Taylored Flooring celebrates 10 years in the Flooring industry.
We are looking forward to exhibiting at Floorstyle 08, as it’s not before time the UK has a flooring show which is dedicated specifically to hard floorings.

As the sole UK agent for Timberwise Oy we will be demonstrating the revolutionary WiseLoc locking system which is a patented 5-G click system making the boards easy to install. These high quality single plank boards are engineered in Finland and are suitable for most underfloor heating systems.

BamFloor® - Solid bamboo flooring is one of the most eco-friendly products on the market. With its unique and contemporary appearance, it makes for a dynamic and practical floor in most domestic and commercial locations.

Solid oak floors still account for a large proportion of our sales and we will be displaying a range of these with various finishes and surface treatments.

Come and see us on our stand
Taylored Flooring
Stand R30

“We decided to exhibit at Floorstyle 08 after speaking to several of our southern based customers; many voiced a concern that since the demise of the London Floor Show there is no platform for them to see and discuss new products and innovations in the flooring industry.  

Floorstyle 08 provides us with a high profile venue in London, which is easy to get to and from.  We’ll be demonstrating our new SikaBond 5400 dispenser that can apply 9m2 of elastic adhesive in under one minute, making substantial savings on labour costs and shortening installation times by up to 40%.”
Mick Hooper, Key Account Manager
Sika

“Whitehead & Wood is a supplier of product presentation materials to the flooring industry, specialising in shadecards, presenters, swatches, ringbinders and other marketing support products.

Our heritage is as a retail packaging printer, with extensive knowledge of graphic and constructional design, and we have utilised this experience to provide innovative creative solutions to what can generally be regarded as a traditional and predictable market.

At Floorstyle 08 we will be showcasing a new range of environmentally friendly platform board fitments, which are perfect for the presentation of wood and ceramics. This specialist floorcoverings show provides us with an ideal opportunity to display a wide range of in-house services and reach a new audience who will be looking for something different.”
Nigel Clarke
Whitehead & Wood

“We are very excited to be exhibiting at Floorstyle 08. Flexible Flooring, a name which is designed to reflect our passion for rubber flooring, is the new name for the Whetter Group, which has been supplying rubber flooring products to the trade, retailers and the general public since 2004.

At the show, we will be launching our new range of rubber floor tiles, designed to offer value for money whilst maintaining consistently high quality. The wide variety of colours and profiles that we stock make our tiles particularly suitable for domestic end use, and also for small-scale commercial projects. As well as promoting our products to installers and the general trade, we will be looking to get more retailers on board, and our exciting new retail stand designs will be previewed at the show.”
Emily Whetter, Managing Director
Flexible Flooring

“The main reason Gerflor is exhibiting at Floorstyle 08 is that it is an exciting opportunity for specifiers to see and touch an amazing collection of innovative vinyl floorcoverings.

We will be showing our brand new collection of Creation luxury vinyl tiles, which boasts an expanded range of wood and mineral effects. The collection also features new natural embossing, bevelled edges and a commercial 0.7mm wearlayer (high quality) and precision manufacturing.”
Hazel Cook, Contract Marketing Manager
Gerflor

“Atkinson & Kirby is pleased to announce that it will be taking a stand at this year's Floorstyle 08 event. We are very excited about the potential of Floorstyle 08, as the UK needs a good showcase for wood. And we have the confidence in Kick-Start to attract the right people to make it a success.

As a company, we have never had a better, more comprehensive product range and Floorstyle 08 is an ideal place for us to showcase our portfolio.

