COMPANY PRESENTATION FROM A TRADITIONAL FLOORING INDUSTRY TO AN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN BRAND Bolon Create Miro, Como, Efficio, Pario, Simulo THREE GENERATIONS 1949 –1st generation: Nils-Erik Eklund, the founder 1967 – 2nd generation: Monica & Lars Eklund 2003 – 3rd generation: Marie & Annica Eklund KNOWLEDGE - ATTITUDE - MOTION Bolon Create ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES Bolon Artisan, Botanic, Bkb Bolon Botanic, Fraunhofer, Portugal Bolon Now, Bkb, Spektra, Google, UK Bolon Bkb, Adidas Office, China Bolon Create, Lebuinuskerk, The Netherlands IN THE FRONT LINE • Invested 8 million EUR • Worldwide certifications • Energy efficient production • Best possible raw materials from leading producers • Recycled • Strong vision “A goal is to create a future without footprints” Bolon Now, Create BOLON FACTS The Bolon Team • Employees 75 • Turnover 2012: 27 million EURO • Export 97% • Strong growth • Production in Sweden PARTNERS ALL OVER THE WORLD AWARDS Product design Communication Business Environment Annica & Marie Eklund 2012 Create 2012 Artisan 2011 Artisan 2011 Twilight 2010 Botanic 2010 Artisan 2011 Annica & Marie Eklund 2010 Botanic 2010 Twilight 2009 Twilight 2009 Eight 2008 Spektra 2008 Annica & Marie Eklund 2011 Spektra 2008 Botanic 2010 BOLON ON THE FLOOR ADIDAS HILTON PAUL SMITH ARTEMIDE HUGO BOSS PIERRE CARDIN APPLE STORE JAGUAR PULLMAN BLOOMINGDALES LACOSTE REEBOK CAPPELLINI LE MERIDIEN SAMSONITE CITROËN LOEWE SAS RADISSON CHANEL LOUIS VUITTON SEAT DESIGN HOTELS MCLAREN SHERATON DOCOMO MERCEDES SOFITEL ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA MERCURE STELLA MCCARTNEY ERNST & YOUNG MICROSOFT SWEDISH MATCH FERRARI MOËT HENESSY TIVOLI MARINOTEL FORD MONT BLANC TOMMY HILFIGER FOTOGRAFISKA MUSEET MONTIS W HOTEL GIORGIO ARMANI NORDISKA MUSEET WESTIN GOOD YEAR OCEAN RACE ZARA GOOGLE PARK HYATT HOTEL THE FUTURE ALTERNATIVE TO TEXTILE FLOOR COVERINGS Bolon Artisan, Bkb Project #1 Eliminating Fraying of Weft Yarn Description • Weft yarn consist of a multifilament of PES covered with a layer of vinyl. (Ø < 1 mm) • When the core yarn are cut lengthwise the filament come out like a brush by time. Goal of the Project Eliminating the fraying by for example: • Complete new material • Monofilament • Mixing different material that melts together • Treatment of the core yarn The yarn must run continuously into the extruders up to 800 m/min. Process Test the new core yarn in following processes: • • • • Extrusion process Weaving process Backing process Tile cutting Contact details Bolon AB Sune Olsson Material Development Manager E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +46 321 530 486 Torbjörn Klaesson Chief Supply Chain and Technical Officer E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +46 321 530 434 Project #2 Mix of textile and vinyl Description • Today: woven vinyl flooring • Tomorrow: New product with a mix of woven vinyl and softer threads. • Why? To take market shares from textile floor coverings and improve sound absorption qualities, be unique and innovative Goal of the project • Finding a suitable material that will provide a product with improved textile feeling • The material needs to be able to fix with PVC Process • • • • Study materials Finding materials Sample production at Bolon Evaluation of samples Contact Bolon AB Sofie Dahlén Technical Designer [email protected] 0321-530484 Torbjörn Klaesson Chief Supply Chain and Technical Officer E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +46 321 530 434
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