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skai Decorative Foil – Concrete Look In Germany

For several years, concrete is a vital stylistic element for furniture and object design as well as interior walls. In this context, skai decorative foil offers you a selection of attractive stone and concrete visual effects. We’d be happy to send you a sample.

In Germany, modern concrete is primarily used in the building of foundations and in some instances for structural elements underwater or in marshy soils. In addition, it is used to produce pipes and other special constructions. möbelfolie betonoptik

Currently, around 7 million tons of concrete is used in Germany annually (Federal Statistical Office of Germany, 2019). Nearly all the concrete is manufactured using cement from raw materials and aggregates, such as for example gravel, sand or crushed rock. This results in about 4 million tonnes of CO2.

Due to its durability and high level of rigidity, concrete is a particularly popular material for use in construction projects. It can be ideally suited to floors and ceilings, and will come in various surface finishes. In addition, concrete may be processed into a number of shapes and colours.

Thanks to innovative production technologies, it is now possible to make concrete-look porcelain tiles that are almost indistinguishable from the true thing. The Refin collections, for instance, have a very authentic look with fine porous or sandy or stony surface structures as well as special husk and trowel effects. The concrete character is further emphasised by different colour shades of gray and by light clouding or micro fissures typical of the material.

With DYNAMax, the greatest performance concrete from Holcim, it is now possible to attain slender support constructions that maximize the buildings’ usable area. For example, in the newest Seven Gardens Oak House office complex in Wiesbaden, the usage of DYNAMax allowed the developers to understand their vision of slender supports, while simultaneously meeting stringent fire protection requirements. The concrete was produced from a mixture that has been certified by the Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC) in respect with UNI EN 14411 – ISO 13006 and incorporated polypropylene fibers to meet up fire resistance class B/FL.