Microlinen
Texture Available on the Carron Phoenix Isis Range
With
texture in the home being a trend that looks set to run and run, the Microlinen
texture from Carron Phoenix is a good
way to add some tactility to the kitchen. The Microlinen texture is available
on all four of the premium specification Isis sinks.
The Isis has been manufactured using the very latest in sink manufacturing
technology and features a low profile perimeter that sits just 4mm off
the worksurface. It achieves an almost seamless finish with the worksurface,
re-interpreting a high end design look at a more affordable and accessible
price point for the premium mid market.
Microlinen is a finely textured surface with a matt appearance that works
well colour-wise with brushed stainless steel appliances. The soft sheen
of the metal has appealing low reflective qualities, while being soft
to the touch. Compared to standard polished steel it also requires less
buffing to keep up smart appearances - ideal for people who like to save
time on tedious household chores.
The Isis 150 features a spacious one and a half bowls with a deeper than
average 200mm main bowl. All Isis sinks are available in right or left
hand drainer format and with a range of useful accessories including basket,
strainer bowl and chopping board.
For stockists or more information on Carron Phoenix's sink and tap products,
call 01324 638 321 or log on at http://www.carron.com
The
UK supplier of surfacing materials and components, European
Decorative Products (EDP) is able to offer immediate supply
of a high gloss PVC foil - Plum Prunus.
The
Pentadecor (Roxan) manufactured foil reflects the strong growing trend
and appetite for these finishes and surfaces. The grain is smooth, flowing
and very discernable while remaining soft and subtle. The unique natural
colours of Plum are clearly highlighted by the foil.
The effect of this gloss Plum door in combination with subtle tone carcase
panels is stunning. EDP's Terry Willett says that ideal board colours
that best offset the gloss Plum are colours like Egger's Alabaster (U10),
its Vanilla (U108) and its elegant Sand Beige (U153).
True to the company’s central ethic of customer service, EDP holds
in stock gloss Plum Prunus along with all other significant colour ways
and woodgrains for 2/3 day service in 100m rolls with a respective width
and thickness of 1420mm and 0.5mm.
Other high gloss PET colour ways stocked by EDP are White; Vanilla Cream;
Cappuccino; Bordeaux Red; Sepia; Mocha; Black; Sahara Sand Beige.
EDP's Terry Willett says that customers have come to discern the differences
in surfacing quality and how that translates to their products: ‘Now
having the opportunity to source some of the best quality PVC and PET
foils in the world from a local supplier in minimum quantities and to
short lead times should give many of the UK's top door and cabinet furniture
manufacturer a distinct advantage. It's a simple phone call away’.
And now EDP says that it offers an exceptional board-foil colour matching
service with a very fast turnaround of samples and minimum order quantities
for trialling samples.
Tel: 01702 618877
Email: Edpgroup@btconnect.com
Web: http://www.edpgroup.co.uk
Bushboard
goes 'Au Natural' with its Range of Woodgrains
With
depth of colour and high print definition, the selection of woodgrains
within the Prima range from Bushboard
offers an alternative to solid wood worksurfaces. With its realistic surface
finish, Prima woodgrains combine the best of both worlds - natural beauty
with hygienic, easy to maintain quality.
The range encompasses ten woodgrains, from the trend-led tones of Wenge
and Zebrano to the classic hues of Cherry and Beech Butcher Block. The
range also offers complementary accessories with splashbacks and upstands
to give an integrated design look with total design flexibility.
Neil Horton, commercial director at Bushboard comments: ‘With the
current door trends centring much more on cream, brown and white tones,
the trend for softer, warmer hues of woodgrains is being driven forward.
Prima is noted for its high quality and authentic reproductions of natural
materials and our launch of the new woodgrains, including Zebrano, moves
the range onwards.’
The worksurfaces within the woodgrain collection are available in 3m and
4.1m lengths and in widths of 600mm, 665mm and 900mm.
Bushboard's extensive range of worksurfaces, splashbacks and upstands
are quick and easy to install and give a fashionable look to any kitchen.
They are high performance and come with a lifetime guarantee.
Tel: 01933 232 242
Email: worktopsamples@bushboard.co.uk
Web: http://www.bushboard.co.uk
Quinn Plastics Adds Splash of Colour with New Colour Range
Quinn
Plastics
has introduced six new colours to its portfolio of CAST DESIGN products,
bringing to eighteen the number of colour specifications available. The
new colours comprise Mexican orange (light orange ice), village green
(light green ice), Nordic blue (ice blue), Parma violet (light violet),
Petra rose (magenta ice) and glacier green (transparent green).
