Company Overview
Forbo Flooring Systems is a quality manufacturer and supplier of commercial flooring to the flooring industry for use in defence, education, laboratories, healthcare, aged care, hospitality, recreation, retail, offices, manufacturing, transport (marine, rail, bus & coach), accommodation, mining etc.
With a history of manufacturing linoleum dating back to 1864 and a modern history from 1928, Forbo Flooring Systems have the experience and reliability that is essential in the commercial sector.
With a comprehensive portfolio of products covering resilient & textile, Forbo Flooring have a solution for all applications.
Sustainability has been a focus since the 1990’s when Forbo Flooring started setting reduction targets and measured impacts to improve the footprint on our planet. Today Forbo Flooring strive to achieve new goals by 2030. Having achieved an 81% reduction (scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas emissions) since 2004. We aim to decarbonize our entire value chain achieving net zero by 2050.
Products and Services
• Electrostatic discharge flooring available in EC or SD systems – Colorex®, Sphera® and Marmoleum Ohmex SD
• Marmoleum® – Climate Positive (A1-A3) resilient flooring made from natural ingredients
• Marmoleum Decibel – acoustic backed Marmoleum Flooring achieving 18dB
• Flotex® – electrostatically flocked textile flooring. Hardwearing and servicable in sheet & tile
• Tessera® Carpet Tiles – Evolve+ range with low carbon footprint
• STEP safety vinyl – available in R10, R11 & R12 slip resistance.
• Eternal general purpose heterogeneous sheet vinyl
• Sarlon accoustic vinyl flooring – available in 15dB & 19dB in 2m wide sheet
• Modul’up adhesive free loose lay system available in compact or 19dB sheet 2m wide
• Allura LVT – Wood & Stone look tiles in different thicknesses to suit application
• Sphera® homogeneous sheet vinyl in 2m wide sheet
• Onyx+ wall vinyl – for laboratories, cleanrooms, wet areas, food handling & processing
• Coral entrance flooring systems – removes up to 95% dirt & moisture
Major Projects
- Other
Other Projects
Construction and refurbishment projects at RAAF Edinburgh and DSTG.
RAAF Richmond Liquid Oxygen Facility
Robinson Barracks NT
Garden Island NSW
Larrakeyah Barracks NT
RAAF Tindal NT
RAAF Amberley
Gallipoli Barracks
Other ADF projects throughout Australia some where we have signed NDA
Accreditations
ISO 9001 QMS – Quality Manufacturing Systems
ISO 14001 EMS – Environmental Management Systems
SA8000 Standard SAI – Social Accountability International
Product Certifications
GECA – Good Environmental Choice Australia
Global Green Tag
Bureau Veritas
Allergy UK
BREEAM – Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method
Declare – Red List Free
Member organisations:
ARFA – Australian Resilient Flooring Association
GBCA – Green Building Council of Australia
NATSPEC – specifications workbooks
Other Capabilities
Repairs and maintenance to existing flooring at RAAF Edinburgh and DSTG
