Collection Our unique flat woven quality in many fashion styles and colours available in 4m and 5m widths.

Orlando A chunky loop quality with a thick latex backing for a luxurious feel.

Bespoke Design carpet from Hammer Carpets You may not have heard of them but Hammer Carpets in Denmark are the worlds largest manufacturer of Colortec bespoke design carpets in the world.

Colortec is a state of the art tufting machine that uses computer controlled technology to manufacture any design in a maximum of 8 colours.

This tried and tested manufacturing method is up to 10 times faster than Axminster and exactly replicates the appearance, unlike a printed design carpet.

If you would like more details of this type of carpet and to find out how competitive and easy to use it can be then please call your Sales Agent or our Sales office who will be happy to help.

OUR UK SALES TEAM Mr Ron Fewery Tel: 07976 244892 London, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire.

Mr Steve Acton Tel: 07957 836207 Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, Dorset.

Mr Gary Foster Tel: 07515 283872 East Anglia, Northamptonshire.

Mr Martin Lees Tel: 07522 740954 North Wales, Cumbria, Manchester, Liverpool.

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Mr Derek Boyd Tel: 07940 320708 Scotland.

Mr Lee Palmer Tel: 07774 101640 Channel Islands.

Mr Jonathan Gorman Tel: 07815 121660 Northern Ireland.

Mr Mark Garbett Tel: 07840 664757 Bristol & the West Country.

Mr Steve Fletcher Tel: 07831 818989 Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Tyneside.

Mr Keith Stevens Tel: 07710 160166 Midlands & South Wales.

Please visit our website at www.weston-carpets.co.uk for online cutting requests and more information on our products, or telephone 0845 644 9090 (local rate) to speak to one of our telephone sales team

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Regional Wholesalers’ Directory Your local service guide - see pages 14-16

Wholesalers: To list your wholesale business for a nominal monthly charge, telephone 01482 659396 or email diane@mayvillepublishing.co.uk and we’ll send you all the details.

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FlooringNews Cutting edge oak The design-led Studio range of engineered cork flooring from Granorte is proving that eco-friendly style can be exciting and eye-catching with a whole variety of contemporary surface decors that deliver maximum impact.

Available in a range of plank sizes to deliver a truly individual look, homeowners can choose from traditional planks, narrow panels and square tiles that can be used and fitted together. This mix of options ensures that there is something to suit every home and allows retailers to offer individual looks. With an array of 22 designs, including the stripy-look Expression and the pixelated-effect Mesh Grey, the Studio collection will certainly capture the imagination of shoppers and help to create modern, unique interiors.

As Paulo Rocha, product manager, Granorte, explains, “The Studio collection has been designed to allow retailers to offer directional floorcoverings that are an instant talking point both in-store and at home. The range will appeal to homeowners who appreciate contemporary style, as well as those who want to move away from the usual wood or laminate flooring options and choose something more sustainable. The cork content of all Studio floors is created from recycled cork waste from the wine stopper manufacturing industry, and each design contains 33% pre-consumer recycled content. This range is therefore a brilliant way for retailers to tap into the growing trend for environmentally-friendly interior materials.”

Not only offering on-trend good looks, the Studio collection is high-performing too, with a moisture resistant high-density fibreboard layer sandwiched between a natural cork surface and an integrated cork underlay. Treated with a PUR HotCoating for enhanced durability and impact resistance, Studio floors are ideal for hectic areas and can withstand the demands of busy family life.

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Stylish and stainfree Brand new to the UK market, Stainsafe Shepherd Twist carpet from Balta Broadloom is set to provide retailers with the winning combination of superb value and quality performance characteristics that will have widespread consumer appeal.

Created to provide a stylish flooring solution for busy homes, Stainsafe Shepherd Twist mixes an indulgent underfoot feeling with all the practical benefits that modern households demand.

Suitable for heavy domestic use and able to withstand heavy footfall, this carpet is particularly suited to high-impact areas such as hallways and living rooms. Crafted from 100% Stainsafe polypropylene, it is bleach cleanable and can tolerate rigorous cleaning to provide complete peace of mind against even the trickiest of spills.

Available in a range of 12 on-trend colourways, including the beautiful tones of Ivory Cream, the evocative Grey Ghost and the eye-catching Pale Jade, Stainsafe Shepherd Twist has been designed to provide retailers with a carpet that will suit all interiors. Available in a choice of 4 or 5 metre widths to accommodate larger and smaller rooms, the carpet has an appealing texture that is created by its tufted 1/8” cutpile and also offers the added benefit of 25dB of sound insulation.

Stainsafe Shepherd Twist is one of 18 designs available on the ‘Balta’s Best’ toast rack POS stand, which enables retailers to group together 12 bestselling Balta carpet styles in a display that takes up just 1m2 of precious shop floor space.

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Performance Kahrs T&R Floor Covering Distributors has introduced Kährs Da Capo Collection to its range of wood floors. Crafted from sustainable rustic oak, the collection includes six rugged one-strip floors. Each design is brushed, handscraped, bevelled and smoked to achieve a distinct vintage look, whilst different shades of oil prefinish provide a wide choice of natural tones.

With features including cracks, knots, gnarls and pegs, Kährs Da Capo range combines a robust, antique look with the practical benefits of a modern construction. All boards measure 1900mm x 190mm x 15mm and feature an eco-friendly multi-layered construction.

All Kährs Da Capo floors are offered with a 30-year guarantee. They can be laid on most dry, level surfaces including concrete, wood and particle board, and are ideal for installation over under-floor heating.

Other new products to join T&R’s range for autumn/winter will include Kährs Shine Collection – a stunning range of eight one-strip wood floors, with a high gloss, reflective lacquer sheen.

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Quick clic from Moduleo Click from Moduleo is a uniquely flexible flooring solution which has proven to be extremely popular since its launch in May this year.

Licence to clic Unilin and Välinge have announced that they will cooperate on the holographic L2C label programme, which was introduced at Domotex Shanghai of 2012 and already implemented by several manufacturers. The L2C label programme, which stands for “license to clic”, was introduced to support the interest of licensed companies and the companies doing business in products manufactured by these companies.

Unilin and Välinge received many complaints from licensed manufacturers, importers and distributors that certain manufacturers of licensed products did not comply with the contractual obligations of its license contracts. These non-complying manufacturers seriously damaged the competitiveness of the manufacturers of the companies that were honoring their contractual commitments.

In order to stop this unfair competition and prevent patent infringements, it was decided to introduce this numerically controlled identification label program, by which certain manufacturers of licensed products are asked to attach a unique numbered holographic label to its boxes of licensed products.

The license agreements with those manufacturers has been amended in such a way that products without labels will be considered as unlicensed products. Importers and distributors doing business in those unlabeled products can then also be found to infringe the specific patent rights of Unilin and/or Välinge.

Unilin and Välinge will cooperate with custom organizations world-wide and with market research companies to block these unlabeled alleged infringing products and to claim damages from the companies doing business in them.

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Manufactured with patented push down technology, each piece of Click flooring simply locks directly into place, giving the same stunning aesthetic qualities as a traditional installation but without the need for adhesive.

David Bigland, MD of Moduleo UK and Eire comments: “Whilst traditionally LVT flooring required significant preparation of the floor’s surface, Click flooring offers a much more flexible and simple alternative. This solution ideal for those with a busy lifestyle as it does not require any adhesive and can be fitted quickly and easily.”

Click from Moduleo is scuff-proof, waterproof and absorbs sound and can therefore even be used in bathrooms and kitchens. Available in a variety of natural finishes including stone and wood, Click from Moduleo is easy clean and can be used with under-floor heating.

David continues: “We have received some fantastic feedback from customers since launching Click earlier this year and it has proved to be one of our most popular products for 2012.”

Moduleo produces a diverse range of vinyl floor tiles in a large selection of colours and finishes. The unique wear layer and enhanced Protectonite PU coating on all Moduleo products makes them the ideal solution for both home and office use.

By investing in innovative manufacturing techniques, Moduleo is proud to be at the forefront of this industry whilst also offering an environmentally-friendly option for consumers.

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TacFast getaway The innovative TacFast system is the ideal solution for quick-turnaround refurbishment projects that need a high quality and speedy floor installation system that delivers brilliant results every time.

Consisting of a LocPlate interlocking disc and plate structure, the TacFast system is placed above the subfloor surface, with a hook and loop fastener that rapidly attaches the floorcovering. Crucially, this system can be used directly over any existing flooring, making it the ideal choice for refurbishment projects that are pushed for time and money.

As Jonathan Stone, CCO, TacFast Systems International explains, “Costs of refurbishment projects can easily run out of control, especially if you do not factor in the time it takes to remove any old flooring. In fact, you can easily spend as much on lifting the old product and preparing the subfloor as you can on the new flooring. But this is where TacFast steps in, as the system eradicates the need for all this inconvenience and mess. TacFast allows the new flooring to be fitted over the existing surface, as long as it is roughly firm and flat, and provides a high quality finish.”

