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Whitepaper covering how IOBAC Adhesive-free Flooring Installation Tabs can overcome the cost, design and environmental issues associated with traditional methods.

Whitepaper covering how IOBAC Adhesive-free Flooring Installation Tabs can overcome the cost, design and environmental issues associated with traditional methods.

IOBAC MagTabs and IOBAC Tab-It approved by Burmatex as adhesive-free installation methods for their carpet tiles and planks

An industry first – Shaw Contract offer a 15-year warranty for its carpet tiles when installed using IOBAC MagTabs. Make flooring reuse reality.

Adhesive-free flooring installation IOBAC MagTabs chosen for flooring installation in major office refit and site set-up.

IOBAC MagTabs are an approved adhesive-free flooring installation method for Ntgrate premium woven vinyl collections.

New IOBAC Tab-It adhesive-free flooring installation. Facilitating flooring reuse in a wider range of built environments.

IOBAC MagTabs® have been shortlisted in the Product Category for the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP) Awards. With a membership of over 100 progressive organisations, including world-renowned research institutions, trade bodies, architectural...

Welcome to our new LinkedIn newsletter “The Better Way”!   Each month, we aim to speak to individuals across the commercial interior sector who like us, are passionate about improving sustainability through innovation and industry collaboration.   We’ll be...

💚 “Sustainable design at your feet” – with all contract carpets Cradle to Cradle Certified at Bronze level, and ranges manufactured from recycled plastic bottles and used fishing nets, Ege Carpets’ ambition is to create the world’s most sustainable carpets. ✅IOBAC are...

Forbo Flooring recently approved the use of our adhesive-free MagTabs™ system with their Tessera carpet tiles and planks, Flotex planks and tiles and Allura Flex LVT ranges. Paul Woolvine, our CEO at IOBAC, explained the benefits for installers, building owners and...

IOBAC adhesive-free flooring installation has been recognised by the ECESP for its role in facilitating material reuse and take-back schemes. The European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP) is a joint initiative by the European Commission and the European...

We spoke to Tile & Stone Journal about the story behind the development of Ezy-Fit Tile Access Panels. Frustrated by the options currently on the market, leading tiling contractor Ashbury Tiles Ltd briefed technology experts IOBAC UK Ltd to develop a simple, fast...

Adhesive-free MagTabs are being increasingly specified for office re-fit projects due to their speed of install, compatibility with different types and brands of floor coverings and clean uplift, enabling reuse and recycling.   Read on for examples of recent...

Welcome to our new LinkedIn newsletter “The Better Way”!   Each month, we aim to speak to individuals across the commercial interior sector who like us, are passionate about improving sustainability through innovation and industry collaboration.   We’ll be...

IOBAC are delighted to be platinum members of Floor Covering Institute (FCI), with our Paul Woolvine and Ian Spreadborough recently taking part in one of FCI's Technology Series webinars. Entitled "Flooring the Market with Magnetic", they chatted through IOBAC's...

Flooring technology experts IOBAC UK Ltd discuss the advances in adhesive-free flooring installation and its benefits - from supporting material reuse, to offering increased design flexibility and lifetime value.  Ian Spreadborough, Co-founder and Director of IOBAC...

IOBAC ANNOUNCES LISTING ON NBS SOURCE TO INCREASE REACH WITH SPECIFIERS   IOBAC is the latest manufacturer to join NBS and list its products on NBS Source, the highly successful manufacturer product platform. With specifiers a key audience and increasingly...

Oxford Technology Park is a major new science and technology park providing the next generation of Office and R&D space at the heart of Oxfordshire’s A34 Knowledge Economy spine. The developer, Hill Street Holdings, has a wealth of experience working in this...

From both environmental and economic perspectives, it is widely agreed that the way we heat our buildings must change.  To meet this challenge, new heating solutions offering sustainable alternatives are being introduced to the market.    Here, Paul Woolvine, CEO...

Welcome to our new LinkedIn newsletter “The Better Way”!   Each month, we aim to speak to individuals across the commercial interior sector who like us, are passionate about improving sustainability through innovation and industry collaboration.   We’ll be...

Global commercial flooring manufacturer Forbo Flooring System and flooring technology experts IOBAC UK Ltd are collaborating to highlight the crucial role that adhesive-free installation can play in supporting circularity in the interiors sector.  With research...

