The importance of renewing an FSC® certificate for Lamidecor

Forest certification programmes, such as the FSC® Forest Stewardship Council ® certificate, are a way of ensuring that a company’s forest management practices demonstrate high environmental and social standards.

Forests are natural resources that play an essential role in human societies and economies. Forests provide us with clean air and water, timber for construction and other products such as paper and wood products. They also store carbon, preventing it from entering the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas and contributing to climate change. Forests are therefore important for people and the environment.

FSC® certification is a reliable way to verify and demonstrate to customers and other stakeholders that the company is serious about responsible forest management.

Renewing an FSC® certificate is a crucial step for Lamidecor to keep its sustainability credentials up to date. As an internationally recognised mark of responsible forest management, obtaining and renewing an FSC® certificate is a sign of good corporate citizenship and commitment to environmental awareness.

CPL et Finish foil

At Lamidecor we want you to know in a simple way the main differences between these two products CPL and Finish foil..

Both have the same purpose, covering surfaces with decorative paper. Depending on the properties required for the final application of the product, we will choose one or the other.​

CPL is a laminate that has a higher resistance both in physical tests such as resistance to surface wear or scratching, and in chemical tests such as resistance to staining agents. The finish foil, on the other hand, is more flexible, allowing up to 1mm of bending radius.

The designs of both product families are infinite and have a wide variety of gloss grades. The finish foil has different types of optical and haptic finishes such as 3D pore synchronised, while the CPL grades have a wide range of structures.

If you have any doubts about which product suits your needs, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our sales team will be pleased to help you.

Finish foil

Finish foil is the ideal decorative paper for coating all types of surfaces. Boards, mouldings and profiles are coated with designs ranging from wood imitations to unicolours and all kinds of fantasies.

The decorative papers are impregnated with aminoplastic resins and finished with the latest generation of environmentally friendly lacquers. Its modern design and the quality of the surfaces, together with the wide variety of gloss, finishes such as Antibacterial and 3D structures make it ideal for covering furniture ​and doors. It is a flexible and economical product with high performance.

What is CPL?

CPL (Continuous Pressure Laminate) is a compact laminate composed of decorative papers pressed together under continuous medium pressure. Its use is particularly suitable for covering doors, furniture, panels and mouldings.

At Lamidecor we manufacture CPL melamine laminates in different thicknesses and degrees of flexibility depending on the final applicability of the product. They can also be manufactured in different degrees of gloss and finishes, with a smooth surface or with a structure simulating the finishes of natural wood or other imitations such as stone, leather, metal, etc.

These range from laminates for flat surfaces to flexible laminates for covering mouldings. Among its advantages are its great flexibility, resistance and durability.

But what is FSC® certification?

The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) is a worldwide, non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting responsible forest management on a global scale. The FSC® defines standards based on agreed principles for responsible forest management that are supported by environmental, social and economic stakeholders.

How do we commit ourselves?

✔️ Ensuring materials are certified throughout the supply chain.

✔️ Promoting responsible forest management worldwide, rejecting and condemning any raw materials related to illegally harvested forests.

✔️ Caring for forests for future generations.

✔️ Helping to care for forests and the people and wildlife that call them home.

What does LAMIDECOR involve?

• Making use of printing inks made from organic materials, such as water, casein and other pigments.
• Ensuring the health of our equipment by using inks made from organic materials that do not contain solvents.
• Avoid the purchase of illegal wood and the massive felling of trees.