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F. Ball Named Top Apprentice Employer

F. Ball and Co. Ltd. has been recognised for supporting young people at the beginning of their careers, winning the ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Apprentices (Large Employer)’ award at The Newcastle Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) Apprenticeship Awards. Last year, F. Ball created six new apprenticeships across its engineering, technical services, marketing, operations, business […]


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F. Ball celebrates 25 years at Domotex

F. Ball celebrated a quarter of a century of attending the world’s largest floorcovering exhibition, Domotex, which took place in Hannover earlier this month. This year marked the 25th time F. Ball attended the show, with the company showcasing innovations to help flooring contractors around the globe exceed even the highest expectations for flooring installations. […]

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F. Ball launches RAG® 2024

F. Ball and Co. Ltd. has unveiled the latest edition of its industry-leading Recommended Adhesives Guide (RAG®), which sees new adhesives recommendations for floorcoverings launched by manufacturers over the past 12 months now added to the guide. The RAG® enables contractors and specifiers to quickly check the compatibility of F. Ball adhesives with over 6,000 […]

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Have Your Say in the Tomorrow’s Contract Floors Awards

F. Ball’s new Stopgap 1600 fast-drying, fibre-reinforced smoothing compound, formulated especially for use over underfloor heating systems, has been shortlisted in the Tomorrow’s Contract Floors Awards 2024, and voting is now open to determine who takes the top spot. The annual awards recognise the flooring industry’s most innovative products and services as chosen by Tomorrow’s […]

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F. Ball expands its horizons at Domotex 2024

F. Ball and Co. Ltd. will continue to look beyond borders to showcase innovations to help flooring contractors around the globe achieve increasingly high standards of flooring installation at the world’s largest floorcovering exhibition. The company is placing particular importance on the exhibition as an opportunity to exhibit product innovations to international audiences, as F. […]

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Contractors Save by Going Green

Flooring professionals are not just saving the Earth, but also saving money by using the F. Ball Recycling Scheme, with one contractor cutting waste disposal costs by over £8,000. The initiative, first introduced in 2019, provides commercial waste bins around the country where empty recyclable F. Ball buckets and bottles can be disposed of for […]

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Debut for new look F. Ball smoothing compound packaging

F. Ball has redesigned the product packaging of its popular floor smoothing compounds to aid selection and achieve visual consistency across the range. The simplified packaging makes prominent use of both the product name and its primary application, with key features highlighted by distinctive icons. Product-specific colour schemes complement strong F. Ball branding and support […]

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F. Ball Unveils Innovations at The Flooring Show

The industry returned to Harrogate for the UK’s premier flooring exhibition, with F. Ball showcasing Stopgap 1600, featuring a new packaging design for smoothing compounds, as well as celebrating 50 years of the Recommended Adhesives Guide (RAG®). Stopgap 1600 can be used to encapsulate electrical wired or water-fed underflooring heating and cooling systems installed over […]

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F. Ball Triumphs at this year’s CFJ Awards

F. Ball has been voted Flooring Adhesive Manufacturer of the Year in the CFJ Awards, which is voted for by readers of the flooring industry’s leading trade journal. In addition, F. Ball also won the Best Use of Digital Media Award and five other installations using F. Ball products won awards at the event. The […]

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F. Ball Launches New Smoothing Compound for Underfloor Heating

F. Ball and Co. Ltd. has launched Stopgap 1600, a new fast-drying, fibre-reinforced smoothing compound that is formulated especially for use over underfloor heating systems prior to the installation of floorcoverings. Stopgap 1600 can be applied between 3 – 40mm thick to encapsulate electrical wired or water-fed underflooring heating and cooling systems installed over internal […]

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