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INTRODUCTION

KUDOS PU

UNIQUESTYLE
The Kudos PU collection of luxury vinyl tiles has been designed to meet the demands of a vast array of commercial interiors. The variety of wood and stone options suit the design schemes of contemporary public and private spaces. Manufactured in large quantities, the concept behind Kudos is to provide the customer with an easy to select and readily available floorcovering. Inspired by the varying tones of natural wood, stone, slate and marble materials, this leading flooring collection is further enhanced by realistic surface textures, each tailored to match the individual aesthetic. Rich in colour and grain, the Kudos planks offer a range of stylish and exotic wood types to balance the subtle yet effective colourways of the stone collection.

A DAY IN THE LIFE APPLICATIONS THE COLLECTION DESIGN ACCESSORIES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TECHNICAL AND MAINTENANCE GLOBAL ADDRESS DETAILS

04-09 10-15 16-17 18 18 19 20

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ABOVE: 1966 Vintage Timber COVER: 1969 Indian Ebony

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KUDOS PU

ADAYINTHE LIFE
The following Day in the life scenarios provide examples of where Kudos is frequently installed. From busy domestic interiors through to heavy footfall commercial areas, Kudos retains its good looks whilst providing a highly resilient floorcovering. Designed to complement interior schemes, mirroring some of todays surface trends, the collection is produced in readily available standard plank and tile sizes, incorporating a polyurethane surface treatment (PU) to meet maintenance requirements.

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Polyflor luxury vinyl tiles and planks offer highly realistic designs and a low maintenance floorcovering.

The relevance of design and durability establishes Kudos as a practical choice for all sizes of cafes and restaurants. The polyurethane surface treatment provides an easy to clean flooring option which withstands any food and drink spills.

TOP: 1907 Nut Tree BOTTOM: 1993 Cambrian Stone

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Kudos retains the key hygiene levels to suit retailers in-store needs, meeting simple maintenance requirements.

The hardwearing quality of Kudos is the ideal choice for demanding education facilities, from the smallest nursery to the largest campus.

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TOP: 1990 White Marble BOTTOM: 1902 Oak

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The stylish appearance of both Kudos planks and tiles conforms to corporate and professional interiors.

The warm tones and classic realism of the Kudos palette is designed to coordinate with key in-store schemes.

TOP: 1995 Basalt Black with 9998 Silver Feature Strip BOTTOM: 1906 Golden Teak

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The collection of contemporary tiles provides a clean and fresh appearance for hospitality sector interiors.

The durability and style of the Kudos collection offers an ideal choice for busy reception and congregation areas. Trafficked dirt and heel scuff marks can be simply removed.

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TOP: 1992 Classic Yorkstone BOTTOM: 1996 Black Marble, 1991 Jura Grey, 1921 Silver Slate

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Entertainment and cultural centres are ideal hosts to the subtlety and realism of the wood effects. The colours, tones and grains have been developed with such interiors in mind.

High design aesthetics plus proven practicality creates a perfect base for fashionable interiors such as bars and restaurants.

TOP: 1967 Cabinet Cherry BOTTOM: 1966 Vintage Timber

APPLICATIONS

KUDOS PU

ISEVERY WHEREYOU WALK

Kudos PU comes with a historic and impressive reputation and a pedigree of successful installations across many global interior environments. Available for all heavy commercial installations, Kudos covers the Retail, Leisure, Office, Education and specific Healthcare sectors. The resilient nature of the product ensures the installation provides a long term solution to a huge number of projects.

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CORPORATE
The cleanliness and practical nature of the Kudos collection have become important factors for corporate interiors, supporting and contributing to the entire design proposal. Throughout the whole building, from entrance areas to corridors and office spaces, Kudos continues to prove a contemporary choice retaining its sophistication and functionality.

TOP: 1921 Silver Slate BOTTOM: 1969 Indian Ebony

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RETAIL
Polyflor is in its element within the retail sector, constantly delivering on design, budget, installation, function and technical support. As the Kudos collection is stocked in depth and is regularly despatched around the world, it offers retail projects and roll out programmes a sound option for front of house sales floors and showrooms. The design scheme can be further enhanced by coordinating colours to create sales zones or areas of special interest. In addition, Polyflors design floor service can produce dynamic effects with bespoke or corporate logos cut into the floor.

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LEFT: 1906 Golden Teak TOP: 1996 Black Marble and 1921 Silver Slate BOTTOM: 1902 Oak

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LEISURE
The leisure sector encompasses an extensive range of activities across the variety of building types. Kudos continues to accommodate the necessities of this sector by providing high-design and commercially compatible flooring which is easy to maintain.

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HEALTHCARE
Polyflor provides a huge number of floorcoverings for the healthcare sector, from the functionality and colour coordination of homogeneous vinyl sheet to tailored and area specific safety flooring ranges. The Kudos collection of vinyl tiles and planks offers a design alternative for corridors, reception, waiting and retail areas within hospitals and healthcare facilities. To further support this sector, Polyflor regularly assist is producing design schemes to ensure important aesthetic, performance and budgetary briefs are met.

EDUCATION
One of Polyflors many successes lies within the education sector. For decades, Polyflor have provided flooring for all types of learning establishments. Each installation can be tailored specifically to meet the individual requirements by combining colours and styles along with different product types to suit corridor, classroom, playing and refreshment areas. Kudos provides an alternative to traditional and institutionalised floorcoverings.

