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Unilin and Floors@Work settle Canadian IP court case

04/12/2023
NEWS

Unilin Technologies, the IP division of Unilin, announces the successful resolution of a longstanding intellectual property court case with Floors@Work, a Canadian importer and retailer of flooring products. The settlement puts an end to the legal proceedings initiated by Unilin in Canada on January 15, 2019. As part of the overall resolution, Floors@Work has agreed to make an undisclosed payment in damages to Unilin. This settlement effectively brings an end to the court case, with a trial originally scheduled for the end of January 2024.

Novalis expands flooring capabilities with Unilin’s FlinTile

28/11/2023
NEWS

Unilin Technologies is excited to announce that Novalis, a renowned manufacturer of high-quality resilient flooring products, adopts the FlinTile technology on their new resilient flooring ranges. Starting in July, Novalis integrated this groundbreaking innovation into these new collections, revolutionizing the looks, installation and performance of these resilient flooring products.

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Unilin’s IP division cooperates with Tacon Decor in next generation “wrapping material” for decorative applications

15/07/2021

Unilin Technologies, a provider of patents and technologies to manufacturing industries, announces that it has entered into a partnership with Tacon Decor, specialized in coating and laminate options for decorative surfaces.

Tacon Decor and Unilin Technologies have developed a special wrapping material of laminate quality, to be used as a finishing surface for skirting boards and other decorative profiles. This next generation wrapping material can be applied more easily and smoothly, at higher speed during the wrapping process while still providing the required impact resistance. It can be wrapped around corners with minimal radii. Less decor paper waste is created in the production of the wrapping material, making it a more ecological choice.

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José Miguel de la Iglesia, innovation manager at Tacon Decor, adds "Together with Unilin we were able to develop this product and workflow, which opens up innovative applications for our wrapping products and makes processing in today's applications much easier." As co-developer, Tacon Decor promotes and sells this wrapping material to its current client base. 

"Our valuable joint effort in the development and implementation of these new technologies, in combination with our extensive expertise in intellectual property management and our world-wide IP licensing network will certainly be very beneficial to both companies. We are delighted to add this technology into our patent portfolio and are looking forward to license this out worldwide." says Unilin Technologies' Business Development Manger, Jasmine Geerinckx.

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