Floorstyle 08 will be the only place this year where people will be able to see and touch all of our products. Our stand will be an inviting, and relaxing place to visit and peruse our products. Those on display will include new species and finishes across all of our ranges, and for the first time, our bespoke CONCEPT range. CONCEPT is unique in that every floor is individually made to order on a short lead-time. Currently available in eight colour finishes, CONCEPT can also be colour matched. We will also be showcasing new marketing resources, specifically designed for architects and specifiers.”
Maxine Smith
Atkinson & Kirby

We chose to exhibit at Floorstyle 08 because we were keen to get our products into a London show. We’re hoping the Architects and Specifiers, who should be visiting the exhibition, will be interested in the Osmo range and will consider it for any projects they may have in the future. This is also a great way for us to demonstrate our range of products, for anyone unfamiliar with Osmo, and to answer any queries people may have.”
Steve Grimwood, Managing Director
Osmo UK

“We’re very much looking forward to exhibiting at the show. It will give visitors an opportunity to have a practical, hands on demonstration of our moisture meters.”
Andrew Rynhart
Tramex Ltd

Janser UK
"The main reason Janser UK has chosen to exhibit at Floorstyle 08 is that the company strongly believes in the importance of trade shows, particularly in the tools/machinery segment of the industry.

They provide a great opportunity to bring new products to the attention of installers who are generally very busy with their day to day work and don't get too much opportunity to find out about the latest tools available.

The other major factor in deciding to exhibit is that while The National Floor Show has been very successful for Janser in the last few years, we feel there are a significant number of companies, particularly from London and the South-East, who need a show closer to home.

Lastly, a good number of installation products in the Janser range cross-over into the field of stone/ceramic fitting."
Caius Kane
Sales Director

Amtico International
You are invited to visit the Amtico International stand at this year’s Floorstyle 08. Visitors will step into a world of opulent indulgence as Amtico International uses its presence at Floorstyle 08 to showcase a number of new products in both the Amtico and Spacia ranges. These include the stunning new Amtico collection ‘Back to Black’ which will re-introduce a sense of decadent glamour to designer flooring for both commercial and residential interiors.
‘Back to Black’ is a dramatic and bold collection of products, in dark saturated shades of black, that contain a unique linear grain with a subtle pearlescent sheen that can be cut into different formats to enhance the grain.
Amtico International is the market leader when it comes to providing stylish, practical and desirable flooring for all types of interiors, with brands such as Amtico and Spacia becoming the first choice for resilient flooring.
John Oakes
Marketing Manager

Karndean International
Karndean International will showcase its full range of flooring products at this year’s Floorstyle 08 show, held at London’s ExCeL from 29th June – 1st July.

Visitors can see how the company’s flooring products combine clever design with affordability. Staff at the stand will explain how its five ranges, Renoir, Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Da Vinci and Art Select, cater for a wide variety of tastes and help to reduce fitting time and cost.

“We are, and will continue to be, committed to supplying innovative products to the commercial sector. Floorstyle 08 exhibition gives us the ideal platform for us to highlight how we do this and support the work of all those involved in commercial installations.”
Martin Bell
Managing Director

Novostrat Ltd
Value, performance and environmental responsibility are all priority criteria for the specification of all insulation materials, which is why Novostrat is so keen to place its new generation of insulating underlays, for wood and laminate floors, in front of the Architect and Specifier.  We have been looking for a stand-alone exhibition which addressed our target audience - which is why we chose to exhibit at Floorstyle 08.

Novostrat Ltd may be a relatively new name in the UK but it is the largest manufacturer of polyethylene insulation products in Ireland, with distribution facilities throughout the UK and Continental Europe.

Novostrat produces a wide range of underlays and insulation products for domestic and commercial applications, including its ‘Comfort’ and ‘Sonic’ ranges of underlays for wood and laminate floors. New at Floorstyle 08 will be its Sonic Gold Excel, which is a high performance acoustic and vapour barrier achieving 22dB sound reduction which is easy to lay and is a completely CFC and HCFC free product.
Michael Hanrahan
Sales and Marketing Director

BSL Hardwood Floors
Within the flooring industry, and particularly within the laminate and real wood floor market, a sentiment has emerged that has connected ‘wood flooring’ as an alternative, in many cases, to ceramic floor tiles. This connection, within a more established sector, has made ceramics a very easy market for laminate and solid wood to enter.

The introduction of the ‘Wood Option’ within leading ceramic tile multi-national chains has proved to be very successful. Companies have enjoyed substantial growth, within just a few years, as a result of giving the end user greater flexibility and choice in store.

More comprehensive product ranges have been seen across the whole of North America and Europe, and more and more UK retailers are being attracted to the market. Even traditional carpet retailers now offer designer vinyl tiles imitating a ceramic tile appearance, together with laminates, engineered wood floors and luxury solid hardwood floors.

