Brussels, 12 May 2020 – MMFA, the Multilayer Modular Flooring Association, is pleased to announce that Flooring Industries Ltd. joined the association as associate member and Servaco Product Testing - Joint Venture with VITO, as supporting member.

Brussels, 30 January 2020 – MMFA, the Multilayer Modular Flooring Association is pleased to announce that the International Flooring Labs Ltd. (IFL) has become a new associate member of the organisation.

MMFA, the Multilayer Modular Flooring Association e.V. was founded in 2012 by European manufacturers of "design floors", which are becoming increasingly established on the market. After a phase of self-discovery, for the first time a European flooring association granted membership in 2016 to those importers who offer full logistics, sales and technical advice in Europe. This created the conditions for real market coverage. Today, we can see that this type of floor has become firmly recognised, the individual product categories have found their specific applications and sales channels and expansion is running at full speed: an ideal breeding ground for innovations in various dimensions, both technical and decorative.

After a long process, the members of MMFA agreed for the first time on a clear categorization of floating floors and floors assembled from individual modules into:

• "Wood" - floors with carrier boards made of wood-based materials and surfaces made of polymer or a cork layer...

The manufacturers of MMF-floor coverings and laminates could win a wealth of interesting first-hand information from a mutual market research project, which was carried out last autumn in France, Germany and Poland.

Already in 2005 and 2011 the EPLF European Producers of Laminate Flooring Association (Brussels) realized similar research with consumers as well as with architects working in the project business.

The recent survey became a mutual activity together with the MMFA Multilayer...

Presentation given during the Annual Press Conference at DOMOTEX in Hanover, Germany - 11 January 2020

The IVC Group, headquartered in Avelgem (Belgium), has become a member of the MMFA (Multilayer Modular Flooring Association, Bielefeld), effective retroactively from 1st January 2019.

The IVC Group, headquartered in Avelgem (Belgium), has become a member of the MMFA (Multilayer Modular Flooring Association, Bielefeld), effective retroactively from 1st January 2019.

EN 16354 and new MMF product categories now incorporated.

The new European product standard EN 16354:2018 has superseded the previous Technical Specification CEN/TS 16354. For this reason, the MMFA is publishing an updated version of its Technical Bulletin covering underlay materials. The new document can be downloaded free of charge in PDF form from...

EN 16354 and new MMF product categories now incorporated

The new European product standard EN 16354:2019-01 has superseded the previous Technical Specification CEN/TS 16354. For this reason, the MMFA is publishing an updated version of its Technical Bulletin covering underlay materials. The new document can be downloaded free of charge in PDF form...

Further consolidation for industry network

The MMFA (Multilayer Modular Flooring Association, based in Bielefeld) is delighted to announce a growth in membership: both Tarkett France and Portuguese manufacturer Corkart Indústria De Cortiças have recently been welcomed as ordinary members. In addition to these, Italian décor specialist...

The MMFA renames MMF product categories

The MMFA has assigned new names to product groups relating to floating multilayer modular flooring (MMF). In doing so, it has made a clear commitment to bringing together all the various terms within the sector under the generic term “MMF”. The same system of classification will be retained,...