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The history

of parquet

adhesives

The adhesive technology specialist STAUF, a family business that can look back on a history
of almost 200 years, has decisively influenced the history of wood flooring adhesives.

Ever since mosaic parquet was patented in the 1930s, parquet flooring has been bonded to subfloors in a variety of forms. But the
real breakthrough for mosaic parquet came about only around 1950 with the introduction of mosaic fingers that came ready glued
to a mesh backing for full-surface bonding. It was around this time that the first dispersion adhesive for parquet was developed, the
‘STAUF-Rapid’, which STAUF still produces today – though with a modernised formulation and product name.

At the beginning of the 1990s, the prevalence of 10mm parquet sparked new requirements for parquet adhesives, resulting in the
development of two-component polyurethane adhesives, which evolved over time into single-component polyurethane adhesives.
Due to the hazard potential of the ingredient isocyanate, they represented a health concern however.

In the year 2000, STAUF set a new standard in occupational and environmental safety with the development of so-called SMP
technology (silane modified) and the production of elastic 1-component polyurethane adhesives. Within a very short time, the first
silane parquet adhesive, STAUF SMP 960, succeeded in transforming the world of parquet adhesives at STAUF, as well as parquet
bonding in general.

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