Formica - AWARD-WINNING FORMICA® CHEMTOP2™ IS THE RIGHT CHOICE
FOR UNIVERSITY SCIENCE LABORATORY RE-FIT
Formica Ltd's Chemtop2™ has been installed to provide
specially-designed work benching and fume cupboard
sections in a re-fit at the Laboratories at Sussex
University’s Brighton Campus. Using specialist papers
and incorporating a remarkable chemical-resistant
coating during manufacture, Formica Chemtop2 provides an
ideal solution for this type of environment.
Recognised for its outstanding performance
characteristics, Chemtop2 was recently chosen to feature
in the Innovation category of the Construction Products
Association’s Innovation and Achievement Awards. It is
the latest innovation in High Pressure Laminate (HPL)
and is uniquely available in both standard postforming
and structural compact grade laminate, in a range of
designs and thicknesses.
In this project Brite White was selected, at a 19mm
thickness, to form the worktops and splashbacks, and
other work areas. Excalibur Design has also specified
Chemtop2 in another phase of the project which will be
fitted in the next few months.
“We knew the type of product we wanted for the
Laboratories. It needed to be a highly practical and
hard-wearing solution in this particular environment,
and we were advised that Formica Limited manufactured
Chemtop2 in the UK. It was ideal, competitively priced,
and we are very pleased with the results,” said Graeme
Bartholomew, Project Manager at Excalibur Design.
Chemtop2 is ideal for use in environments where
relatively harsh acids, alkalis, corrosive salts or
other destructive or staining substances are used. It
can be used for all horizontal and vertical surface
applications, including worksurfaces and splashbacks,
and in the construction of cabinets and fume cupboards.
The University of Sussex was the first of the new wave
of universities founded in the 1960s, receiving its
Royal Charter in August 1961. Forty years on, the
University has become a leading teaching and research
institution, characterised by a number of academic
strengths including research excellence,
internationalism and interdisciplinarity.
Excalibur Design is a UK-based company specialising in
the design of cubicle systems and laminate fabrication.
It has worked with and completed laminate fabrication
projects for many of the largest companies in the South
East including American Express, Reading University, as
well as many schools, colleges and businesses, and has
worked closely with a number of main contractors such as
Mansell, Osborne and Bluestone.
Email:
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