The new cross-over industry has attracted BSL Hardwood Floors to support the Floorstyle 08 exhibition, as the show runs alongside the established Tile & Stone Show. We see this exhibition as an opportunity to showcase our products within our own market, and to capture the imagination of the ceramic tile sector, which is increasingly being impacted upon by the ‘wood flooring’ element of the flooring market.

BSL Hardwood Floors has established its position as probably the largest UK operation for the distribution of North American species. BSL has three factories based in Quebec, Canada which employ over 300 people and it has dominated the solid pre-finished hardwood flooring market since opening its UK office and warehouse in 2005.

We’re looking forward to welcoming visitors to the Floorstyle 08 show, where we’ll be exhibiting favourites like the much sought after American Walnut, American Cherry and American White/Red Oak, together with our well known Canadian Maple and Hard Birch.
Michael Wilson
Managing Director

Panaget
Panaget is delighted to be exhibiting at Floorstyle 08.
It will be presenting its new ZENITUDE range, in OTELLO Oak Engineered plank. With a matt lacquer, which represents an oiled finish, ZENITUDE gives an authentic but contemporary style to any room and is available in four pastel surface formats.
Product benefits include a low maintenance, life-time polyethylene finish.  The ZENITUDE range will be further developed to include 190mm wide plank DIVA, Solid OCTAVO and SONATE floor later this year. 
We look forward to welcoming clients, both old and new, to our stand.
Guy Dallyn
Export Sales
London & South U.K

SPONSORS ANNOUNCED FOR THE TILE & STONE SHOW & FLOORSTYLE 2008

Sponsors for The Tile & Stone Show 2008 and new sister exhibition, Floorstyle 2008 have been announced. They will include the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Contract Flooring Association, the National Institute of Carpet & Floor Layers, the Flooring Industry Training Association and The Tile Association.

Meanwhile, Media Partners for the shows will include office interiors magazine, Mix Interiors; building/architectural trade titles Design Buy Build, Refurb & Renovation News and A & D Architect & Designer and leading flooring and tile trade titles, The Stocklists, Contract Flooring Journal, Wood & Laminate Journal and The Tile & Stone Journal.

Exhibition Organiser, Stuart Bourne commented, “We’re delighted to have these high calibre sponsors and media partners on board and are really excited about next year’s shows. We’ve already got a number of high profile exhibitors signed up and our relationships with these industry bodies, and prestige trade titles, will increase our profile and coverage even more.”

The Tile & Stone Show 2008 and Floorstyle 2008 will take place at ExCeL, London from Sunday 29 June to Tuesday 1 July 2008. Over 150 exhibitors will be attending, including Ardex, BCT, CP Group, Instarmac, Mapei, N&C Nicobond and Schluter at The Tile & Stone Show and, at Floorstyle 08, Atkinson & Kirby, Bonakemi, Karndean International, Panaget and Taylored Flooring. The shows are set to attract leading architects, specifiers, interior designers, planners and contractors for all areas of the construction industry. To exhibit at the event or to pre-register, please contact Stuart Bourne on tel. +44 (0)1892 752400, email stuart.bourne@kick-startpublishing.co.uk or visit www.thetileandstoneshow.co.uk

SEBASTIAN CONRAN JOINS WAYNE HEMINGWAY AS HOST AT THE TILE & STONE SHOW 2008

Acclaimed British Designer, Sebastian Conran is to host an inspirational seminar at The Tile & Stone Show 2008/Floorstyle 08. Joining Wayne Hemingway in the exclusive seminar line-up, Sebastian will explore “the price of everything and the value of nothing”*: design and its commercial application’ on the show’s second day, Monday 30 June, at ExCeL London. The event is set to attract leading architects and interior designers from the UK and overseas.

