At Forbo Flooring Systems, we are international market leaders with a wealth of experience providing ESD and Cleanroom flooring via one of the most trusted brands in the business - Colorex. You can be sure that Colorex complies to every norm and standard required today and, most likely, tomorrow.
The Benefits of Colorex
1: Our technology ensures a permanently conductive product delivering optimal performance through the life of the product. Colorex complies fully with all ESD standards.
2: The surface of Colorex can be repaired fully, extending its useful life.
3: The low plasticizer content in each Colorex tile creates unique dimensional stability while also preventing shrinkage. Each tile can be perforated for air flow systems.
4: This low plasticizer content ensures extremely low emissions and outgassing, making Colorex the ideal choice for cleanrooms. Colorex complies fully with all cleanroom standards, including those of the Fraunhofer Institute.
5: The dense construction of Colorex provides superb resistance to heavy loads, making it ideal for industrial and commercial enviornments
6: Available in tile format, Colorex is a must-have for raised access floors such as those in data centres and server rooms.
7: Option to add safety signs and guiding with Colorex Signal and Colorex Signal Glow.
8: As they are part of Forbo's adhesive free Fast Fit collection, Colorex Plus products can reduce installation time by more than half. Find out more about Fast Fit
The Forbo Sphera SD | EC sheet collection offers a trustworthy solution delivering consistently high quality for the most demanding of controlled environments. Our technical flooring systems will perform regardless of the conditions of the area.
Sphera is produced in Forbo’s new purpose-built European manufacturing plant, which means that all the latest insights and technology have been used to create ‘smart’ and innovative solutions resulting in a premium collection.
The benefits of Sphera SD | EC
• Innovative product development and carefully controlled production processes ensure a flooring solution with permanent conductive properties, which comply with all ESD standards.
• Sphera SD | EC will retain its optimal performance throughout the product's lifetime, regardless of the conditions of the environment, such as humidity levels.
• Low emissions and phthalate free manufacturing ensures that Sphera SD | EC can contribute to a healthy indoor environment.
• The unique SMART control surface treatment makes Sphera SD | EC resistant to stains and scratches, for a durable and hygienic solution.
• Thanks to the conductive backing, there is no need for conductive adhesive underneath the full sheet, only to affix the copper strip. This reduces installation costs and risks of installation errors.
• Sphera SD | EC is produced in a zero waste environment, ensuring efficient and sustainable manufacturing.
ESD flooring solutions are specially designed to provide flooring for electronics, pharmaceuticals, health, data centres and server rooms.
Colorex EC & Sphera EC
Flooring for ESD facilities, ISO standard cleanrooms, pharmaceutical laboratories, production sites and operating theatres.
Colorex SD & Sphera SD
Flooring for new build laboratories, ISO standard cleanrooms, pharmaceutical laboratories, production sites, server rooms, data centres and operating theatres.
Colorex Plus EC
Flooring for ESD facilities renovation, ISO standard cleanrooms, pharmaceutical laboratories and production sites. Suitable when down time, damp floors or poor sub-floors are an issue.
Colorex Plus R10
The textured surface gives enhanced slip resistance (R10) and is ideal for use in areas where there is a risk of contamination of the floor for example through powder and water spillage on production sites (electronics, manufacturing, life sciences)
Colorex Plus Basic
Flooring for shops, stores, warehouses. Areas with high traffic needing daily intensive cleaning. Suitable when down time, damp floors, or poor sub floors are an issue.
There is a wide variety of finishing solutions for Colorex including coving, skirting, welding and pre-formed corner pieces. For more details of our full range of accessories, please click here
To see the frequently asked questions about Colorex, please click here FAQ's about Colorex
We constantly strive to produce sustainable flooring systems that create better environments everywhere. For example, our Colorex and Sphera SD l EC collections are manufactured using 100% renewable electricity and are REACH* compliant.
How it's made
• Of all the electricity we buy, 100% comes from renewable sources
• Both our Colorex and Sphera ranges are manufactured in production facilities certified to ISO14001 - environmental management system
• Sphera SD | EC is produced in a zero waste environment, ensuring efficient and sustainable manufacturing
How it performs
• Low emissions and phthalate-free manufacturing ensures Sphera SD l EC can contribute to a healthy indoor environment
• The surface of Colorex can be fully repaired extending the useful life of the product. Deep scratches, holes, burns or other surface damage can be easily and effectively repaired, without leaving any trace or affecting the original characteristics of the floor. This genuine, 100% repairable surface is unique to Colorex and something that no other flooring system can promise
*Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) addresses the production and use of chemical substances and their potential impact on both human health and the environment
Social accountability
We care for the people that touch our business, from employees to suppliers. That’s why all our UK manufacturing facilities and most of our sites in Europe are certified to SA8000®. The SA8000 Standard is one of the world’s preeminent social standards which aims to protect workers along each step of the supply chain and we are the only UK flooring company to have achieved this certification. Forbo was also involved in the development of BES 6002 (BRE’s Ethical Labour Sourcing Standard) and became the 1st flooring company certified to this standard.
Green certification
We provide Environmental Data Sheets for all our products. To download our EDS sheets and our independent EPD’s, please click here
For more details on how we’re helping to Create Better Environments [click here
Read more about ESD & Cleanroom flooring: product portfolio
View Digital sample book(s):
ColoRex EC SD Plus: ColoRex EC SD Plus sample book
Sphera EC SD: Sphera EC SD sample book
Read more about Forbo's portfolio of products: at a glance brochure
You can also download our series of ESD white papers below:
Forbo Whitepaper Controlled Environment Key Terms
Forbo Whitepaper ESD Standards and Test Methods
We are very proud to announce that our brand new Sphera SD | EC sheet vinyl collection was awarded the Winners accolade at the postponed 2020 Building Better Healthcare Awards in the Best Interior Building Product Category.
