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My Ikō Premium-laminate floor

ter Hürne floors for your consciously designed living environment

We create products that you come into contact with every day. They are an important part of your home. Our floors support the sense that you and your loved ones are in good hands. Since a consciously designed living environment is important in ensuring things stay that way.

At ter Hürne, we have a special responsibility towards you. As such, we take it upon ourselves to equip our floors with the best possible characteristics to offer you precisely that: a consciously designed living environment.

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Conscious living with Ikō

In a world in which we spend up to 90 per cent of our life in closed rooms, the air quality becomes a decisive factor for our health and well being. The floor covering, which comprises a large part of our living space plays a central role for the room climate and is becoming increasingly important. Because modern building insulation reduces the exchange of inside and outside air: Harmful substances from carpets, furniture and conventional flooring thus remain in the room atmosphere longer.
Not with Ikõ: The floor consists almost entirely of wood, is free of plastic and harmful components such as plasticisers and chlorine - and thus guarantees that you can feel completely at ease in your home.

PLASTIC-FREE

The materials we use make it possible


Laminate floors consists almost mostly of wood and other organic materials. Every layer of the product's structure contains high-quality and long-lasting components.

The centrepiece of the floor is its compressed baseboard made from timber fibres. This is stabilised on the underside by a stabilising layer also made from wood fibres. The surface of the floor consists of resin, into which we mix the mineral corundum.

ter Hürne laminate floors consist, like engineered hardwood flooring, largely of wood and other organic materials. One cubic metre of wood stores one tonne of CO². That helps to reduce the CO² levels in our atmosphere. Some of the wood in the baseboards comes from storm-damaged trees. The carbon bound in the wood remains stored in the product throughout its use.



4 natural layers


1. Top layer

We seal the surface with high-grade resin, into which we bind the mineral corundum.

2. Design layer

The design carrier consists of wood fibres, as does the baseboard.


3. Baseboard

The baseboard is the centrepiece of the floor. We manufacture them from compressed wood fibres.

4. Backing layer

We even manufacture the wood pulp stabilising layer.
RESPONSIBLE FORESTRY

Because we need nature – and not the other way round

3 green reasons for Ikō


From sustainable sources

Ikō laminate floor captivates not just with is aesthetic appeal but equally with its environmental awareness. For Ikō, we mainly use materials of natural origin and forgo certain ingredients. Moreover our manufacture is based on wood from responsible forestry and about 80 per cent comes from local forests - a clear commitment to regional responsibility.

Durable and designed for the circular economy

Our commitment to sustainability goes even further: in line with the circular economy, we are increasingly using waste wood in our board production. We do not waste any part of the tree, but even use what would normally remain unused. The compressed core board of Ikō laminate flooring, consisting of wood fibres, is stabilised by a backing made from the same materials. Even the adhesive we use is derived mainly from the resins present in the wood. The result: a floor covering that is designed for durability.

Good for the environment, good for you

Our Ikõ Premium laminate flooring fulfils the highest ecological standards as well as the requirements for a conscious room climate. Our floors outperform the legal requirements for emission free living. So you don't just live stylishly but you can also feel good. You can find out more about this on the next page.

DID YOU KNOW?

Trees are natural climate protectors


Trees are important for our climate. Their trees produce the oxygen that is essential to life. And they absorb and bind the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air. Every cubic metre of wood stores one tonne of CO².
The carbon bound in the wood also remains preserved when the wood is processed into a floor covering or other construction products.

Therefore, wood is a versatile building material.

ANTIBACTERIAL

More than just clean


Spilled liquids, pets and the soles of your shoes transfer a wide variety of bacteria onto your floor.

Your floor not only looks beautiful, it remains clean, because the special surface treatment reduces the growth of bacteria.

So your floor is more than clean.


OUR CONTRIBUTION TO YOUR CONSCIOUSLY DESIGNED HOME

Not a trend but an attitude!


Health is our greatest asset. This value is not simply a trendy topic for us, but an attitude that we embody every day.

To keep this relevant, 20 years ago we brought in the eco-INSTITUT. It has the highest standard in the world for testing emissions and pollutants in products. It confirms to us that our products meet all the requirements for conscious living.

Our responsibility towards our customers drives us on to constantly invest in forward-looking technology. As such, we fulfil our promise to offer you the highest-quality floors on the market.

20 years ago, it wasn't about promoting the eco-INSTITUT seal, which was practically unknown to customers back then. Two decades ago, as today, we work with the eco-INSTITUT for one reason only: to help you and our children's world stay worth living in.

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For your safety and ours

You come into close contact with your ter Hürne floor every day. Want it to be healthy and sustainable for you and your environment? Do you need to feel safe?

So do we!

To ensure safety, we are building on third-party assessments.

These independent institutions are the warranty of our products:

Blue Angel

The Blue Angel identifies products that meet defined environmental and health criteria.

For more than 40 years, the Environmental Label of the Federal Government of Germany has been identifying environmentally friendly products and services. No other label in the non-food sector is as broadly based. Many everyday products bear the eco-label: for example, paints, furniture, detergents or recycled paper.

The Blue Angel is an impartial and economically independent voluntary product label. This is guaranteed by the Federal Ministry for the Environment as the label holder, the Federal Environment Agency for the scientific development of the award criteria, the "Environmental Label Jury" as the decision-making body, and RAL gGmbH as the independent certification organisation.

Good for you. Good for the environment.

Eco


The
eco-INSTITUT was established as an independent, private enterprise in the 1980s. It is one of the most experienced German laboratories in the analysis of indoor air for pollutants. We spend up to 90% of our lives in enclosed rooms. The quality of the air contributes to a pleasant indoor climate.

eco-INSTITUT tests our floors

  • for the entire manufacturing process
  • for the ingredients we use
  • for harmful ingredients such as plasticizers, heavy metals and pesticides
  • for toxic gases that escape
  • for smells


The eco-label certifies products that are low in emissions. For better indoor air in your room.

VOC


VOC stands for volatile organic compound. Our homes and interiors are better insulated than they used to be. This means that substances that are in materials and evaporate remain in the indoor air for longer. Some of these substances have been proved to be harmful to us.

Originating in France, the A+ to C label serves as an indication for the emissions of building products and interior furnishing materials.

Note:
ter Hürne laminate floors with the dimensions 1,286 mm x 194 mm and 1,286 mm x 243 mm are awarded the A+ label. All other ter Hürne laminate floors have an A rating label.

The label gives you and us a secure sense of good indoor air.