Paper Expansion in Focus to The New Phase of Highly Engineered Designs for Laminate Products, 2002 Decorative and Industrial Laminates Symposium

The global wish to steadily increase the quality of engineered Designs for laminate products, especially flooring, has made it essential that all companies involved in creating natural looking designs (paper suppliers, engravers, decor printers, impregnators, laminate and equipment manufacturers), work more closely together than ever before.

The trend towards registered press plates in particular has forced all parties to co-operate as a team because of one well-known fact: PAPER EXPANSION.

An example of today’s quality standards of laminate flooring will show what kind of difficulties there are, because of paper expansion, and what this means in regards to embossed structures, e. g. press plates.

There are ways to minimize those problems and advise can be given to reduce difficulties and reach a higher level of standard.