The TacFast system requires no adhesives, so there are no lengthy drying times or unpleasant fumes to contend with, and it will level out any slight discrepancies in the existing floor surface. It also acts as a DPM to stop any moisture migration and can be used to lay almost all types of flooring, including ceramics, natural stone, LVT, wood and laminate.

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RAG’s roaring fortieth In 2013 F. Ball and Co. Ltd will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Recommended Adhesives Guide (RAG), the industry’s most trusted guide to adhesives and floorcovering compatibility. Launched in 1973, the RAG features over 5,500 adhesive recommendations, all endorsed by their respective manufacturers, for floorcoverings from over 200 leading worldwide manufacturers.

Based on customer feedback and stringent testing, the F. Ball RAG has evolved through numerous formats over the past 40 years. The RAG is now available in a handy A5 printed edition, an interactive format on the F. Ball website and a free ‘iRAG’ app for smartphones and tablets that is downloadable from the iTunes store, Android Market and Windows Marketplace.

Every year over 12,000 copies are requested of the annually updated, print version of the RAG.

Commenting on the anniversary, F. Ball’s Marketing Manager, Richard Harris, explains: “The RAG has come a long way since it was first published in 1973. By keeping pace with modern working practices we’ve developed an invaluable tool for floorcovering manufacturers, contractors and specifiers. The RAG’s continued success is a testament to the ongoing importance of providing reliable information about adhesive compatibility to today’s contractors.”

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Raising their profile The German company Küberit Profile Systems ended the business year with an increased turnover - the increase of floor profiles made of aluminium, brass and stainless steel was 9% higher than the year before and is a new record in the history of the company.

Based on these positive figures, Küberit starts the current year with optimism and a wide new range of products in high quality coated flooring profiles and angle stair nosing profiles.

The focus is on the advantages of a new technique of digital printing which gives highly accurate decors, fascinating colours and the ability to customise designs to meet individual specifications.

Küberit managing director Frank Sondermann invested in 2011 in this new digital printing technology and installed the machine in a second plant in Drolshagen. This allows the scanning of every flooring decor up to a size of 1.800 x 1.100 mm and printing it in a brilliant resolution to meet customers’ demands in the requested quantities. The individual decors will be delivered up to a minimum order quantity of only 100 metres per décor after approval by the customer.

The printing machine has a capacity of 2.900 meters per hour and the capacity of coating is about 4 million metres per year. The overlays which are used can be classified as AC 3 and fulfil the same abrasion resilience as other Küberit flooring profiles.

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York launch for waste scheme DC Waste Management has launched an innovative collection scheme for carpet fitting wastes from local carpet and flooring retailers in the Yorkshire area.

Set up in conjunction with Carpet Recycling UK, the industry-backed association for recycling and reusing waste carpet, this new recycling scheme supplies bulk bags in which retailers can store their carpet fitting wastes.

It is estimated that some 15,000 tonnes of clean, identifiable carpet waste are going to landfill in the UK every year, representing a sizeable waste of resources.

Dewsbury-based DC Waste collects the full bags for further processing and replaces these with empty ones. Waste carpet off-cuts are sent to local recyclers, such as Pennine Blending in Huddersfield, where they are made into new products. Pennine can process these offcuts to extract fibres for reuse, rather than them being lost for ever in landfill. The one-tonne bulk bags are labelled as ‘wool-rich carpet offcuts only’ and ‘synthetic carpet offcuts only’. This helps fitters to place their fitting wastes into the correct bags, helping to segregate material types before processing.

Additionally, the firm has developed software to track the weight and types of carpet being recycled by each retailer, allowing it to provide retailers with accurate reports on their progress with recycling their carpet fitting wastes.

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Record recycling More than 6,000 tonnes of carpet waste was diverted from landfill in 2012 by UK-based manufacturing members of Carpet Recycling UK – representing a diversion rate of 99%.

These manufacturers prevented 6,049 tonnes of waste carpet offcuts from the production process – a record-breaking figure. Of the 6,049 tonnes, recycling accounted for 5,241 tonnes and energy recovery was 808 tonnes. The high calorific value embedded in carpets makes offcuts ideal for energy generation.

“This is a fantastic achievement and testament to the supreme efforts made by our UK-based manufacturers in diverting materials from UK landfill sites, with the obvious benefits in resource recovery and reduced environmental impact,” commented Laurance Bird, Director of CRUK. “This illustrates that new outlets and innovative end uses for recycled carpet waste are developing all the time. There is a lot of entrepreneurial spirit willing to turn waste carpet into a new raw material resource,” he added.

CRUK is managed by resource recovery specialist Axion Consulting and was set up by industry leaders to develop viable solutions to the 400,000 tonnes of carpet waste landfilled in the UK each year.

Landfill diversion has grown to 16.5% in 2011, but CRUK aims to hit a recycling target of 25% by 2015.

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www.carpetrecyclinguk.com.

Back to the floor future Leading flooring manufacturer Forbo Flooring Systems has launched ‘Back to the Floor’ – a new collection and recycling scheme for installation off-cuts of Forbo flooring products that will help participants save money and safeguard the environment.

Managed by resource recovery expert Axion Consulting, this innovative scheme collects and reprocesses smooth vinyl, cushioned vinyl, Marmoleum and Flotex installation off-cuts for recycling back into new Forbo products.

Back to the Floor will play a key part in Forbo’s drive to reduce its environmental impact by 25% by the end of 2015 through applying its 4R’s – Reduce, Renewable, Reuse and Recycle.

Flooring contractors, installers and distributors are being invited to call Axion on 0161 355 7618 to register an interest in the scheme, which offers significant cost savings versus sending the waste flooring material to landfill and complies with Site Waste Management legislation.

Registered Back to the Floor participants will be provided with colourcoded polythene bags and bulk bags which can be collected from site, or dropped off at participating distributors, when filled with the specified materials.

With landfill costs averaging £93 per tonne, according to WRAP’s annual gate fees report 2012, it is estimated that potential substantial cost savings can be made by using the scheme as opposed to landfill.

All participants receive a certificate of commitment, demonstrating their environmental credentials that can also help them win new business.

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Enrolling on a roll The Quick-Step Academy is celebrating after a hugely successful opening year that has seen the team accredit almost 100 Master Installers and put over 150 professional flooring fitters through their paces. With significant levels of investment over the past few months and with even more planned for 2013, there has never been a better time for fitters to enrol on one of the academy’s comprehensive courses.

As Darren Robinson, training manager, Quick-Step Academy, explains, “Since opening the doors in June 2012, we have been extremely busy training installers with all kinds of experience levels. From those who have been in the industry for a significant number of years right through to apprentices, the academy has seen so many success stories it is difficult to keep count! But absolutely key to our success is the level of commitment and support that we show all of our trainees. We are devoted to providing installers with first-class training and the benefits to go with it that will enhance their skills and help them to reap the rewards of their hard work.”

The three-day Master Installer course, designed for those with at least two years’ experience of wood and laminate flooring installations, has been the runaway success of the academy’s programme. The extraordinary demand for spaces can in part be attributed to the academy’s focus on promoting all those who successfully complete the course and achieve Master Installer status. Driving homeowners to Master Installers through the ‘Find an Installer’ section on www.quick-step.co.uk, the 2013 Quick-Step consumer brochure will also have a dedicated section promoting the work of Master Installers. With 250,000 printed copies distributed directly to homes across the UK, the Master Installer message is set to spread.

“The Quick-Step Academy is dedicated to protecting the flooring industry and filling it with accredited individuals who provide homeowners with exceptional results, which is why we are committed to investing in the Master Installer course,” continues Darren Robinson. “We have a dedicated plan to promote the superiority of Master Installers to consumers, and in the past year this has seen us gaining primetime televisions slots on shows such as Channel 5’s Cowboy Builders. We plan to attend the Ideal Home Show in 2013 to directly interact with visitors and explain the benefits of choosing Master Installers, and we will back this up with a comprehensive PR and online marketing campaign throughout 2013. With all of this activity planned, we really do encourage fitters to enrol on the Master Installer course. We are sure that Master Installers will be the flooring installer of choice in 2013 and beyond!”

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Making the web a good site easier!

The web just hasn’t clicked for hundreds of flooring retailers who still find themselves without a web presence or are embarrassed by their current appearance on the internet alongside increasingly tekkie competitors.

Many web-savvy retailers have created excellent sites including online trading and advanced product galleries but for many small businesses, the need is for something more simple.

“Many retailers and small businesses just want a presence on the internet which doesn’t let them down and looks after itself,” says David Spragg of Floorsites, the web business of The Stocklists magazine.

“For these types of businesses, their potential customers are just using the web to check them out and to make sure the business looks reasonably professional,” he said. “Nine times out of ten they’re just finding out what your opening times are or where they can park near your store.”

“Many retailers and small businesses just want a presence on the internet which doesn’t let them down and looks after itself ” it. The site doesn’t need to be touched again unless you move!