Director of product and graphic design studio, Conran & Partners, Sebastian’s career spans incandescent punk to iconic product design. As a student representive on the Governing Council, he gave the Sex Pistols their first ever booking and, subsequently, designed record sleeves and promotional material for the Clash. By 1978 Sebastian was working with leading consultancy, Wolff Olins, before being recruited as Mothercare’s Head of Product Design in 1981. Five years later, he founded Sebastian Conran Associates, which merged with S.C.A in 1999 to form Conran & Partners. Many of Sebastian’s technical innovations have been patented and his studio has received numerous design, marketing and innovation awards, including in the last three year’s alone three iF Product Design Awards, D&AD product design selections and Elle Decoration’s Iconic Product of the Year Award.

As well as an outstanding career and enormous industry acclaim, Sebastian has written numerous books, articles and papers, and has taught furniture design at the Royal College of Art. He lectures and judges many national and international design awards, and is an active member of numerous bodies; an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art and a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts and Chartered Society of Designers.

EXCEL TO HOST NEW FLOORING EXHIBTION - FLOORSTYLE 08

Floorstyle 08, a brand new exhibition for the flooring industry, will be launched at ExCeL London next summer. Running from 29 June to 1 July, Floorstyle is set to attract over 100 exhibitors from the wood, laminate, vinyl, rubber and linoleum sectors, as well as suppliers of associated accessories, cleaning, fixing and maintenance products.

The new three-day event will target leading architects, specifiers, interior designers, planners, retailers and contractors. It will provide a unique opportunity to experience all domestic and contract product groups under one roof. Exhibitors will cover all sectors of the industry, spanning leading mass-market manufacturers to niche specialists.

A comprehensive seminar and events programme will run throughout the exhibition, in the Lecture Seminar Theatre, whilst the latest installation and maintenance tools will be showcased in the Demonstration Zone. A Press and Exhibitors Lounge will also be available, offering full internet access and complementary refreshments.

The launch of the new exhibition follows the hugely successful launch of sister event, The Tile & Stone Show, which will be hosted in tandem at ExCeL in 2008. Show opening times on Sunday 29 June and Monday 30 June are 10.00am to 6.00pm and, on Tuesday 1 July, 10.00am to 4.00pm. To exhibit at Floorstyle 2008 or to pre-register, please contact Andy Turner on tel. +44 (0)1892 752400, email andy.turner@kick-startpublishing.co.uk

WAYNE HEMINGWAY TO HOST EXCLUSIVE SEMINAR AT THE TILE & STONE SHOW 2008

Acclaimed British Designer, Wayne Hemingway MBE, is to host an exclusive seminar at next year’s Tile & Stone Show. Exploring ‘design for the masses rather than the elite’ the seminar will take place on the show’s second day, Monday 30 June, at ExCeL London. It is set to attract leading architects and interior designers from the UK and overseas.

Born in seaside town, Morecambe, in 1961, Wayne’s career spans high profile street fashion design to urban planning. In 1982, he co-founded fashion label ‘Red or Dead’ with his wife, Geraldine Hemingway. It received the British Fashion Council’s ‘Streetstyle Designer of the Year Award’ for an unprecedented three consecutive years in 1996, 1997 and 1998. After 21 catwalk seasons, the label was sold in a multi-million pound cash sale and Wayne set up Hemingway Design. A specialist in affordable and social design, the company has been involved with numerous groundbreaking projects, including The Staiths South Bank – an 800 property mass market housing project on Tyneside, for George Wimpey Homes, and winner of ‘Best Large Project’ in the Housing Design Awards, Building Magazine’s ‘Best Housing-Led Regeneration Project’, A Building for Life and the highest rating of any large scale scheme in a recent CABE audit.

Professor in The Built Environment Department of Northumbria University, Doctor of Design at Wolverhampton, Chairman of Building for Life and a CABE, Wayne also received an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday List in June 2006. He regularly judges international design competitions and writes for a variety of high profile architectural and housing publications. His latest project is a world-first design resource, The Land of Lost Content - www.lolc.co.uk

The Tile & Stone Show is open from 10.00am to 6.00pm on Sunday 29 and Monday 30 June, and 10.00am to 4.00pm on Tuesday 1 July. For more information, please contact Stuart Bourne on tel. +44 (0)1892 752400, email stuart.bourne@kick-startpublishing.co.uk or visit www.thetileandstoneshow.co.uk

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