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2. Bonding floor and wall coverings
Decorative floor and wall coverings are the most important market for adhesives in Western Europe (cf. ).
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Bonding materials
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Floor coverings :
homogeneous or multilayer plastic coverings (tiles and strips);
aiguilletés ;
carpets ;
linoleum, rubber ;
parquet, cork.
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Wall coverings :
plastic coatings ;
Textile coverings: fabrics, fabrics on paper, threads glued on paper, needled ;
wallpapers ;
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Economic data for Europe
European consumption of glues, adhesives and thin-bed mortars for the building and civil engineering sectors is shown in table 1 for the year 2000. These figures include all of Europe (European Community and Eastern European countries) except Russia.
Sealants and smoothing...
Bibliography
In Engineering Techniques
Standardization
French Standards Association (AFNOR)
- Bois lamellé-collé. Essai de cisaillement par compression. - NF B 51-032 - 06-81
- Produits pour joints. Essai d'adhésivité-cohésion sous traction maintenue après insolation sous vitrage. - NF P 85-516 - 12-85
- Produits pour joints. Essai d'adhésivité-cohésion sous traction...
Manufacturers
Manufacturers of glues and adhesives for the building and civil engineering sectors
Bostik Findley. In France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Great Britain, USA, China, South America, Australia...
Ciba. In Switzerland and other countries.
Evode. In Great Britain, Ireland.
Henkel. In Germany, France, UK, USA, Eastern Europe....
Tools, materials and equipment
▪ Sandblasting
Richoux S.A.
SPO
▪ Spatulas, construction tools
SFOD OUTINOX
Wolf S.A. (Outils).
Hilti France.
▪ Spraying (guns)
Kremlin (Sté).
Graco S.A.
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Professional and technical organizations
Centre scientifique et technique du bâtiment (CSTB) http://www.cstb.fr
Centre expérimental du bâtiment et des travaux publics (CEBTP) http://www.cebtp.fr
Syndicat français des colles et adhésifs...
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