But The Stocklists has taken some care with an easy online editing system that lets owners enter new information using a standard wordprocessor-like tool. They can change what the site says about their business or they can just add offers and announcements on their home page, The site comes with a bundle of 50 flooring photos that can be used with the site – or people can upload their own photos and logos.

Possibly the best button on the editing tool is the one that resets the page content to its generic flooring content if you get into trouble!

The Floorsites website comes with seven pages that have been written to suit most retailers. As well as the Home and About Us pages, there are four pages on flooring topics – carpets, vinyls, laminates and woods.

If this doesn’t quite fit your business, you can change what the pages are about – for example, the woods page can be changed to be about cleaning.

On the About Us page there’s a form that emails enquiries to you and also an automatic link from your postcode to Google maps so that customers can find out exactly where you are and get directions.

Included in the package, you get to choose your own web address which is specific to your business or the tekkie people at The Stocklists can help transfer existing addresses you might own or replace existing

There are a few options for a quick fix to the internet issue. Buying groups often offer their members a place on their own websites – sometimes with the ability to have their own branding across the top of a more general site.

The yourfloors.com system offers a similar approach with the opportunity to sell products online and the Carpet Foundation has an excellent free service for a home page for registered retailers on their site.

The Floorsites package from The Stocklists aims to offer the best of both worlds, a ready-made website under your own name that looks good even if you do nothing else with it. And a simple on-screen editing system that allows you to customise the information and edit page content as often as you want. The system costs a £390 one-off fee to set-up and then £90 a year to maintain.

Fill out an online form and this loads the site with the basic relevant information – contact information, location, openings and so on – and then you select from the image options to personalise the site and that’s

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A demonstration of the Floorsites approach can been seen at: www.thestocklists.com/floorsites

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Beauty Quirky queen Alternative Flooring’s Quirky collection wins Gold Award in Best Carpet category in this year’s House Beautiful Awards.

Held at the Science Museum, the 2012 House Beautiful Awards comprised 26 hotly contested categories, recognizing excellence in the year’s best home products and retailers.

House Beautiful editor Julia Goodwin was joined by an expert panel of judges, including designers John Rocha, Jeff Banks, Sophie Conran, Oliver Heath, Nick Munro, David Domoney, presenter and DIY expert Tommy Walsh, cookery writer and presenter Mary Berry and winner of the BBC’s 'The Great British Bake Off' 2010, Edd Kimber.

‘Alternative are thrilled to win gold for best carpet in the prestigious House Beautiful Awards. There is nothing quite like Quirky and this innovative collection puts Alternative Flooring at the forefront of fashion for floors. This is the first time that we have celebrated so much colour and pattern,’ said Lorna Haigh, marketing manager.

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Feature: Carpet craft

Life after looming disaster The home of carpet hopes to preserve a key part of its heritage through a pioneering project in Kidderminster to rescue the skills and technology of a bygone era and apply them to a commercial and cultural future.

In 2007 the company producing the legendary Sultana quality of Axminster carpet ceased to exist and the eight unique working Victorian full pitch spool Axminster looms seemed destined to become scrap metal, when they were rescued by The Living Looms project: a not-forprofit project designed to conserve high quality carpet looms in production.

The purpose behind this act of preservation was to prevent further loss of existing traditional textile products which would affect owners and curators who are maintaining Britain's built heritage, and also to conserve Britain's traditional textile knowledge, skills and technologies for future generations: to deploy and develop in both traditional and innovative ways.

“By conserving buildings, equipment and skills we conserve memories and values, the very foundations of a community; from which sustainable regeneration can grow” David Luckham, a director of the Living Looms project, has sourced and developed new and replacement carpets for both historic and contemporary buildings for more than forty years. Clients have included the Albert Hall, the Mansion House, Chatsworth House, Windsor Castle and numerous National Trust, English Heritage and other public and private properties.

The other director of The Living Looms project, Mo Mant, whose background is in building conservation and regeneration, has also witnessed the decline of the traditional textile industry.

As well as the losses for house owners and curators, there is a major effect on the communities in textile towns such as Halifax and Kidderminster when textile companies close or move production abroad.

Communities lose not only buildings and employment, but also pride in their skills and a unifying identity.

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Says Mo, “by conserving buildings, equipment and skills we conserve memories and values, the very foundations of a community; from which sustainable regeneration can grow.”

In February 2012, a long awaited order was received from The National Trust to recreate the printed tapestry Library carpet at Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk and design work started immediately at Grosvenor Wilton's studios. With the design work now complete The Living Looms workshop will be making the carpet during the summer months of 2013.

At the same time it is proposed to weave just 500 meters each of three 27" wide Sultana archive designs: Blue Amalienborg, Sun King and Red or Blue Medallion (depending on demand). The order book will be open from January 1st 2013.

As part of the Sultana revival The Living Looms are searching for Sultana sample books and memorabilia and will be very pleased to hear of any that still exist. Please call 01295 721630 as soon as possible if you know of any.

In the long term it is proposed to house the looms in a locally valued industrial building directly connected with the carpet industry in Kidderminster, such as the Rock Works where the yarn and carpets were stored for the looms, now known as The Living Looms.

To learn more about the Living Looms Project and the weaving of the first carpet, visit the website: www.thelivinglooms.com T 01295 721630

Donations and volunteers are always greatly appreciated.

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20-23 JANUARY 2013 NEC BIRMINGHAM

Flooring at the heart of furnishing

Interiors UK 2013 is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever before, offering retailers, designers and architects a vast selection of products from over 600 of the leading international interiors manufacturers. .

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Modern retailing is the overarching theme for the 2013 show with many beautiful retailer display areas curated by a mix of designers throughout the show and main entrances. UBM are thrilled to announce that this year’s guest designer is interiors legend, Nina Campbell who will be creating the entrances as well as hosting a feature space in Hall 3. “Nina is thrilled to be designing the entrances at the Interiors UK show in January. The individual halls will be defined by one of Nina’s loves; colour. Expect a marriage of traditional, well-loved and opulent designs with a new, fresh and contemporary colour palette.”

2013 will see the return of designersblock who will be using their creative talent to create a totally new store concept, brand and identity – the designersblock department store. This giant feature will include a concoction of departments featuring furniture, accessories, toys, lighting and lots more, all sourced from designersblock’s vast network of young designers and design makers. Exhibitors at the designersblock department store include the likes of House of Hackney, Plumen, Silo Studio, Lazerian, Catherine Verpoort, Kirigram, JiB Studio, James Shaw & Marjan van Aubel and DeGross to name a few.

The area will also house the regular features of the show such as New Design Britain, Birmingham City University, Interiors UK’s Seminar Theatre, the VIP lounge and press office.

Interiors UK is renowned for orchestrating informative, thought-provoking seminars and talks during the show and 2013 will be no exception. The line-up is set to explore the future of retail with talks from the likes of Nayna Macintosh (Marks & Spencer’s Director of Store Design), Jonathan Webb (Retail in Action), Angus Gibb (SYMM), Stylus, Mark Hughes-Webb (Brandhub), Nic Cumisky (Google), Callum Lumsden (Lumsden Design), Melinda Ashton Turner (Stylist – talking about visual merchandising), Naomi Cleaver and Nina Campbell.

Another new addition to the 2013 show is the Pitfield pop up shop and cafe in Hall 4. Pitfield is an eclectic interior design shop and café in Shoreditch, London, owned by designers Shaun Clarkson and Paul Brewster.

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Hall 2 for flooring Hall 2 at the National Exhibition Centre is home to the flooring display with several leading manufacturers exhibiting.

The participants include Furlong Flooring with the latest options for 2013 in their Regency Carpets range of CareFree products and rug specialists Oriental Weavers UK, Demart Carpets and Rama Carpets.

High quality real wood is represented by V4 Woodflooring and Unnatural Flooring will also be showing their innovative woven vinyl products.

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Feature: Prospects for 2013

Optimism in the Age of Austerity?

The flooring sector has remained remarkably resilient in the teeth of the toughest trading conditions for decades but as the age of austerity is officially extended, we asked some of the top people in the flooring business to look ahead at 2013.

“The Autumn was not up to expectations for many retailers and it has been very tough out there,” says Associated Weavers MD Steve Elliott. “But I believe the decline is over. There are real signs that we have reached the bottom and that the market will plateau in 2013. That sounds negative but it’s not - I think it would be a great relief to many if they thought it wasn’t going to get any worse.”

Associated Weavers actually had a strong 2012 with improved sales performance. Like many of the more savvy companies, they accept that there is very little growth in the market itself so it’s all about keeping the business you have got and then growing your share of the market. AW are seeng the benefit of increasing their sales team by 50% two years ago and reducing costs.

Manx boss Graham Harris reckons the recession has forced everyone to up their game and extols the maxim “the harder I work, the luckier I get.”

He explains: “It certainly isn’t getting any easier out there and if you stand still for very long you will quickly fall down the pecking order.”

“We need to give our sales teams and our retailers as much chance to sell as possible and that means new products. We have plenty of new ideas bubbling under and they will drive our continued growth.”