One of the key advantages of specifying MagTabs adhesive-free installation is that it is a universal fixing system, meaning adhesive-free flooring designs do not have to be limited to just one particular brand or flooring type. Different flooring types such as carpet...

Trimline Group are a third-generation family business specifying and supplying tiling systems on residential and commercial projects across the UK. Trimline was founded over 35 years ago, on a very simple premise: to sell products that make customers’ job easier, in a...

Following extensive site and internal testing, Milliken has approved MagTabs™ as one of their preferred adhesive-free installation methods for their extensive carpet tile and Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) collections. Milliken is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of...

To date, over one thousand contractors, interior design and architectural practices have signed up to Built Environment Declare, a public commitment to action against climate change.  Key pledges include upgrading rather than demolishing existing buildings wherever...

Leading commercial flooring manufacturer Shaw Contract has partnered with flooring technology experts IOBAC UK Ltd in highlighting the crucial role that adhesive-free flooring installation can play in a move to a Circular Economy approach for commercial interior...

Find out how our adhesive-free flooring has handled the demanding environment of a Formula One hospitality motorhome over the past 4 years. These modular units host hundreds of guests over a race weekend, then are used to transport race equipment to the next location....

SpecFinish magazine is the official publication of the Finishes and Interiors Sector, the only trade association which represent specialists in all aspects of the interior fit-out and finishes sector. Its January edition predicts key innovations for the fit-out and...

Wood has been a trusted flooring choice for centuries, with the first tongue-and-groove products invented in the late 1800s. Beautiful and sustainable, wood flooring can be a fantastic enhancement to both commercial and residential interior projects. So why make it...

We are particularly pleased that the UK Green Building Council has recently included both our adhesive-free flooring solutions and Ezy-Warm Underfloor Heating in their Sustainable Solutions Library. Launched in June 2021, the Library is "designed to address shared...

This fit-out project for GKN Automotive’s International Headquarters based on the 2nd floor of London Victoria’s Nova North redevelopment is a fantastic example of how the various project stakeholders have collaborated to create a sustainable space without sacrificing...

Much has been written about and actioned by the flooring industry to improve the circularity of floor coverings. In February 2021, the Contract Flooring Association (CFA) published a comprehensive report entitled “Zero Avoidable Waste in Flooring – Towards a Circular...

With global prices for fossil fuels, particularly gas, increasing at a phenomenal rate, energy bills are set to rise for millions of UK homeowners this winter. As a higher energy cap comes into force, it is predicted that around 15 million or roughly half of all UK...

  When specialist contractor ASHBURY TILES LIMITED needed a better solution for installing tile access panels in their prestigious Nine Elms regeneration project in London with property developer Telford Homes, our patented Dual-Grip technology came to the...

The National Flooring Innovation Awards recognise everything that’s genuinely new, exciting and innovative in the UK flooring industry. Organised by The Stocklists and independently judged, we are delighted to announce that our recently launched Ezy-Warm Underfloor...

Many of us are now starting to envisage a time when we’re able to return to the office. And while office spaces will require short-term pandemic-proof fixes, in the longer-term they’ll also need to be more easily adapted through innovative, light-touch and...

Our pre-recorded on-demand CPD explains the key benefits of specifying adhesive-free flooring, namely: Waste reduction Enhanced design agility Operational efficiency In the last of our three-part series taken from the CPD, we explain the operational efficiency...

"Man caves", "she-sheds", "sh-offices" "shed-quarters" ..... whatever you call them, there's no doubt that garden rooms are in gaining in popularity! “Since lockdown began in March 2020, almost 1 million UK homeworkers invested in a garden building to use as an office...

Check out our latest case study describing how Shell Malaysia saved time, money and the planet using IOBAC Express Cure resin for their refit programme of 20 forecourt shops. By going directly over the existing ceramic floor with IOBAC resin, then installing magnetic...

In the next instalment of our 3-part series from our pre-recorded on-demand CPD “A Specifier’s Guide to Adhesive-free Flooring, we look at the enhanced design agility that adhesive-flooring provides. Hard to shift, easy to lift IOBAC’s patented Dual Grip technology,...

The Contract Flooring Association publish an annual guide to sustainability in flooring.  Described as "the flooring industry's definitive source for the latest information about sustainability", the 2021/22 guide features and article from our partner InstaFloor...

We are pleased to launch our beautiful magnetic wood range - now you can combine the beauty of wooden flooring with todays cleanest, simplest and most sustainable method of installation. View the stunning product range in our new brochure here.   Why Use Magnetic...