'Quinn CAST DESIGN products are known industry-wide for being hard-wearing
and their ability to endure markings caused by finger prints, while still
being soft to the touch. In addition to offering a clean and modern finish
to in-store displays and signage, the products’ textured surfaces
reinforce brightness and subtly filter light. The introduction of the
new range of colours will further allow designers to colour-coordinate
interior layouts to meet the required specifications of their clients,'
said Judith Sanz, Quinn Plastics manager, Barcelona.
'The visual communications sector is a major target area for us and we
recognise that more and more sophisticated thinking is coming into play.
For this reason, our extensive range of vibrant and exciting colours will
appeal to designers seeking an individually tailored look to their interior
and signage pieces,'
Quinn CAST DESIGN products are manufactured at the Quinn Plastics plant
in Barcelona, are available Europe-wide and are used by a number of leading
pan-European retailers to distinguish their brand image and identity in
highly competitive markets. The array of new colours intrduced will further
enhance their ability to differentiate their product and service offerings.
Web: http://www.quinn-plastics.com
Keeping
it Seamless with Splashbacks from Bushboard
With
integrated design looks becoming increasingly popular in the kitchen,
Bushboard's contemporary splashbacks
offer kitchen designers the ideal way of creating a seamless, unified
look between worksurface and wall area. They are easy to fit and easy
to keep clean, while giving a beautiful aesthetic too.
Within its recently re-launched Prima range, Bushboard now offers 19 splashback
designs reflecting the immense rise in popularity for this product. Brushed
Aluminium is the designer and consumers' favourite, but there are now
six new stone effects in Riverwash texture which are tactile alternatives
to the metallic look.
Design technology meets worktop manufacturing expertise in this new 3D
texture.
The texture of the Riverwash splashback is rounded and smooth, inspired
by water running over stones and is designed to offer a fashionable contemporary
palette in neutral tones including white, beige, stone, grey and chocolate.
For more information on Bushboard products, please contact the Customer
Service team on:
Tel: 01933 232 242
Email: worktopsamples@bushboard.co.uk
Web: http://www.bushboard.co.uk
Cova
Products Brings more Designer Chic to its Premier Collection of Cova Press
3D Forming Veneers
Cova
is continuously updating its range with new woodgrain designs and plain
colours to offer customers a continuous stream of inspirational, modern
ideas for kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom furniture creation.
The company says that its success bears testament to the efforts made
to achieve a product that is as lifelike as possible. Featured here are
two of the latest designs to be added to the company’s collection.
TIEPOLO
PA dark walnut
TIEPOLO
PA, is a dark walnut. If one woodgrain species currently stands above
all others it is walnut. The global trend for a distinctive, natural appearance
in walnut was created by the Cova Amati design and this latest interpretation
creates another remarkable decor. Tiepolo has strong core features which
create a vivid and incredibly realistic effect. The design is presented
in a colour which convey's the character and variety the woodgrain. Kronospan
have an MFC match for Tiepolo PA reference D8953 as have Egger in H3776.
Ivory
Cream features the new ‘suedette finish’
IVORY
CREAM SUEDETTE is a new colour to be added to the Cova Press stock range.
Ivory Cream features the new ‘suedette finish’ which gives the
material a soft, matt texture. The surface finish is not only durable
within the home environment but is also pleasant to touch and complements
the colour. Ivory Cream Suedette can be co-ordinated with any of a number
of MFCs in both woodgrains and plain colours including, Egger U104, Finsa
65B, Kronospan U512 and Unilin UD24.
Tel: 01670-718222
Email: cova.products@renolit.com
Web: http://www.covaproducts.com
While
LG HI-MACS® is generally defined
within the descriptive boundaries of a ‘solid surface’ material
it is, in fact, a Natural Acrylic Stone as distinct from a Solid Surface.
The company says that this is mainly because of the way it is composed
and manufactured and offers designers, fabricators and users a number
of important benefits which set it apart from and in front of general
solid surface materials.
Primarily
LG HI-MACS® is a thermal-cured surface as opposed to the more conventional
chemically-cured solid surface. Thermal curing brings important benefits:
* Thermal curing gives a slightly harder and more stable surface which,
in turn offers better consistency
* The LG manufacturing process achieves a greater translucent depth. This
is because the company’s manufacturing process, and the unique composition
of its material, allows particles to be more evenly distributed throughout
the material as opposed to only the top third of the surface.
