7. Conclusion

Contemporary resilient floor coverings combine tradition and modernity: tradition in origins and materials, and modernity in manufacturing and installation methods.

These coatings are constantly evolving to adapt to the various regulatory, ecological and technical constraints –– they face.

The related products involved in their application are also evolving. For example, – glues and adhesives, which we have only briefly mentioned but which are an almost integral part of certain – coatings, now enable application methods that were not possible in the past.

Application techniques are also evolving. New methods are emerging that enable more reliable or faster, and therefore more economical, application.

Sometimes disparaged – often wrongly – resilient floor coverings offer a coherent response...