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COMPANY PRESENTATION
FROM A TRADITIONAL FLOORING INDUSTRY TO AN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN BRAND
Bolon Create Miro, Como, Efficio, Pario, Simulo
1949 – 1st generation: Nils-Erik Eklund, the founder
1967 – 2nd generation: Monica & Lars Eklund
2003 – 3rd generation: Marie & Annica Eklund
THREE GENERATIONS
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
• Invested 8 million EUR
• Worldwide certifications
• Energy efficient production
• Best possible raw materials from leading producers
• Recycled
• Strong vision
IN THE FRONT LINE
Bolon Now, Create
“A goal is to create a future without footprints”
• Employees 75
• Turnover 2012: 27 million EURO
• Export 97%
• Strong growth
• Production in Sweden
BOLON FACTS
The Bolon Team
PARTNERS ALL OVER THE WORLD
AWARDS
Artisan 2011Artisan 2011 Artisan 2011
Botanic 2010Annica & Marie Eklund 2010
Annica & Marie Eklund 2011
Annica & Marie Eklund 2012
Botanic 2010
Twilight 2009
Spektra 2008
Botanic 2010
Spektra 2008
Twilight 2010
Eight 2008
Twilight 2009
Create 2012
Product design Communication Business Environment
BOLON ON THE FLOOR
ADIDAS
ARTEMIDE
APPLE STORE
BLOOMINGDALES
CAPPELLINI
CITROËN
CHANEL
DESIGN HOTELS
DOCOMO
ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA
ERNST & YOUNG
FERRARI
FORD
FOTOGRAFISKA MUSEET
GIORGIO ARMANI
GOOD YEAR
HILTON
HUGO BOSS
JAGUAR
LACOSTE
LE MERIDIEN
LOEWE
LOUIS VUITTON
MCLAREN
MERCEDES
MERCURE
MICROSOFT
MOËT HENESSY
MONT BLANC
MONTIS
NORDISKA MUSEET
OCEAN RACE
PARK HYATT HOTEL
PAUL SMITH
PIERRE CARDIN
PULLMAN
REEBOK
SAMSONITE
SAS RADISSON
SEAT
SHERATON
SOFITEL
STELLA MCCARTNEY
SWEDISH MATCH
TIVOLI MARINOTEL
TOMMY HILFIGER
W HOTEL
WESTIN
ZARA
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 detailsBolon AB
Sune OlssonMaterial Development Manager
E-mail: sune.olsson@bolon.com
Phone: +46 321 530 486
Torbjörn KlaessonChief Supply Chain and Technical Officer
E-mail: torbjorn.klaesson@bolon.com
Phone: +46 321 530 434
Project #2
Mix of textile and vinyl
Description
• Today: woven vinyl flooring
• Tomorrow: New product with a mix ofwoven vinyl and softer threads.
• Why? To take market shares from textilefloor coverings and improve sound absorption qualities, be unique and innovative
Goal of the project
• Finding a suitable material that will providea product with improved textile feeling
• The material needs to be able to fix withPVC
Process
• Study materials
• Finding materials
• Sample production at Bolon
• Evaluation of samples
Contact
Bolon AB
Sofie DahlénTechnical Designer
sofie.dahlen@bolon.com
0321-530484
Torbjörn KlaessonChief Supply Chain and Technical Officer
E-mail: torbjorn.klaesson@bolon.com
Phone: +46 321 530 434
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