A large commercial printing works in Dorset had a problem with the floor where their multi-colour Heidleberg presses were housed. The original building had been a war time signals station and the flooring surface was made from quarry tiles laid onto a concrete bed. Large printing presses require supplies of very heavy pallets of paper. The constant movement of these heavy pallets across the quarry tiles meant that this floor required regular repairs.

Tact were called in for a flooring solution. Tact recommended completely flooring the entire original press room floor with TactTiles Premium floor tiles, a tile ideal for heavy duty industrial use. However, the client decided to fit Premium tiles to just the centre aisle and access walkways. Despite this extreme heavy duty usage, TactTiles are still in place after three years and have proved to be a very cost effective solution.


The printing operation has now been expanded with the addition of another press room. The TactTiles have proved to have an unforeseen benefit with their ability to keep the dust below floor level. Comparison between the two print areas finds that in the new area with no TactTiles, is proving to be very dusty, the older area remains relatively dust free.

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