Our pre-recorded on-demand CPD "A Specifier’s Guide to Adhesive-free Flooring" explains the key benefits of specifying adhesive-free flooring, namely: Waste reduction Enhanced design agility Operational efficiency In the first of a three-part series taken from the...

  When a 1,500m2 area within its prestigious London office headquarters was due to be refurbished, this sustainability-conscious client and architect specified adhesive-free flooring from IOBAC. Loughton Contracts Plc chose IOBAC MagTabs as the ideal solution to...

(Written for Earth Day 2021) Tackifiers, spray adhesives, contact adhesives …. all methods that have traditionally been used to fix floor coverings to sub-floors over the years. When architects and designers specify flooring, naturally the flooring material itself...

We are delighted to announce we have launched a adhesive-free flooring CPD which explores the benefits of flooring installed using adhesive-free methods, including improved sustainability, increased design freedom and better operational efficiency. Developed for...

Many thanks to DIY Week , who put Ezy-Install Underlay through its paces in an independent product test recently. We are delighted to report it passed with flying colours! Read the product review in full in this month's edition here or in full below. It’s not often we...

This is a project we’re really happy to be working on, proving great global teamwork with both client and contractor. Having trialled IOBAC adhesive-free flooring installation in the UK, Shell are now rolling out refits of 20 of their forecourt shops across Malaysia....

We are delighted to announce that Ezy-Install Underlay has won a brace of awards so far in December. Firstly, we were proud to hear that Ezy-Install has been recognised as "Best of the Best" in the Underlay category in The National Flooring Innovation Awards.  The...

“Innovation”: no doubt an overused word but rest assured, the flooring industry is renowned for true innovation, whether it’s the first 18th Century wooden floorboards; the evolution of carpet; or today’s luxury vinyl tiles. And in recent years, the flooring industry...

At just one atom, graphene is the thinnest material known to man yet around 200 times stronger than steel. It’s also an excellent conductor of heat with fascinating light absorption abilities. These characteristics – amongst many others – have led scientists the world...

Flooring Innovation award-winning Ezy-Install Underlay is proving to be a hit with both floorlayers and domestic clients alike with fantastic feedback all round. Floorlayers love its clean simplicity and the fact that it enables them to get a quality flooring...

This stunning herringbone floor was created for a prestigious client in Belgium as part of their Headquarters refit. For this busy boardroom area, the choice of flooring had to combine impressive aesthetics with an installation that caused minimal disruption to...

We are delighted to confirm that our Ezy-Install Underlay has won a Flooring Innovation Award for 2020!  Narrowed down from almost 90 submissions, Ezy-Install has been recognised for enabling clean, quick, sustainable installations with maximum design agility....

We Brits spend around £30bn on household goods and improvements every year. It’s undoubtedly already a huge industry. But this year, under pandemic-induced lockdown and a large portion of us working from home or furloughed, it looks set to grow further. Many of us...

Here's a brilliant example of how flexible flooring can be used to differentiate zones within in a commercial retail environment. US supermarket chain, Giant, wanted a flooring solution that would make the food-court in its HQ store stand out, whilst seamlessly...

We are very pleased to announce our latest exciting launch: FloorPlay, a flooring materials supply service. The FloorPlay e-commerce site is a hub where flooring contractors and manufacturers can access the latest flooring technology and information and buy materials...

Following the success of our flexible flooring whitepaper developed in partnership with Loughton Contracts, we've worked with commercial flooring specification experts Division 9 Associates to create a whitepaper especially for the US flooring market. Learn The key...

COVID-19 has proven that, for the most part, people can work fairly effectively from home. Yet far from spelling the end of the office, it will instead permanently alter our perceptions of how we use it and what purpose it serves.  Here's IOBAC CEO, Paul Woolvine,...

Throwback to a great article in Floor Focus Magazine by resident flooring expert Lew Migliore discussing how the simplicity and ease of installation of magnetic flooring could help with labour issues in the US. Lew saw the benefits of IOBAC straight away when we soft...

Ian Spreadborough, Co-Founder and Director at IOBAC, appeared in the June edition of Tomorrow's Contract Floors talking about how flexible flooring can facilitate a more sustainable workplace. Visit the article here or check it out in full below. Flexible flooring:...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be deep-rooted and wide-ranging, and the fallout will likely touch all aspects of our lives in one way or another. Where and how we work will be no different. While the use of coworking spaces will probably experience a...