Along with some other key players, Manx has moved to increase the breadth of its portfolio to grow revenues, developing a comprehensive polypropylene range to add to its acknowledged prowess in wool. “You can be pigeon-holed in this market by just doing one thing well. Now, you have to do everything well. This approach has helped us buck the trend,” says Graham.

“I think there is a bit more light when we look into the market in 2013.”

Broadening the portfolio has been the response of many major players in the market. Like Manx, Georgian Carpets are known for wool but synthetic Woltec accounts for 20% of their sales since its launch in 2011.

Cormar Carpets is another key example: “For us the expansion into more polypropylene ranges has been a success. We now have an Easy-Clean collection as strong as our wool portfolio and that has undoubtedly made a difference,” says David Cormack of Cormar.

“Considering we were in a ‘double dip recession’ for most of last year, I think trade has been reasonably good, especially for many independent retailers. At the beginning of last year I would say that most of the industry considered that there would be ‘no improvement’ or ‘things would get worse’. Looking back I think that most would say that trade has improved, moderately. And certainly not got any worse!”

David is positive about prospects in 2013. “We are expanding our sales team to 23 nationally, so we must but be fairly confident. Having said that, trade is not easy still, and there is no sign of the housing market improving greatly, especially in the provinces. So we remain cautiously optimistic about prospects for 2013.”

Martin Peace at Abingdon agrees that we’ve probably reached the bottom of the cycle and expects this year to be no worse that 2012. “It’s not going to get any easier with the continuing austerity measures but you have to buckle down and be strong and continue to invest,” he says.

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“To be honest, I think we enjoy the challenge. It makes us sharper and more responsive to what our customers want,” he says. “As a result we were happy with the results in 2012 and are confident about 2013.”

Abingdon’s vertical integration - they produce their own polypropylene yarn in Wales - has allowed them to react more quickly than some to changing market demands (not withstanding a fire at their plant this year which the company overcame spectacularly quickly to maintain supplies).

Again, substantial investment in POS, sampling and the sales team is the hallmark of those companies who are thriving rather than surviving.

“Once you stop investing and doing the next thing, you fall back.”

So new product development remains key - as well as managing the

“I believe the decline is over.

There are real signs that we have reached the bottom” current ranges more closely. The trend of increasing acceptance of polypropylene in the market generally has helped Abingdon, as well as those companies who have recently switched more of their portfolio to synthetic fibre.

The fickle nature of consumer demand is difficult to predict but two factors that also loom large is manufacturers’ analysis of the housing market and the Euro.

Housing starts remain sluggish though there has been some improvement in the South of England but the British Retail Consortium commented last month that furniture and flooring continued to be plagued by a “lack of fluidity” in the housing market.

The weakness of the Euro has favoured some importers but this is offset by increases in synthetic yarn. The unpredictability remains a key problem for planning investment.

But as a side issue, every cloud has a silver lining for those manufacturers who have reaped the benefit of insurance work following the severe flooding late last year in parts of the UK.

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“We have been selective about the retailers we work with and not sought to grow that number but we have more sales people who can spend more time with our customers - listening to what they want and making sure they get it. Overall, I’m quite optimistic about this year,” he says.

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“We will be more aggressive this year in product development,” says AW’s Steve Elliott. “We will continue to invest in our strong sellers updating colours and sampling - on top of bringing new products into the market.

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DOMOTEX 2013 There are signs of cautious optimism as the European flooring industry gets ready for its greatest annual event...

The world’s ‘festival of flooring’ looks to luxury for market growth

The international floor coverings industry eagerly awaits its main event, Domotex, which takes place in Hannover from 12-15 January 2013.

Approximately 1,400 companies from 60 countries will be showing their latest products and collections at the leading international trade fair for carpets and floor coverings. Some 40,000 trade visitors from more than 80 countries are expected in Hannover.

“Domotex is the most important date in the calendar of the international carpet and floor coverings sector. No other event offers the industry such a popular and internationally acclaimed platform. The keynote theme Flooring Deluxe reflects an important market trend in favour of premium floor coverings and clearly puts the focus of Domotex 2013 on products that excel in terms of quality and design,” commented Deutsche Messe Management Board member Dr. Andreas Gruchow.

In line with the Domotex claim – “The World of Flooring” – every product group and trend will be showcased in detail in Hannover. Hand-made and machine-made carpets, textile and resilient floor coverings, parquet and laminates take pride of place, however equipment and products for floor laying, maintenance and applications technology will also feature in this impressive array.

Accordingly, the trade visitors come from the wholesale/retail trade, the field of architecture, interior design and the skilled trades to obtain a complete market overview.. Some 54 percent of the visitors come from outside Germany and as many as 90 percent are involved in making their company’s purchase decisions. These figures put Domotex at the top of the league of international trade fairs.

“Here you can meet the partners you’ll need to access new markets; you can meet existing contacts and lay the basis for international business leads. Domotex in Hannover is the place where demand and supply in the floor coverings sector are perfectly matched,” said Dr. Gruchow.

Demand for high-quality flooring continues to grow, not only on the consumer market but also in the contracting sector. Whether for the home or commercial premises, modern design and top quality materials play an essential part in interior design concepts.

The keynote theme of “Flooring Deluxe” at the next Domotex will focus on premium quality textile floor coverings, parquet and laminates. In order to showcase these products to best effect a special Flooring Deluxe display area has been dedicated to textile floor coverings in Hall 6. Another special area in Hall 9 has been allocated to high-quality parquet and laminate floors. Top-name exhibitors will stage presentations around the centrally located special areas.

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DOMOTEX 2013 Granorte will be encouraging retailers, designers and specifiers alike to realise the full potential of their cutting-edge cork surfacing.

Taking pride of place on the stand will be a brand new collection of cork flooring designed with aesthetics firmly in mind. With stunning surface decors achieved by state-of-the-art digital printing technology, this new range of flooring stands out for its never-seen-before clarity that reaches a resolution of over 1,000dpi and makes patterns appear almost life-like.

Not only offering sharpness of design, this new collection features extended plank lengths of up to 1.75m for an elongated look and to add depth and dimension to interior spaces. The planks are sealed with a hardwearing and eco-friendly finish to ensure lasting good looks without compromising on the natural feel of the cork surface. As with all Granorte cork floors, this new range features an integrated cork underlay with Microban antibacterial technology for robustness and to help facilitate a healthier environment.

“At Domotex, Granorte will stand out from the crowd once again and continue to inspire flooring industry professionals to see the design, living and environmental benefits of cork floors,” explains Paulo Rocha, product manager, Granorte. “This new collection is testament to our commitment to innovation, with stunning patterns digitally printed onto highly condensed cork surface layers with sharpness and clarity.”

Lano Carpets will be captivating visitors to Domotex with the array of products that will be on display on the Lano Carpets stand.

With new ranges alongside updated products, there will be something to suit every retailer.

Granorte products are created from 100% post-industrial recycled natural cork and are manufactured through an eco-efficient process.

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Sitting proudly on the stand will be the brand new Grandeur carpet, featuring in the innovative Perlana Collection. Crafted from 100% solution-dyed Perlana PET fibre, which provides a luxurious wool look as well as fantastic performance properties, Grandeur is practical and stylish.

A 1/8” cut pile, this carpet is conveniently available in four or five metre widths and has a pile weight 40oz/sqyd. With a choice of 14 naturally rich and warm colours, Grandeur features the Green Signature of Lano Carpets, as it is made from 100% recycled pile content. Bleach cleanable to provide ultimate reassurance against spillages, it also comes with a 7-year wear warranty.

First shown at Harrogate, the new Sumatra collection of woven 60oz Wilton carpets will also be on show. Including two bestselling styles from the current Arabica & Ceylon collections as well as five completely brand new and unique designs, Sumatra offers gentle multitonal patterns in neutral colourways.

Crafted from two-ply polypropylene yarn and woven on Lano’s hightech Wilton looms, Sumatra offers a 420,000 points per square metre finish for exceptional pattern definition and colour clarity. Anti static and bleach cleanable as well as hypoallergenic and mothproof, Sumatra comes supplied with 10-year wear and stain protection warranties.

Alongside these brand new products, fresh colour updates to established favourites Portman and Corona will also be revealed, reflecting Lano Carpets’ continuing commitment to adapting ranges according to current trends.

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IVC Group brands Leoline, Avenue and Itec Contract Floors will showcase an array of exciting new products at Domotex 2013 that will demonstrate the group’s commitment to producing innovative, stylish and practical floors for both residential and commercial markets.

Avenue is set to continue its success in creating design-led and practical cushion flooring for the residential market by unveiling two new product ranges at Domotex. The new Ultimate Design collection will suit modern interiors with its contemporary look and feel, and the Titanium XT collection has been created to offer superior durability. Conveniently available in two, three or four metre width, Titanium XT is also suitable for light commercial use as well as for busy, high-impact homes.

