Abet Ltd

Bold and striking HR LAQ high pressure laminate is making a splash in a children’s washing and breakout area at St Helen’s Catholic School, Essex. As part of a beautifully-designed first floor extension by local architects SK Architects and the local authority, six new classrooms, a studio and a central breakout area has been added in bold and bright colours more than doubling the school’s capacity. Specialist furniture manufacturer Benchmark FF&E Solutions was employed to create the innovative scallop-shaped wash and utility stations which were cleverly moulded around yellow columns housing sunpipes.

London’s new Design Museum has opened. The Museum’s first permanent exhibition - ‘Designer Maker User’ - designed by Studio Myerscough, was revamped earlier this year and uses HR LAQ from Abet Laminati for its info-walls, displays and graphics. The result is a bold scheme with bright and vivid red, orange and yellow hues to delineate each area and to attract visitors into the space. HR LAQ comprises 28 bold and bright colours available in both horizontal and vertical grades very high resistance to scratching, wear and abrasion, making them perfect for this type of application.

Labgrade, the decorative high pressure laminate with a solid core, has been installed in the refurbished Millers Oils laboratories at Brighouse, West Yorkshire. Supplied by Arnold Laver Bradford and installed by Cleckheaton Construction, the Labgrade, specially designed for use in sterile and hygienic environments, forms a hard-wearing, durable and attractive worktop. With a 16mm solid black core, coupled with a specially formulated chemical resistant decorative surface, it is designed to resist damage caused by most laboratory chemicals. The easy to clean surface complements the core which provides a smooth decorative edge to resist the ingress of dirt and bacteria.

MEG exterior grade laminate has been used to colourful effect at a new Academy in Birmingham. Designed by international design practice Scott Brownrigg, with the exterior supplied by SIG Building Systems, the new purpose built premises spans several buildings all clad in grey and orange laminate from Abet Laminati’s exterior grade high pressure laminate collection. MEG is a perfect choice for this kind of high demand environment. Carrying a BBA Agrément Certificate, MEG is a self-supporting high pressure laminate (HPL) for cladding the exterior of buildings.

Abet Laminati’s compact grade laminates are colouring The Healthy Living Zone which forms part of the Wigan Life Centre. The facility uses a combination of compact grade laminates from the Colours and Legni woodgrain ranges. The mix of different hues of blues, greens and black and white, together with the woodgrains have created bright, colourful and dramatic cubicles, lockers, benches and vanity units, all fabricated by specialist manufacturer TBS.

MEG exterior grade laminate has been used to clad the exterior of the new offices and crew rooms of the RNLI Station in Brighton. Designed and supplied by Aliva UK, MEG 414 was chosen to match the ceramic facades of the surrounding buildings and was face fixed with colour coded rivets. The cladding envelopes the Station, keeping staff and crew warm and dry in the harshest of weathers. This scheme is a perfect example of high performance MEG in action where the need for incredibly high performance and durability is married up with low life-cycle costs and aesthetic design.

As part of the ongoing support to the Grenfell community, Abet Laminati and Formwise are proud to have helped realise the ambitious DIY SOS Grenfell project to build the replacement Dale Youth Boxing Club and new Community Centre. Abet donated 12mm compact grade high pressure laminate in a grey Zebrano finish for the washrooms and cubicles, as well as a graphite grey for the lockers. These were supplied to Formwise Washrooms, the specialist manufacturer, supplier and installer of quality cubicles, panels, lockers, changing room furniture and panelling.