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Flush-fitting sinks and hobs

When sink, hob and company fit flush with the kitchen worktop, it's not only kitchen users and design purists who fall into raptures. Cabinet-makers, carpenters and kitchen manufacturers too benefit from being able to provide a flush fit on site easily, quickly and cleanly. This is made possible by the special structure of the "Resoplex" kitchen worktop. Its high product quality had earned manufacturer Resopal the "interzum award: intelligent material & design 2011".

Consisting of a 35 mm "AirMaxx" lightweight chipboard panel, a 3 mm phenol compact layer and a 0.7 mm Resopal surface, "Resoplex" can be prepared for fitting a stainless-steel or glass ceramic hob without metal frame using a conventional routing cutter.

Installation is so easy, fast and clean that it can be done on site. This saves the fitter the need to provide transport bracing normally required for components that come ready-fitted. And because of the "AirMaxx" lightweight chipboard panel, "Resoplex" also brings a noticeable weight reduction of up to 30 per cent over conventional chipboard, facilitating transportation and mounting. 

Practising sustainability scores points in the Interzum Award

Interzum 2011 sees the premiere of an all-green interior-design product on an international stage. Named "RE-Y-STONE", it consists entirely of regenerative raw materials. Recycled core and decorative papers are saturated in a natural resin from sugars-production waste and then pressed in a special manufacturing process to leave a homogeneous bio-composite board. The judging panel of the "interzum award: intelligent material & design 2011" rated it "Best of the Best".

Resopal re-launches its exhibition stand

Resopal is resolutely building on the potentials it has at its fingertips. At Interzum 2011, the exhibition stand produced entirely by company staff once again comes in the form of a honeycomb system providing the platform for presenting the latest products. Because the company won the ADAM award two years ago for brand and show-presentation excellence, this year's striking stand's not only expected to be a magnet for innovation chasers but also for interested stand constructors.

The association with nature's model created by bees is so obvious that the exhibition stand's symbolic power extends right through to the topics addressed by Resopal. It focuses on the idea of working together as a living expression of the company's "Projekt M" philosophy as well as the image of the honeycomb as a place for effectively creating and adding value. It is in this sense that the Resopal stand at Interzum 2011 serves as a hub where its interior-design products developed and perfected with exacting demands on innovation, design and sustainability meet in concentrated form on the "Resopal Rooming" principle. The optimum relationship between wall and space that make the honeycomb the ideal place to live in not least provides all Resopal products, both indoor and outdoor, with the best possible opportunity to interact and display their full potentials. 

The “Harmony” wood collection from Resopal

Oak or pine furniture? That brings back memories of heavy, dark living-room furniture, of children’s bedrooms from the 80s. These associations could hardly be further away from the new wood decors in the “Harmony” Resopal collec­tion. Classic timbers extend a challenge to see them in a new light.

Following imm cologne, the world’s leading furnishing show, in January 2011, the Association of the German Furniture Industry is certain: “Good old oak is experiencing a veritable boom. Oak is modern because it is being left in its natural mellow colour and no longer being stained in dark rustic hues. Walnut will maintain its important status. It radiates a sense of value and elegance. High-grade cherry with its delicate, reddish hues is playing a prominent role. Usage of domestic wood, including fruitwood, is becoming more important to buyers. The lighter colour spectrum continues to include beech, maple, ash, alder and birch.”

The new “Harmony” wood collection from Resopal meets today’s and tomorrow’s trends in interior design, also in terms of colouring. For instance, imm cologne’s Trend Book 2011 announces that cool grey will be a dominant colour, accompanied by ash grey and black. A light taupe liaises between grey and white, providing an element of softness in the colour scale. In “Harmony”, many variations of oak, ash, pine and other classics take their place in this spectrum.

"RE-Y-STONE" revolutionises interior design

A world-first is now opening up a whole new range of options for interior design. The source of inspiration for this initiative is Reso­pal. At a press conference on 5 November 2010, Managing Director Donald Schaefer presented a jointly developed bio-composite board named "RE-Y-STONE". Consisting of regenerative raw materials only, it additionally expresses this natural quality in terms of looks. The innovation also helps customers pursue their sustainability activities on an archi­tectural level.

"RE-Y-STONE" consists of recycled core and decorative papers plus a natural resin. The resin is produced on the basis of bagasse, a by-product of the sugar industry that is obtained on extracting the juice from sugar cane. As a fibrous matter that remains after crushing, 40 to 60 per cent of bagasse consists of cellulose, 20 to 30 per cent of a mixture of polysaccharides occurring in vegetable biomass, and 20 per cent of lignin, a substance that strengthens the cane while giving it a woody structure.