Pregis Announces Absolute Flooring Underlayment Licensees; Defends Patents
Deerfield, IL - MP Global Products, Norfolk, Neb., recently joined the ranks of companies approved to market and distribute Pregis Corporation's patented line of Absolute flooring products.
MP Global is now authorized to sell the line which features patented lip and tape system and the first polyethylene (PE)-based underlayment product engineered for environmentally-driven installations. Additionally, licensees who are approved to manufacture as well as convert and/or distribute the Absolute line of flooring underlayment are Pak-Lite, Atlanta, Ga., Crown Hill Packaging, Toronto, Ont., Canada, and Diversified Foam, Pennsauken, N.J.
"We are very pleased to be one of a handful of companies to provide the marketplace with the only patented state-of-the-art underlayment technology," said Jack Boesch, director of marketing, MP Global.
The four offerings in the Absolute line provide a wide range of features and properties to address most laminated flooring underlayment challenges.
"The company has expended significant investment to develop its underlayment technology and reserves the right to enforce its intellectual property against any unauthorized parties that produce, purchase, use or install flooring and underlayment products that are covered by Pregis patents," said Tom Wetsch, vice president of new product development. "Users will know if they are using an authentic, patented product because the words ‘Absolute™ EZ-Seam™' repeat on the tape liner strip."
The flagship product is Absolute EZ-Seam which relies on Pregis' patented lip and tape system to create a moisture-resistant seal. The EZ-Seam line features a layer of PE foam laminated to a layer of PE film. The film enhances the underlayment's ability to resist moisture, making it ideal for laminated flooring installations which might be subjected to higher humidity.
The EZ-Seam system offers a "peel and stick" tape system with an aggressive adhesive. Installers simply remove the release liner and mate the edge with the adhesive to the non-adhesive lip. The aggressive adhesive helps create a moisture resistant seam.
Absolute EZ-Seam Renew is a lip and tape underlayment system which is made from a minimum of 25% recycled content (from both post-industrial and post-consumer sources).
Also based on Pregis' patented EZ-Seam application system, this product is ideally suited for contractors/homeowners desiring a more sustainable alternative without sacrificing any of the performance benefits offered by the company's proven patented underlayment technology.
Its aggressive tape sealing feature enables efficient installation without the need for additional adhesives or applications steps. Both EZ-Seam and EZ-Seam Renew products are available in variable roll widths.
Absolute Laminated Foam features PE foam laminated to PE film for moisture resistance over concrete installations. The product is available with or without a "lip" and is an excellent workhorse for those applications where both performance and value are desired. (The "lip" feature makes it easy to mate rolls of material together for accurate installation.)
Absolute Flooring Foam is a workhorse solution ideal for non-concrete applications which only require the performance benefits of a non-laminated foam material. This product has excellent compression strength and is available in widths ranging from 36- to 100-inches. Absolute™ Flooring Foam is ideal as a leveling agent and for minor sound reduction for laminate flooring installations.
All four Absolute flooring underlayment products are available in multiple foam thicknesses and in various roll widths.
SOURCE: Pregis Corporation