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  • New procurement hub for floor coverings opened in Lucerne

    New procurement hub for floor coverings opened in Lucerne

    Mohawk, which claims to be the world’s largest manufacturer of floor coverings and is based in the US state of Georgia, has established a centre of excellence for its procurement activities in Lucerne. According to a press release, the company intends to increase its presence in the DACH countries. With its central location, Lucerne offers favourable opportunities to optimally organise and exploit all supply chains in terms of the movement of goods and services, according to the press release.

    Mohawk has already begun recruiting local employees to build up the team for the new competence centre. This process will continue, according to the press release.

    Mohawk sells its products in 170 countries worldwide, with around 30 per cent of its trade being handled in Europe. Its products include floor ceramics, wood and parquet flooring as well as vinyl products and carpets. The best-known names under the Mohawk umbrella include Marazzi, Ragno, EmilGroup, Kai, Quick-Step, Pergo, Moduleo, Unilin Panels and Unilin Insulation.

  • Bauwerk Parquet receives FloorScore certification

    Bauwerk Parquet receives FloorScore certification

    According to a press release, Bauwerk Parquet receives FloorScore certification for its entire parquet range. FloorScore is a seal of approval for low-emission floor coverings. It is the highest recognized indoor air quality (IAQ) certification standard in the United States, the release said. Regular audits of the production facilities are therefore also part of the certification.

    At Bauwerk Parquet, all parquet floors, including 2-layer, 3-layer and solid parquet, are now awarded FloorScore. The certification program is beneficial when building classification programs such as LEED are required, the media release said. Products certified with this label qualified for many sustainable building concepts, including LEED and BREEAM. LEED is an abbreviation for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a classification system for energy-saving construction. BREEAM is a global program for environmental assessments of buildings.

    By its own account, Bauwerk Parquet has long been a leader in the field of healthy living and underlines this through systematic checks by independent third parties, such as the eco-INSTITUT, the Sentinel Haus Institute and now also the SCS Global Services in California, which issue the FloorScore certification, confirm .

    According to the company, more than 60 percent of the Bauwerk parquet products are manufactured in St.Margrethen. The parent company, the Bauwerk Group, operates two additional plants in Lithuania and Croatia, as well as two production facilities in the US states of Kentucky and Tennessee in the USA. In 2021, the Bauwerk Group sold around 9.3 million square meters of parquet.

  • Catalog recommends materials against urban heat islands

    Catalog recommends materials against urban heat islands

    The federal government has presented a reference work for new buildings and buildings to be renovated that shows the effect of building materials on the heat in urban and densely populated areas. It was created by the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland on behalf of the Federal Office for Housing ( BWO ).

    According to a media release by the BWO, the catalog compares materials for outdoor use such as floor coverings and facades and explains their effect on the outside temperature. It also takes into account other properties of the materials, such as how they reflect sunlight or how much water floor coverings allow to seep away.

    The BWO calls on planners, developers and house owners to consult this material catalog when choosing suitable materials. In addition, the Office invites the scientific community to further develop and research the topic. Because according to the latest climate scenarios, the average temperatures in Switzerland will be 2.5 to 4.5 degrees higher by 2060 than in the period from 1981 to 2010. This means that the buildings that are being built or renovated today will be the microclimate of tomorrow shape.

  • Holcim concrete is supposed to charge electric vehicles

    Holcim concrete is supposed to charge electric vehicles

    Holcim has entered into a strategic partnership with the start-up Magment . The young company based in Oberhaching near Munich is working on a wireless inductive charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. According to Magment's understanding, they should be charged where they go instead of having to go where they are charged. This reduces the need for charging stations and at the same time saves time, according to a message from the Zug-based building materials manufacturer.

    Together, the development departments of both companies have created a "unique concrete with high magnetic permeability" for road surfaces. The technology is currently being tested at Purdue University in the US state of Indiana. Applications for industrial floors to charge robots and forklifts while driving are also in preparation.

    Magment CEO and co-founder Mauricio Esguerra believes that both companies will be an “important companion for the sustainable electric transport of the future” “by developing superior qualities” of magnetizable concrete technology. Holcim is also pleased to “develop concrete solutions with Magment to advance electromobility,” said Edelio Bermejo, Head of Holcim's Global Innovation Center. The Zug-based company is shifting "the limits of innovation by working with start-ups all over the world in order to take on a pioneering role in terms of sustainability".