Leoline will use Domotex to launch brand new range Changing Roomz, which merges together and updates products from the existing Fantasia and Roomz collections, and will also show its revamped Comfortz range. With 21dB of acoustic insulation and a natural look and feel, Comfortz comes with a 7-year guarantee.

The show will also be the worldwide launch platform for the brand new collection of safety flooring from Itec Contract Floors. A design-focused range with emphasis on good looks as well as all-important anti-slip technology and durability, Itec’s safety flooring is set to inspire the commercial market.

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Mohawk The brand new and supremely soft SmartStrand Silk carpet will take centre stage at the Mohawk stand at Domotex this year, and it is set to enthral visitors with its innovative construction and luxurious feel.

Offering a level of softness never experienced before, SmartStrand Silk is the latest in the line of Mohawk carpets that are crafted from ground-breaking SmartStrand fibre. Part crafted from corn, this yarn combines eco-credentials, superb resilience and a beautiful lavish texture for ultimate underfoot comfort.

Featuring built-in stain and soil resistance that never wears or washes off, this carpet can be easily cleaned with just water and offers excellent crushing resistance to ensure lasting good looks. Available in a whole range of elegant colours, including rich cream and stylish grey, SmartStrand Silk will have widespread appeal.

“Domotex is the ideal launchpad for introducing SmartStrand Silk to the UK and European market,” comments Howard Lindsay, of Mohawk.“The latest in our pioneering SmartStrand collection, SmartStrand silk promises to offer never-felt-before smoothness as well as impressive levels of durability. Ideal for busy home environments that want a practical but luxurious carpet.”

The SmartStrand Silk collection is housed on the new Ultimate SmartStrand POS unit, which is a great tool for retailers to present the entire SmartStrand range to homeowners.

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Packexe products provide low slip, waterproof, temporary protection of flooring and surfaces. Providing safe and secure protection, Packexe helps to eliminate the risks of tripping and slipping commonly associated with dust sheets, loose plastic sheeting and unbranded films making for a safer working environment.

With recyclable film and packaging and ever evolving technology processes, the colour-coded branding reduces the risk of user error whilst maintaining product traceability, recognition and consistency.

Positive feedback from users and suppliers is just one of the reasons the market is growing and raising demand.

The growing range of products are continuously being innovated, giving Packexe the edge for customer designed solutions for the safe protection of floors and surfaces. The carpet range of film has a strong adhesive for use on carpets and rugs and the hardfloor version has a medium adhesive for use on wood, laminate, tile and stone.

New for 2013 is the Edge dispenser which will be showcased to the flooring industry for the first time at Domotex and there will be a demonstration on the stand.

Packexe can also offer a private-branding service to larger buyers of surface protection films.

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DOMOTEX 2013 Interfloor anticipates a successful Domotex as it will establish new partnerships to expand into high-growth markets around the world. The company already has customers in more than 70 countries worldwide including China and Singapore, and has been particularly successful this year in the Middle East. Another successful market where Interfloor has become the preferred underlay supplier, is in the major international hotel chains worldwide, with their largest ever single export order of more than 150,000m2 of underlay.

“Our international success has been based on the enduring strength of our brands, product quality, customer service and growing range,” said export director Tony Capon. Interfloor is the largest British-owned underlay manufacturer and provides a complete one-stop shop of underlay and accessory products. With a portfolio of more than 800 flooring accessory products, the company is the only manufacturer that can offer a complete solution.

Interfloor is the only manufacturer of carpet gripper in Europe, through its Gripperrods range.

The company has recently improved the product’s appearance and quality to maintain its position as the leading carpet gripper in the UK. It is the only manufacturer to use Russian birch – the most superior type of plywood for gripper because of its strength and consistency.

Interfloor will also be exhibiting Stikatak adhesives at Domotex, along with its marketleading brands of Tredaire and Duralay underlays, including the award winning Technics and Durafit double stick underlays for the international contract market plus their new flame retardant PU underlay, Tredaire FR7, a 7mm ultra high density (145 kg/m3) underlay.

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Küberit is an ongoing success story as the market leader and system developer for high-quality aluminum flooring profiles. The innovative product developments from the Sauerland are synonymous with German engineering and, for the past 150 years, reflecting an active and reliable partnership with business, trade, and architects and the down-to-earthiness of the brand Küberit.

In Hanover, Kü̈berit will present promising innovations in professional quality, including a new stainless steel range for floor profiles, skirtings and corner protection angle profiles and new cover plates in various material thicknesses for different applications and profile widths from 20 to 40 mm. Two new aluminum ramp profiles and further additions to the successful product Kü̈berit- Best range will also be presented to the trade.

Moreover Kü̈berit will communicate its planned investments for 2013 in their existing locations, including installing a new profiling line, enabling the individual production of stainless steel profiles.

Once again the focus is on the profile system "Design Clip." The twopart clip system provides the professional flooring installer with a maximum time saving through the easy to handle clip-technology. By a counter bar and a 3point locking system between top and base profile, the patented system guarantees a permanent maximum stability even under high stress. In addition to the installation of floated design floors, this innovative system development is also suitable for use when installing high-quality carpets.

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Bronte Carpets are delighted to be exhibiting at the Domotex Flooring show once again this year. Bronte specialise in manufacturing custom made carpets to any colour via their special dye service and in any width up to an incredible 12m wide with no joins.

They also offer a made to plan service for example, “L” shapes and “T” shapes to further reduce waste. All of these options are available in all of the Bronte ranges including 100% wool velvets, saxonies and shag piles, 80/20 wool/nylon twists and the hand crafted border ranges. Bronte are co-exhibiting with Wools of New Zealand again..

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Brockway Carpets is putting its Bespoke Colour Match Service in the spotlight at this year’s Domotex show with the international debut of its latest Bespoke Solar range.

Made from 80 per cent new wool and 20 per cent nylon, the Bespoke Solar range is the newest collection of premium wool rich carpets from Brockway.

As well as offering 64 vibrant plain colours and 7 contemporary co-ordinating stripes as part of the Solar stock collection, customers can create their very own, totally unique colour carpet using Brockway’s Bespoke Colour Match Service to match to virtually any colour reference provided by the customer for minimum orders of 25 sq m. Bespoke colours are available in 4m and 5m widths.

Part of the Classic Collection, Solar plain colours – including Loganberry, Pomegranate, Tangerine and Forget-me-not – are available in traditional 4m and 5m widths. Plus seven complementary stripes - including Metal stripe, Battleship stripe, Seaweed stripe and Key lime stripe – available in 4m widths.

“Since the successful launch of our Vogue range and Designer Collection over the past few years, we’ve found a real gap and appetite in the market for luxury bespoke, custom made colour carpets,” commented Charles Annable, managing director of Brockway Carpets.

The show will also see exclusive trials of Brockway’s new bespoke product range of luxury carpets, being developed to support the company’s expansion into the highend, domestic and contract flooring market sectors. Charles added: “Our newest bespoke portfolio is going to be a ground-breaking expansion for the Brockway brand.

As part of our early development process, we will be showing the industry a small selection of trial carpet samples to gain market reactions. This is an exciting time for us and we look forward to unveiling the first range early 2013.”

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Tisca Tiara Switzerland announce the arrival of their Luxury Wool collection. This presentation combines for the first time Tisca’s two premium wool ranges: Modellana and Waron. Modellana is the ultimate luxury - an exclusive range of velours, frise’ and boucle’ carpets in exquisite pure New Zealand wool. Waron is a unique, unmistakable surface made from long staple yarn in pure New Zealand wool. Waron carpets are extremely high quality and hard wearing and are also made to measure and come in widths of up to 13.5m.

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Cavalier Carpets returns to Domotex, Hannover, in 2013 with a stand as part of the Wools of New Zealand pavilion and will be highlighting the company’s involvement in both the retail and contract sectors. The retail area will showcase the latest developments in point of sale equipment displaying part of their classic wool based ranges alongside exciting new products which will be part of the new ‘Designer Collection’ for 2013. Custom graphics tufting will be a major feature of the contract side of the stand which will also give them an opportunity to show off some of outstanding projects that have been supplied worldwide.

Cavalier are also using their presence at the show to actively recruit new agents to represent the company on the continent and elsewhere in the world as part of their expanding export division. Anyone interested in fulfilling one of these challenging roles should make contact with Mr. Hans Lowe who will be on the stand.

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DOMOTEX 2013 F. Ball will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of its renowned Recommended Adhesives Guide (RAG) at Domotex 2013. As well as marking four decades of history, the UK’s leading manufacturer of flooring adhesives and subfloor preparation products, will also showcase the innovative iBall Player, flooring’s first specialist online television channel to catalogue a library of advice and best practice videos for contractors and industry professionals.

In addition, the F. Ball team will demonstrate the latest products from its range of high performance Stopgap smoothing compounds and leading Styccobond flooring adhesives range. First published in 1973, the F. Ball RAG is the industry’s most comprehensive and authoritative guide for floorcovering and adhesive compatibility.