We are delighted to confirm that our clever little squares, IOBAC MagTabs, were recently voted in the top 10 best flooring innovations of 2020 by readers of Tomorrow's Contract Floors. Coming in seventh position out of the fifty best flooring products, MagTabs were...

A recent article in Health Estate Journal highlighted our call for support to research more fully the ability of Far Infrared Heating as used in our heated products to combat RNA viruses including Covid-19.  Link to the article here or read in full below. Please email...

Thoughts from  Ian Spreadborough on LinkedIn on IOBAC's approach to Open Innovation *********************************************************** With so much great team sport happening recently, it got me thinking about how important the power of the team has been to...

We are delighted to announce that the hugely innovative construction, intelligence and energy specialists Project Etopia specified IOBAC technology for the entire ground floor of their demonstration project at the Building Research Establishment (BRE), including...

Great article in CPD Specifier discussing the benefits of using IOBAC in different retail environments - new build, refurbishment and pop-up stores. Check out the article here or read it in full below. ************** The flooring of a retail space is fundamental to...

At IOBAC, we often get asked whether magnetic flooring affects electronic devices such as pacemakers, hearing aids or computers. To determine if magnetic flooring technology is “magnetically” safe, the static magnetic fields produced by IOBAC magnetic floors have been...

Fixture and fittings manufacturers must innovate to keep up with the modern commercial building designs and technology ..This is certainly true for modern flooring solutions. IOBAC CEO Paul Woolvine discusses how modular flooring has evolved to meet modern evolving...

After collaboration between Tier Global Ltd and IOBAC Ltd, we are pleased to announce that the compatibility between the TIERdrylay™ magnetic wood collection magnetic wood collection and Ezy-Install underlay has been confirmed, with excellent grab between the two...

IOBAC Limited is pleased to announce the launch of its revolutionary new modular flooring product, Ezy-Install, in partnership with InstaGroup Limited. Ezy-Install Flooring makes the process of installing a floor far easier, cleaner and quicker than ever before. ...

Here's another successful flooring installation using clever little squares IOBAC MagTabs with looselay Parterre luxury vinyl tiles.   The adhesive-free process meant that the stylish floor could be installed into this commercial office environment with minimal...

To add to its recent National Flooring Innovation Award, our clever little squares IOBAC MagTabs have now been shortlisted for a Tomorrow's Contract Floors Award 2020. Please click here to vote for MagTabs. It only takes 30 seconds!

Scanalytics Inc. and IOBAC Ltd are pleased to announce the formation of a strategic alliance intended to accelerate the synergy between their complementary technologies for the rapidly growing sensored flooring market. The agreement covers both the sales and...

How did IOBAC come to be? Why was it formed? Ian Spreadborough (IS): I’ve been involved in the flooring industry in one way or another since 1994 and started working on the magnetic flooring project in 2009. Straight away I knew there was something special there. It...

One of our US partners, intelli-force magnetix™  has recently introduced the world's first magnetic, recycled rubber flooring system with IOBAC™ technology built in. This product innovation offers the flexibility of magnetic flooring with sustainable, recycled...

Here's a recent project spotlight circulated by one of our US partners - intelli-force magnetix™  intelli-force magnetix™ powered by IOBAC, provides a safe, simple way to permanently isolate asbestos flooring without ever having to contend with the complete shutdown...

When Tomorrow's Contract Floors interviewed CEO Paul Woolvine recently, responses ranged from cricket to Point Break to George the resident IOBAC dog! Read the full interview here  

Interesting article in this month's Tomorrow's Retail Floors outlining why IOBAC is the future of flooring for the home. Change the design of your rooms in a matter of hours! And with IOBAC MagTabs, there is no need to limit designs to using just magnetic tiles - most...

Here at IOBAC HQ, we are absolutely delighted to announce that our clever little squares, IOBAC MagTabs, have been recognised with a National Flooring Innovation Award 2019. Launched by The Stocklists, The Flooring Innovation Awards recognises everything that's...

One of the key benefits of IOBAC Magnetic Flooring is that it enables a much quicker flooring installation as compared to traditional flooring techniques, which in turn saves money not only in installation project costs, but across the complete life of the floor....

Here's a handy video showing just how easy it is to install looselay tiles using IOBAC MagTabs. IOBAC MagTabs make installing looselay tiles onto a metal raised access floor quick, clean and easy - the next generation in floating floor technology. Super quick method...