CFL Acquires Hymmen Jupiter Digital Printing Line in U.S.
I4F, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the flooring industry, announced that CFL Flooring has acquired a Hymmen Jupiter digital printing line for its United States facility and has signed a new digital printing technologies license agreement with i4F.
I4F said CFL’s next-generation rigid core produces will be produced using Hymmen’s Jupiter JPT-C print-to-board line. With some 4,500 employees, CFL Flooring is a global leader and innovator in rigid core manufacturing as well as other hybrid vinyl floor covering solutions. Over the last 18 months, the company has heavily invested in its state-of-the-art production facility in Calhoun, Georgia, that is now fully operational.
Digital printing eliminates the need for certain elements, including décor films and plastic wear layers, thus reducing the total amount of PVC use, reducing plastic waste, as well as reducing the impact of supply chain strains linked to production, i4F said.