Available as an A5 printed version, the RAG is now also accessible through a range of digital formats, including an interactive smart phone app and website edition, to assist professionals and distributors in the selection of flooring adhesives in a way that is both easy and efficient.

The pioneering iBall Player, available to watch on demand at anytime via the iBall Player website: www.iball.tv, provides contractors with user-friendly information and high-quality educational videos. The service demonstrates how F. Ball embraces the latest digital technologies to provide the flooring industry with instant and easy access to the most up-to-date product information and specification advice. In addition, the iBall Player offers videos showing best practice application techniques and how to avoid common pitfalls in flooring projects.

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The key theme at Domotex this year is ‘Flooring Deluxe’ as event organisers say “luxury, splendour and drama are set for a big revival in 2013 and this is reflected in a new generation of carpets, rugs and floor coverings.”

As well as special displays through the show, a fascinating eBook on how these trends relate to carpets is available to view from the Domotex website. www.domotex.de

Wools of New Zealand will give centre stage at Domotex to Laneve, the only fully traceable carpet wool, which is going from strength to strength in the marketplace.

Wools of New Zealand is one of only eight carpet companies that have been invited to participate in the new Flooring de Luxe event, in Hall 6, the highlight of Domotex 2013. Eight concept rooms will be set around a central communications area and participants have full creative licence to ‘push the boundaries with soft floorcoverings’.

The aim is to showcase ground breaking designs and ideas, be it a lifestyle concept or a room design, to illustrate the scope and role of modern flooring. The overall winner will be chosen by visitor votes as well as by a distinguished panel of judges comprising leading European architects and designers.

Joanna Ramsden, WNZ creative manager, who is masterminding their entry, is working to the theme of ‘Floor Level Living’. Commenting on her plans, she said: “Underfloor comfort and low-level living is increasingly becoming a lifestyle trend. Underfloor heating, coupled with the natural benefits of wool, are key factors which influence the choices of product we present on the floor. Our featured concept combines avantgarde styling with the natural practicalities of Floor Level Living, underlined by the unique natural attributes of New Zealand wool. The room itself will carry an eco-message intertwined with designer creativity and all components are ‘environmentally aware’.

The Laneve carpet, a fresh and bright new design by Wools of New Zealand, uses wool which can be traced all the way back to Mark Shadbolt’s farm on the Banks Peninsula. It was then spun by Danspin and manufactured by G-Tuft for Crucial Trading. The underlay is made from recycled wool carpets and car tyres. The end result is the ultimate in comfort and luxury underfoot.

The inside/outsideTrompe L’Oeil illusion, painted by well-known artist Laura Casey, encapsulates the natural theme. The creative will demonstrate exquisitely hand painted effects - bringing artistry to the fore and combining artistic vision with ethical values.

The knitted Merino wool poufs and wool fabric-covered floor cushions co-ordinate with the floor.

Aside from participating in Flooring de Luxe, Wools of New Zealand will be on Stand B12 in Hall 5. The intention this year is to demonstrate the scope and potential of Laneve as a fibre via the diversity of product on show from key partners.

Laneve partners co-exhibiting include Flock, Brockway, Crucial Trading, Danspin and Martinelli.

David Hammond, Market Manager, Europe and North America for Wools of New Zealand said: “Domotex is a pivotal event for Wools of New Zealand and Laneve.

This year we will have new partners, new products and, of course, the prestigious Flooring de Luxe event in which we are honoured to be included. Our participation is, I am sure, in no small part, down to the success of Laneve and how it marries creativity, texture and product development with environmental issues. ”

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Aqua makes a splash UK Flooring Direct is making a big splash in the LVT market with an exclusive range of DIY-friendly luxury vinyl click tiles that feature incredibly authentic surface designs inspired by real wood floors.

Offering exceptional performance benefits and striking in style, the brand new Aqua Woods collection consists of nine realistic wood options that impressively mimic natural floors. From the golden tones of Blonde Oak to the rustic charm of Country Oak and the contemporary appeal of Grey Oak, Aqua Woods has been specifically designed in-house by UK Flooring Direct to offer homeowners and fitters with a comprehensive and unique product selection that will suit individual interior tastes.

Setting itself apart from the competition, UK Flooring Direct is offering Aqua Woods with the simple Uniclic installation system that allows for fast and effective fittings. Ideal for DIY-enthusiasts and very handy for fitters, the Uniclic system removes the need for adhesives and underlay to help save both time and money – instead just simply click the tiles together for quick results.

Brilliant for busy homes and high-impact areas, the Aqua Woods LVT collection is very easy to clean and maintain and provides exceptional durability. Ideal for wetter rooms such as kitchens and bathrooms, Aqua Woods products offer protection against water and come with a heavy domestic rated 0.5mm wear layer for extra impact resistance. Provided with a 20-year residential warranty, this LVT range is certainly capable of withstanding heavy footfall and still looking as good as new.

“It goes without saying that the luxury vinyl tile market is booming, and set to grow even further in 2013 thanks to the high-performing nature of LVT flooring and the increasingly authentic designs available”

“The Aqua Woods collection represents our first step into the LVT market, and is just the tip of what’s to come,” comments Josh Ashby, product manager, UK Flooring Direct.

“It goes without saying that the luxury vinyl tile market is booming, and set to grow even further in 2013 thanks to the high-performing nature of LVT flooring and the increasingly authentic designs available.

“Instead of flooding the market with a variation on a theme, however, we have created a range that is in a completely different league. All of our designs have been carefully created in-house to offer maximum originality, and unlike a lot of the competition, we have utilised the Uniclic system to its full potential to enable faster and easier fittings that are more convenient for installers and homeowners alike.”

Suitable for underfloor heating, the Aqua Woods collection will inject style into all areas of the home.

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Flower on Flooring News News The new rise of laminate flooring Taking a restrospective view of the popularity of various types of flooring provides a fascinating insight into the rise and fall of a number of materials, colours and textures.

Following the launch of a number of new laminate designs in 2012, with more to come this year, there is currently evidence of growing interest in this type of flooring.

Balterio’s Xperience Plus in Amber Elm

The company uses its PressXpress fitting system on Xperienceplus to provide quick and easy fitting. Balterio will be exhibiting at both the Domotex and Bau exhibitions.

Woodpecker states that its Lamin8 flooring has established itself in the market as a leading product in terms of value, quality and profit potential. The latest collection, launched earlier in the year, includes a selection of five new colours, with prices starting at £8.48m2.

The range is designed to deliver an authentic looking floor as a cost effective alternative to solid or real wood. The company explains its Lamin8 floors are made from premium quality high density fibreboard, guaranteeing the integrity of the product. All coatings comply with the AC3 (heavy domestic / light commercial) rating. With the introduction of a patented glueless joint system, Lamin8 floors can be laid and re-laid with ease and confidence, the company concludes.

Urban Oak is part of Kenton Lamin8 collection

Balterio states that laminate flooring remains one of the most popular floor coverings, due to its appearance, installation, comfort and easy maintenance. With a focus on innovation and quality, the company says it is definitely playing in the “premier league”.

The wide collection of Balterio laminate floors now includes decors with a matt finish. Butterscotch Elm, Dakota Elm and Amber Elm in the new Xperienceplus collection combine a matt finish with the new 3D-Wood Effect structure. This is designed to give a dimensional mat appearance and emphasise the natural relief of the wood grain, with an elegant, two-sided V-groove providing a quality finish.

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Quick-Step previously offered the same flooring options to all its customers worldwide, but has now developed collections to suit specific countries or regions. It explains that it has seen a reaction to globalisation and increasing desire for greater authenticity. Vintage is all the rage again, it states, and the reclaimed look is gradually becoming visible in all segments of interiors.

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The company’s most popular styles include oak and walnut effects. Its Series Elite 10mm American Black Walnut V Groove laminate planks provide a colourful flooring alternative, he continues. However, the past 18 months have seen trend-led decors steadily growing in popularity, with white effect planks taking particular precedence, such as the Series 7mm Loc White Oak V Groove Laminate Flooring, Mr Ashby concludes.

Quick-Step promotes the ‘cosiness’ of laminates

Quick-Step’s answer to the desires and pressures of modern society is the introduction of cosy floors, with a soft and peaceful look to encourage relaxation. With all colours now fashionable, from brown, black and grey, all the way up to pastels, the art of being fashionable is in the way we combine colours, shapes and materials: new with vintage, black with pastel shades, rough and smooth, etc. The company states this is why Quick-Step reclaimed floors are perfectly suited to country homes interiors and industrial and contemporary interior designs alike.

Josh Ashby, product manager, UK Flooring Direct, says: “Laminate flooring shows no signs of fading thanks to the increasingly realistic nature of the designs available.” The quality of laminate flooring has grown in the last 12 months, he says, with even value options improving their effects and performance benefits.

“Our Series Authentic 8mm laminate range is a great example of this, featuring authentic textures that match the printed wood grain to provide a seamless finish as well as being hardwearing enough for heavy domestic environments,” says Mr Ashby.

