The Product...
A revolutionary composite flooring system that will change the way container and highway trailers are made, worldwide. As part of the official introduction, the product was featured at the Conforce pavilion at the 2006 Intermodal Conference in Hamburg Germany in December. The company officially launched EKO-FLOR at the 2007 Intermodal Show in Amsterdam.
In development since 2001, EKO-FLOR is a unique composite material developed by Conforce in order to replace the hard-wood floors that are currently used in containers and highway trailers. The product is fully certified by the American Bureau of Shipping for use in containers worldwide and was recently TTMA RP-37 certified for use in over-the-road trailers.
The highly anticipated EKO-FLOR offers numerous advantages to the container and trailer industries such as:
~ Creates an unequaled, sanitized environment uniquely suited for food-grade delivery. Since marine shipping containers are the number one mode of transportation worldwide, it is no surprise that cargo alternates from chemicals to food-stuffs. Therefore, contamination of wood floors is possible due to odour and residue absorption. EKO-FLOR does not absorb odours or residue, therefore mitigating the risk of contamination. As a result, EKO-FLOR equipped containers create, for the multi-national container corporations, a larger available fleet from which to draw, thus diminishing logistical inefficiencies and the increasing costs associated with the same;
~ Downstream savings to shipping lines and trailer owners through fewer overall repairs, faster repair times which equals reduced billable service hours, fleet versatility, and increased service life of container and trailers;
~ The environmentally friendly EKO-FLOR reduces the needless elimination of our Earth's depleting supply of trees.
EKO-FLOR panels
EKO-FLOR equipped container
EKO-FLOR equipped trailer
Conforce Announces Multi-Year Extension to Strategic Partnership with Bayer MaterialScience LLC
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Toronto, Ont. - September 1, 2010 Conforce International, Inc. ("Conforce" or "Company") (OTC: CFRI) is pleased to announce that it has extended its strategic partnership with Bayer MaterialScience LLC ("Bayer") to March 31, 2014. Bayer is one of the leading global polymer manufacturers with 30 production sites on six continents. Bayer is a division of Bayer AG, a recognized leader in health care, nutrition and the development of advanced materials.
The objective of the partnership remains to enable Conforce and Bayer to leverage their respective strengths as they work toward the successful commercialization of EKO-FLOR. Since February 2009 when the partnership was first established, Conforce and Bayer have developed efficient production processes and best practices in order to transition the Company's single-line development centre into a scalable multi-line operation. The partnership will continue to provide Conforce with key support in the areas of advanced design and material analysis, technical know-how and expertise, and a global material supply chain consistent with the projected volume requirements of EKO-FLOR.
Harry George, Manager New Applications, Polyurethanes, Bayer MaterialScience LLC commented that, "Bayer is very pleased to be part of this industry changing project. EKO-FLOR could possibly transform the future of transportation design and engineering as we know it. Bayer is excited to join Conforce in the next stage of the EKO-FLOR initiative which includes the development of product designs for new applications and scaling up to multi-facility global production capacity. The strategic relationship between Bayer and Conforce has never been stronger."
Conforce President Perry Pearlman added that, "Our relationship with Bayer has been an integral component in the development of EKO-FLOR. Through the collaborative efforts of Conforce and Bayer, we have developed a highly proprietary continuous production process. The next phase in our development will focus on the deployment of this expertise as we establish Conforce production facilities globally".
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