LEFT: 1926 Travertine TOP: 1965 Ridge White Oak BOTTOM: 1920 Limestone with 9996 Brown Feature Strip

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WOOD

Heavy commercial luxury vinyl plank and tile collection

1901 White Maple

101 x 914mm

1907 Nut Tree

101 x 914mm

1965 Ridge White Oak

101 x 914mm

1902 Oak

101 x 914mm

1966 Vintage Timber

101 x 914mm

1906 Golden Teak

101 x 914mm

1967 Cabinet Cherry

101 x 914mm

1968 Burnt Cedar

101 x 914mm

1969 Indian Ebony

101 x 914mm

1910 Mahogany

101 x 914mm

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STONE

1990 White Marble

457 x 457mm

1920 Limestone

457 x 457mm

1926 Travertine

305 x 914mm

1992 Classic Yorkstone

457 x 457mm

1993 Cambrian Stone

457 x 457mm

1994 Tumbled Ochre

457 x 457mm

1991 Jura Grey

457 x 457mm

1921 Silver Slate

457 x 457mm

1995 Basalt Black

457 x 457mm

1996 Black Marble

457 x 457mm

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DESIGN ACCESSORIES
FEATURE STRIPS
Creative freedom is further enhanced by the inclusion of feature strips, used between tiles and planks to create a grout line or ships decking effect, or as an alternative to a border design as a room perimeter.

9994 Cream 9995 Gold 9997 Copper 9996 Brown

9998 Silver 9993 Mid Grey 9999 Black

DESIGN STRIPS
1965 Ridge White Oak with 9996 Brown FS

Tiles and planks can be pre-cut into design strips in either 10mm, 20mm or 50mm widths. The length will depend on the tile or plank used.

BORDERS, COMPASS DESIGNS AND BESPOKE INLAYS

Almost any inlay design can be created, cut and supplied by Polyflor. We can either work with customers own creations or propose standard designs to meet individual requirements. Contact your local Polyflor office for further information (see back cover for global address details).
1920 Limestone with 9994 Cream FS

WEBSITE AND SAMPLE REQUESTS

Visit the Kudos PU product pages at www.polyflor.com/kudos to request samples or call the Polyflor samples hotline on +44 (0) 161 767 2551. The website also provides detailed technical and maintenance information.

ENVIRONMENTAL
Kudos PU is manufactured in accordance with ISO 14001. The product includes approximately 15% recycled content and is 100% recyclable. For further details on Polyflors environmental credentials or to request a copy of the latest environmental report visit www.polyflor.com/environment

ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE FLOORIN

ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE FLOORING

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TECHNICAL & MAINTENANCE

CHARACTERISTICS
Type of floorcovering Surface Treatment Total weight EN 430 g/m
2

STANDARDS
EN 649

UNIT

KUDOS PU
Heterogeneous, PVC PU 4,290 23, 33, 42

Performance classification EN 649 Gauge Wear layer thickness Tile Size EN 428 EN 429 EN 427 mm mm mm

2.5
Everyday spills can be simply wiped up

0.55 9 colours @ 457 x 457 1 colour @ 305 x 914 10 colours @ 101 x 914 Class Bfl-S1 <450 Class 1 Group T Class DS (Dry condition) R9 R9
Routine regular cleaning is beneficial to the appearance

Plank Size Behaviour to fire

EN 427 EN/AS ISO 13501-1 ASTM E662 ASTM E648 EN 649 EN 13893 AS/NZ 4586 DIN 51130 EN 433 EN 434 EN 425

mm

Abrasion Resistance Slip resistance

Residual indentation Dimensional Stability Castor chair suitability Underfloor heating suitability

mm %

0.1 0.25% max Pass - suitable Suitable max. 27C

Suitable for furniture with castor wheels

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Installation - For full installation instructions, simply choose from the below options: Log onto www.polyflor.com and download the Technical Installation Manual for Luxury Vinyl Tiles document within the Technical section. Contact Polyflor Customer Technical Services for further advice and assistance, or to request a hard copy of the Polyflor Technical Manual. Tel: Email: +44 (0)161 767 1912 tech@polyflor.com

Adhesives - For details on recommended adhesives, please contact Polyflor Customer Technical Services. Maintenance - For full details on the cleaning and maintenance, choose from the below options: Log onto www.polyflor.com and download the Floorcare sheet from the relevant product page. Contact our Customer Technical Support department for further advice and assistance, or to request a hard copy. Surface Treatment - Kudos PU contains a polyurethane surface treatment which provides an excellent foundation for an ongoing cleaning regime, leading to maintenance cost savings.

FalckDesign AB PO Box 10251, SE-434 23 Kungsbacka, Energigatan 9, Sweden Tel: +46 (0) 300 15820 E-mail: info@falckdesign.com James Halstead Flooring New Zealand Ltd 100 Plunket Ave, Manukau, Auckland, 2104 PO Box 98943, Manukau City, 2241 New Zealand Tel: 0800 425 783 E-mail: sales@halstead.co.nz objectflor Art und Design Belags GmbH Wankelstrae 50, 50996 Kln, Germany Tel: +49 (0) 2236 966 330 E-mail: info@objectflor.de Polyflor Australia Pty Ltd 59-65 Wedgewood Road, Hallam, Vic 3803, Australia Tel: 1800 777 425 E-mail: sales@polyflor.com.au Polyflor Canada 500 College Avenue West, Guelph, Ontario N1G 1T5, Canada Tel: +1 519 763 3088 E-mail: acrawford@polyflor.ca Polyflor Contract Ltd Office 12, Business centre "Strela", d. 113, liter B, Ligovskiy pr., St.Petersburg, Russia. Tel: +7 812 333 06 33 E-mail: sales@polyflor.ru Polyflor Hong Kong Room 2409, 24th Floor, New York Life Tower, Windsor House, 311 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Tel: +852 2865 0101 E-mail: anthonylam@polyflorhk.com

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