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The striking American Black Walnut V Groove laminate from UK Flooring Direct’s Series Elite

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Diversity from Domo Domo Floorcoverings, part of the Balta Group, is set to inspire homeowners with its latest product offering, the eye-catching New Forest carpet. With its supremely soft texture and diverse colour palette, this is a patterned carpet design that is set to inspire homeowners and help to create beautiful interiors.

Crafted from 100% polyamide for exceptional durability and lavish underfoot comfort, New Forest has the resilience to be suitable for heavy domestic use, but also the sumptuous texture that lends itself well to living and bedroom spaces. Available in a range of 10 shades across the colour spectrum, retailers will be able to offer livelier tones of red, purple, blue and green alongside the more traditional dark beiges and on-trend greys to ensure there is something to suit all design preferences.

Providing retailers with the chance to offer homeowners the ultimate in flexibility and choice, New Forest is available with either Ultratex Quick+ Felt Backing or a standard Actionbac. Available in 400cm width and with a seven-year wear warranty, New Forest carpet will have widespread appeal and is a great addition to any retailer’s portfolio.

“We are committed to bringing retailers a diverse array of new carpet syles, and New Forest is proof of this promise,” comments Geert Vanden Bossche, marketing director, Balta. “Its striking botanical print is immediately attention-grabbing, but it is also a versatile range that offers exceptional levels of underfoot comfort as well as the ability to withstand heavy footfall in busy homes.”

Domo Floorcoverings is part of the Balta Group, and offers innovative wall-to-wall carpets for residential interiors.

T +32 55 335211 www.baltagroup.com

Drama queen Offering a striking and unusual look combined with supreme underfoot comfort, the brand new Dramatic Flair carpet is the latest product from Mohawk Carpets that utilises the unrivalled characteristics of SmartStrand fibre to their full potential.

Available in a neutral colour palette that includes soft greys and creams, Dramatic Flair is undoubtedly contemporary, but also has an important timeless quality that will ensure it will never go out of fashion. Crafted from resilient SmartStrand fibre, this carpet has inherent stain and soil resistance that will never wear or wash off. It also offers luxurious underfoot comfort and warmth for bare feet.

With its own dedicated section on the new Ultimate SmartStrand POS wall unit, Dramatic Flair is immediately noticeable thanks to its uniquely textured patterned pile. Its softly undulating surface adds extra depth and dimension to interiors, and ensures that this carpet looks stunning in any area of the home. In fact, thanks to the innate durability SmartStrand fibre, Dramatic Flair is tough enough to be used in high-impact areas such as hallways and stairs, and still retain its luxuriously soft feel.

“Dramatic Flair represents a new direction for us at Mohawk, as it is completely different to the other SmartStrand carpets that we currently have available,” comments Howard Lindsay. “Its textured pile will enable retailers to offer homeowners something that’s unusual and ontrend, but the pattern is also subtle enough to ensure it will blend with most interior schemes.”

Dramatic Flair carpet will resist crushing and matting and comes with lifetime stain and soil protection for ultimate peace of mind.

T 01480 479830

www.mohawkinternational.com

Enthusions of Grandeur The brand new Grandeur from Lano Carpets is set to impress with its sought-after luxurious wool look and easy to care for nature. Available in a range of beautiful colours created from 100% recycled fibre, Grandeur is designed to provide a green and stylish carpet solution for all interiors.

Featuring in the Premium Easy Care Collection, Grandeur is crafted from 100% solution-dyed Perlana PET fibre, which is incredibly easy to clean and maintain. Suitable for cleaning with bleach, worries about spillages and stains will become a thing of the past so homeowners will be able to choose from any of the 14 naturally rich and warm carpet shades with complete peace of mind.

Grandeur’s 1/8” cut pile contributes to its sumptuous wool look, and high levels of underfoot comfort. Ideal for homeowners that are eco-conscious, the carpet features the Green Signature of Lano Carpets as Perlana fibre is created from 100% recycled content. Offering excellent performance and hardwearing benefits, Grandeur is ideal for busy homes and comes with a 7-year wear warranty.

“Grandeur carpet offers all the aesthetic appeal of a natural wool carpet, but crucially it is also very easy to care for,” comments Birger Karlsson, UK & Ireland sales manager, Lano Carpets. “As well as being bleach cleanable, the exceptionally strong and durable PET fibre used in this carpet also lends an important degree of underfoot comfort to ensure that it ticks all the right boxes. The beautiful appearance and exceptional care benefits of Grandeur allow retailers to offer homeowners a carpet that looks just like wool, but that is much more practical and great value.” Available in both four and five metre widths to suit large and small spaces, Grandeur had a varied colour palette and allows retailers to offer popular almond, magnolia and cream shades alongside livelier options such as rum and aubergine.

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The British Wool column Natural beauty is the British Wool story for Surfaces in Las Vegas.

There is no better place to meet the industry than at the world’s top flooring trade shows and British Wool is back on tour again in January with a space at Domotex in Germany and Surfaces 2013 in Las Vegas.

Across the Atlantic…. to promote British Wool

The market in the USA continues to be important for British Wool textiles and wool is enjoying a more significant profile since the Campaign for Wool launched in September last year.

British Wool will have a stand at Surfaces in Las Vegas and will promote the fibre for its natural, sustainable beauty.

Natural beauty is the British Wool story for Surfaces in Las Vegas.

Tim Booth comments, “The activity this year is very much focused on why British Wool is a great choice for carpets. Natural beauty is at the heart of our message and we are of course keen to emphasise our Life Cycle Analysis study and Best Management standards – in the USA as the green vote is of growing importance.”

Axminster Carpets will also be in attendance at the show and will showcase their North American range of products.

Campaign for Wool measures up the media Significant media results for the consumer facing activity under the Campaign for Wool led to a higher profile for all wool during 2012.

The results of media analysis showed that there were over 230,000 ‘opportunities-to-see’, that is articles, news, and images - both in print and online during the key weeks around Wool Week.

“Raising the profile of wool is vitally important to the Campaign because the consumer is faced with so many different messages and so many brands,” Bridgette Kelly of the Campaign for Wool explains.

“This media activity supports British Wool and other wools and also all levels of the industry because there is a broad level of promotion going on continuously that ensures wool is not in the shadows.”

New Year in Hannover…

The New Year gets off to a fast and furious start with the ever impressive Domotex in Hannover. The first major trade show of the year, attracts about 45,000 international visitors and is always a great wake-up call for the industry. Although UK manufacturers generally do not exhibit, many are there to walk the floor because it is a fantastic place to see a really broad range of product and some truly stunning designs in rugs.

The BWMB team will of course be promoting the features and benefits of British Wool as well as information from the Campaign for Wool - the industry-wide promotional initiative that is promoting wool across the world.

Tony Oakland-Smith, Head of Marketing for British Wool says: “Domotex is a great place for the trade to learn about emerging trends, developments and innovations in the world-wide flooring market.

“We are delighted to be back there this year as it gives us and our customers an ideal opportunity not only to find out about the latest developments but also to meet those interested in learning more about British Wool and as in previous years our exhibition space can be used as a meeting point for our wool partners.”

Visit the British Wool Marketing Board on stand F32 Hall 5.

“Online activity is very important – we are seeing the way that the viral marketing can be very successful in areas such as fashion, interiors, knitting and craft. People tend to colonise on specific media platforms and common interest is the connecting tissue here while loyalty is the result.”

The first Campaign event for 2013 is the major exhibition Wool House, which will present the biggest ever showcase for wool and will open in March at Somerset House in London. It will feature seven rooms designed by leading interior designers and wool in all its guises including in carpets and rugs will be on show to visitors.

“The path for the Campaign in 2013 is to continue to ensure we have high profile activities in the UK and internationally and build a strong future for wool,” said Bridgette.

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Value-led elegance Brockway Carpets is aiming to boost its market share with the introduction of its new ‘essentials Collection’. Designed to combine everyday value with Brockway’s signature high quality, the Collection comprises two brand new contemporary ranges and is aimed at the budget conscious consumer.

The ‘essentials Collection’ is designed to be naturally tough and comfortably practical, with understated elegance and includes new ranges inspired by natural shades of limestone and marble.

Commenting on the new launch, Brockway managing director Charles Annable said: “Brockway has long held an excellent reputation as a supplier of high quality, premium and design-led carpets thanks to our prestigious Classic and Designer Collections, but this proved to us we needed to carve a niche collection at the value-led end of the market too.

“The ‘essentials Collection’ takes our established brand into a new market arena, enabling us to consolidate and integrate Brockway completely within the carpet sector and become leaders at the premium and value end of the market. Importantly, this is a major development for Brockway and it only cements our aim to remain a leading carpet manufacturer within the UK with a majority market share,” he said.

Joining Brockway’s celebrated Classic and Designer Collections, the ‘essentials Collection’ includes new ranges Portland and Purbeck. Made from 100% new British Wool, Portland is a traditional loop pile carpet featuring seven contemporary natural shades including Alabaster, Mortar and Iron.

