Rubber sports flooring ELASTIFLEX

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Elastiflex™ is an Area Elastic sports flooring system that is suitable for basketball, volleyball and Futsal (5-a-side football); the product is FIBA Level 2 certified and FIVB approved; furthermore, Elastiflex is certified in laboratory conditions according to the “FIFA QUALITY PROGRAMME FOR FUTSAL SURFACES – FIFA QUALITY” standards criteria. The sports floor consists of two layers of phenolic plywood and of a calendered and vulcanised natural rubber sports flooring called Powerplay™ that is laid on them. Underneath this system, special supports that are called Air Cell® Pads ensure that the flooring’s elastic response shall be perfectly even. Elastiflex™ is made of cross-laid phenolic plywood panels and of a Powerplay™ rubber flooring that is laid onto them; air can circulate underneath the flooring and between the plywood layers thanks to this layered structure and to the Air Cell® Pads. These panels provide a system that is resistant to rising damp and is also ideal for underfloor heating. It also ensures greater resistance to temperature changes and provides optimal dimensional stability compared to solid wood solutions. In order to ensure a perfect biomechanical response to shock absorption and an even ball bounce over the entire playing surface, the Air Cell® Pads pattern has been studied together with the Biomechanical Institute of Valencia. Powerplay™ is designed to be an environmentally responsible sports flooring. 25% of the organic polymers in its formulation come from bio-mass: natural rubber is in fact a product that is not derived from petroleum and has a less than 10 years collection cycle. This makes it a rapidly renewable material.