* The thermo-curing manufacturing process has allowed the introduction
of the Volcanics collection which incorporates significantly larger particles
with stunning depth translucency
* Because thermal curing gives a harder surface it is more resistant to
scratching and easier to work and fabricate
* It is totally non-porous and normally can be cleaned with just a cloth
and detergent. Should some marks persist they are easily removed with
brand-named products like Bar Keeper's Friend™ Light scratches can
be removed with a gentle abrasive like a Scotchbrite pad. Deeper scratches
can be removed by sanding.
LG HI-MACS® is a leading material with which to work and design. It
is supplied with a protective coating that need only be removed after
the sheet has been worked on CNC machines.
The material is also supplied in 9mm sheets as standard. These sheets
are for use in any situation where the application does not involve heat
- so vertical surfaces, wet surfaces in showers etc.
The formable properties of LG HI-MACS® for creating complex 3D elements
are exceptional. This includes being able to create colour-matched sinks
to worktops. The material allows joints with a full seamless effect to
be made.
LG HI-MACS® has a full 15* year warranty versus the usual 10 year
digressive warranty.
‘All of these properties make LG HI-MACS® today's and tomorrow's
advanced, hi-tech surface for designing and hi performance use,’
says the company.
* An initial 10-year guarantee + an extra 5 years when you register on
the Internet site at http://www.lgchemeurope.com
Tel: 01892 543008
Bushboard
Launches new Encore Range
Bushboard
has added to its laminate portfolio with the launch of a new range of
off-the-shelf solid surfaced worktops. Titled Encore, the range offers
eight finishes that blend fine particles with a fashionably neutral colour
palette that will suit a host of kitchen styles.
Significantly,
as a ready-made product, Encore is positioned to offer the greater accessibility
to the same style and quality of solid surfacing, while being so much
more affordable compared to a bespoke product.
Encore's appeal lies in the seamless flow of the material offering a very
design-versatile product to create minimalist styling and a unified flow
between the the worksurface and walls. Worksurface blanks are supplied
factory-edged on the two short sides and long front edge and are available
in 4100 x 650 x 44mm. Breakfast bars are edged on four sides, with one
square and one bowed end in overall size 2400 x 900 x 44mm. Completing
the look are upstands in 3600 x 100 x 12mm; midway panels in 4100 x 600
x 5mm and hob panels in 1220 x 1200 x 5mm.
Says Stuart White, managing director of Bushboard:
'From our research and knowledge of the market, we know there is a clear
opportunity for ready-made solid surface blanks that to date has not been
capitalised on by any manufacturer. The profile customer is design-oriented
looking to upgrade from laminate but who doesn't have the budget for the
type of premium solid surfaces currently on offer.'
Confidence, performance and durability are a given with Encore's premium
specification. Made from compression reinforced acrylic, the product has
some extremely high performance characteristics unique to Encore against
comparative materials.
Encore combines a thicker than average 5mm solid surface layer onto a
high density environmentally preferred chipboard substrate and is backed
with a high pressure laminate on the underside.
Independently tested by FIRA the Encore surface is resistant to temperatures
of 240ºC and is five times more impact resistant than any of its peers.
The hard non-porous surface is beautifully practical, yet incredibly tough
when it comes to everyday wear and tear and common kitchen spills. It's
hygienic and easy to keep clean with mild detergent and water.
With Encore, Bushboard have applied their extensive expertise in laminate
worktop manufacture and applied it to the modern material of solid surfacing.
Close to £1m has been invested in a bespoke production line at the
Wellingborough headquarters. This gives the company a manufacturing first
in being able to produce ready-made solid surfaced worktops in volume
with the same precision and technical excellence as their Prima, Omega
and Odyssey laminate ranges.
Says Stuart White, managing director at Bushboard:
'With Encore, we are applying everything we know about worktops to set
a new benchmark in the solid surface sector. Our customers have a high
expectation of a Bushboard worktop and we are confident that we have replicated
that with Encore. Our aim is to open up the market with an off-the-shelf
product that is best in class and can be used with absolute confidence
for its design appeal, unrivalled specification and outstanding performance.
No-one has done that yet.'
Bushboard has underpinned the Encore launch with an extensive marketing
programme and retailer support package. There is a new 20 page colour
brochure, a bespoke display stand complete with worktop and breakfast
bar samples as well as large individual samples. Bushboard also has a
dedicated Customer Service Team on hand to provide product and technical
support to retailers and consumers over the telephone, as well as despatching
samples and information within 24 hours. Encore will be available ex-stock
nationwide from 24 distributors from October.
For more information on Bushboard products, please contact the Customer
Service team on
t: 01933 232 242, email: worktopsamples@bushboard.co.uk
or log onto www.bushboard.co.uk.