Continuing the natural theme, Purbeck is a practical twist pile carpet made from 80 per cent pure new British Wool with eight natural tones including Lulworth, Corfe and Wareham. As well as a fantastic range of shades to choose from, Purbeck offers three pile widths available from multi-purpose to luxury weight. Available now, both ranges come in standard 4m and 5m widths

Brockway is supporting the ‘essentials Collection’ with samples available to new and existing retailers.

T 01562 828200

www.brockway.co.uk

Top firms join Foundation In a major boost for the Carpet Foundation as it enters its 14th year, Brockway Carpets and Cormar Carpets have announced that they will be joining as full manufacturer members with effect from 1st January 2013.

The new manufacturer subscriptions policy played a key part in recruiting the two manufacturers, both of whom had long been courted by the Foundation. Their joint decision will assist the Foundation as it sets about reinvigorating itself promotionally, with digital activity planned for 2013, and financially with a new fee structure for both manufacturers and retailers. It is hoped that others will follow suit on the announcement.

Commenting on their decision, David Cormack, Marketing Director at Cormar said: “We firmly believe that the Carpet Foundation benefits the UK carpet industry in many ways. It enables us to have an industry voice on key matters such as the environment, safety and quality testing, as well as trading standards. In addition, the Foundation does a great job in promoting carpet favourably in the media.

However, key to our involvement, is the fact that the Carpet Foundation has become a vehicle to promote Independent Flooring Retailers and Buying Groups in the UK. As we are a 100% British carpet manufacturer, with the majority of our business with Independents, it obviously makes sense for Cormar to endeavour to support them and joining the Foundation will only strengthen that bond.”

Charles Annable, Brockway Managing Director, echoed David Cormack’s comments and added: “As original founding members, it is good to be back!

In addition to the promotional work the Foundation does and its support of the independent retailer, the technical expertise we can garner from them and the increasing importance of environmental matters influenced our decision. Regulatory compliance is going to be key going forward, particularly in the markets we are seeking to operate in, and the experience and help that the Carpet Foundation can provide in this area will be invaluable to us.”

John Duncan, Chairman of the Carpet Foundation, was understandably delighted: “I am thrilled that Brockway and Cormar are joining. It is a real bonus for us and sends out a strong message to the industry at large. It is no secret that it has been a challenging period for us but we have remodelled ourselves and will emerge leaner, fitter and stronger and ideally positioned to build on the hard work of the previous 13 years. We have exciting and innovative plans in place for 2013 and this is the perfect way to start a new year.”

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Stylish Sumatra The new Sumatra collection from Lano Carpets offers both classical and contemporary patterned styles in a sophisticated neutral colour palette. Now available with a brand new updated lectern POS unit, this collection is guaranteed to capture the attention of customers and provide inspiration for interiors.

Offering 16 options across seven patterned designs, the Sumatra collection is truly extensive and includes two of the most popular and bestselling styles from the current Arabica and Ceylon ranges as well as five especially created, brand new designs. Offering the ultimate in choice and catering to all design tastes, classical floral carpet designs have been given a modern update with natural colourways and sit comfortably alongside bold and contemporary linear striped designs.

Providing an impressive 420,000 points per square metre finish to ensure precise pattern definition and vivid colour clarity, Sumatra carpets bring the reassurance of lasting good looks. Woven on Lano’s state-of-the-art Wilton looms, the carpets are crafted from Lanoset 2-ply yarn that is 100% polypropylene for inherent fade resistance and exceptional durability. More than capable of performing in heavy domestic environments, homeowners can relax in the knowledge that their carpet will stand up to the demands of everyday life and still look as good as new.

“Patterned carpets lend a stylish look to any room and is ideal for creating eyecatching interiors,” comments Birger Karlsson, UK and Ireland sales manager, Lano Carpets. “They also hide an absolute multitude of sins and disguise spills and stains, which is great for those living in typically chaotic family homes. The Sumatra collection’s neutral colour palette and soft underfoot feel are ideal qualities for living spaces, and the carpets will easily coordinate with new and existing interior design schemes.

“Now available on an eye-catching lectern POS unit that features large sample sizes which display the pattern designs to the full, this collection is brilliant for retailers looking for a stylish addition to their patterned carpet range and is a great choice for the new year.”

Carpets within the Sumatra collection are non-allergenic, mothproof and supplied with 10-year wear and stain protection warranties for peace of mind.

T 00800 5266 5266 www.lano.com

WoolSafe share goals with NCCA The WoolSafe Organisation has always had strong links with the National Carpet Cleaners Association, but now it has formalised this relationship and is embarking on an exciting new journey by joining the NCCA’s corporate membership programme.

“WoolSafe and the NCCA are two of the leading carpet cleaning organisations, and historically there has always been a lot of scope for us to work together,” explains Dr Ágnes Zsednai, managing director, the WoolSafe Organisation. “Through closer ties, we will be able to raise awareness of each other’s work and continue to spread the message of the importance of correct carpet maintenance.”

“The WoolSafe Organisation and the NCCA share similar goals, with both organisations promoting professional training and proper carpet care.

Through our corporate membership we reinforce our shared commitment to improving standards. We are not in competition, but work in partnership, complimenting each other’s work,” continues Dr Zsednai.

“The WoolSafe Organisation recognises the NCCA’s training programme as one of the ways to satisfy the basic training criterion prior to taking our Fibre Care Specialist course and becoming a member of the WoolSafe Service Provider network. We are committed to promoting our relationship with the NCCA, and have done so by listing the association on our website as an industry partner; supporting the NCCA’s initiatives, such as contributing to the development of PAS 86, to improve standards; and regularly attending its trade shows, such as the NCCA Road Shows and Carpet Cleaners Carnival.”

NCCA members, who are not yet qualified to become WoolSafe Service Providers, can still access the wide range of resources and training WoolSafe offers through the WoolSafe Academy www.woolsafeacademy.org .

T 01943 850 817

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Going soft on contract Mohawk is introducing a brand new impervious-backed carpet range to its commercial collection that is not only practical and durable, but that also offers the utmost in luxurious comfort. Specifically geared towards healthcare locations, Hydrosphere carpet delivers exceptional performance for these demanding environments.

Crafted from incredibly durable SmartStrand fibre, which is in part made from corn, Hydrosphere carpet is just as tough and robust as its nylon counterparts. With the added benefit of built-in stain and soil resistance that will never wear or wash off, it can be easily cleaned with just water as and when spillages occur without the need for specialist cleaners or materials. Featuring a hardwearing impervious backing for utmost protection against moisture penetration, Hydrosphere is certainly the ideal choice for healthcare locations that are prone to regular spills.

“The beauty of SmartStrand fibre is that it is not only inherently resistant, but that it is also supremely soft. These characteristics, when combined with an impervious backing, are absolutely ideal for sensitive healthcare locations,” explains Howard Lindsay, RVP International Sales UK, Ireland, Iceland and South Africa. “Traditionally, carpets found in care homes, hospitals and assisted living facilities are coarse, boring and usually very unwelcoming. But with Hydrosphere, residents and patients have the luxury of a beautifully soft carpet, something more similar to what they may have in their own homes. This can often make the transition from independent to supported living a little easier.”

“Healthcare locations no longer have to make do with undesirable and harsher commercial carpets”

Featuring in the brand new Elements collection of commercial carpet from Mohawk, the soft pile of Hydrosphere carpet provides increased comfort underfoot. Available in 24 colours, including neutral creams and vibrant reds, there is sure to be an option to suit all types of healthcare facilities.

“Ultimately, Hydrosphere carpet proves that healthcare locations no longer have to make do with undesirable and harsher commercial carpets,” continues Howard Lindsay. “With Hydrosphere, contractors, specifiers and end-users can be completely confident that it offers not only resilience, but style and comfort too.”

T 01480 479830

www.mohawkinternational.com.

Fast track hat trick Coventry-based business UK Flooring Direct is proving that its clearly focused online business model is paying off after the incredible achievement of receiving a third listing in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 in as many years.

With a sales growth of 54.23% compared to 2011, UK Flooring Direct has comfortably earned its ranking of number 87 in the list of top 100 privately owned companies, and is still the only flooring retailer to appear on the list. First appearing in 2010 and again in 2011, the 2012 inclusion is clearly the icing on the cake.

“This is a major achievement for us and proves that our online business model is continuing to head in the right direction and deliver us phenomenal sales despite the tough times of the recession,” comments Tim Brennan, managing director, UK Flooring Direct.

“We have steadily grown the business since 2004, and to achieve not only one, but three inclusions on the prestigious Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list is testament to the hard work of our entire team. We are 100% committed to increasing our growth throughout the coming years, while still providing the exceptional service that we are famous for to our loyal customer base.”

The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 has been published annually since 1997, and is the definitive league table of Britain’s private companies with the fastest-growing sales. Sponsored by Virgin, this list has become regarded as the most reliable and comprehensive of its kind.

T 0844 327 0000

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www.ukflooringdirect.co.uk

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