flooring and furniture materials

Materials for Flooring and Surfaces

Building better flooring surfaces to live and play

Explore our flooring applications for high-quality flooring. Many consumers want flooring and surface materials that keep up with life – that not only look and feel great but offer long-lasting performance even under the toughest wear-and-tear conditions.

Flooring and surface applications

Discover how our materials can help improve the quality, sustainability and performance of flooring and surface applications. Explore some of the flooring applications to learn more.

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Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT)

Help maintain long-term flexibility and durability in the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) component with ELVALOY™ Copolymers.

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Carpet Tile Backing

Provide excellent performance and processability while allowing development of low-VOC formulations, as well as helps to increase long-term durability and support circular economy.

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Artificial Turf and Sports Surfaces

Help athletes excel, improve playground safety and more—while delivering durability, resilience and sustainability.

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Tile Adhesives and Grout

High-performance, cost-effective, and resource-efficient solutions to create long-lasting, high-quality tile installations.

Floor heating.

Self-Leveling Underlayment

Create smooth, level surfaces for high-quality floor coverings – no matter whether it’s ceramic tile, luxury vinyl tile, or hardwood flooring.

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Waterproofing

Long-lasting protection from exposure to water – helping to minimize structural breakdown and keep buildings safe and comfortable. 

Flooring and Surfaces

View our entire product catalog to find the best choices for your flooring and surfaces needs.

Flooring and surface care

When it comes to floor and surface care, consumers are looking for multi-functional products that provide lasting, sparkling results. Our solutions can help you develop products that allow floors and surfaces to look shiny and smooth for longer periods of time. With a broad portfolio of technologies for consumer and institutional applications, combined with deep formulation expertise, we can help you: 

Resistant

Formulate polishes or sealers that dry fast and deliver superior gloss retention, as well as soil, mark and ethanol resistance.

Distinct

Deliver distinct product functionalities that can enable new and differentiated label claims.

Efficient

Move a product from the lab to commercial scale quickly and efficiently.

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Exploring sustainability solutions in flooring

Watch this webinar replay to gain insights on the future of flooring.

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Explore our construction chemicals for flooring and surfaces.

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