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CFJ Awards 2026 Sponsors

the development and manufacture of
high-performance smoothing
compounds and over 65 years as
F Ball and Co inventors and innovators within the TradeChoice Carpet & Flooring
With a history stretching back to nearly adhesive industry. Our factory in Stoke For more than four decades,
140 years, F Ball and Co is the UK’s on Trent offers an unrivalled level of TradeChoice Carpet & Flooring has
leading manufacturer of flooring technical expertise, paired with industry been supplying the industry with the
adhesives and floor preparation leading laboratories and the latest complete flooring package. Voted the
products for the contract flooring developments in raw material and CFJ ‘Distributor of the Year’ for the
industry. Its extensive portfolio of processing technology. ninth year in a row, TradeChoice Carpet
products, which it manufactures at its & Flooring is the largest independent
Staffordshire headquarters and exports nationwide supplier of all things
globally, includes floor smoothing flooring. With fourteen branches across
compounds, repair compounds, the UK and a distribution centre in
waterproof surface membranes, the Midlands, TradeChoice Carpet &
flooring adhesives and primers. Flooring provides flooring solutions
SASGO within all market sectors to suit all
A specialist flooring distributor with budgets and end-user needs whilst
over 40 years of experience, providing ensuring that you can rely on us to
contractors with practical on-site make your job easier.
support, technical guidance, and
tailored specifications. We back the CFJ
Awards because we champion good
Hanson Plywood practice across our own operations
Based in Halifax, West Yorkshire and the wider sector, reinforcing high
and are specialists in providing cost standards, responsible performance,
effective and fit-for-purpose timber- and project continuity.
based panel products to a wide
variety of industries. The company has Wilsons Underlays
assisted the flooring sector in defining Proud to sponsor the 2026 CFJ Awards.
the criteria required for plywood panels Being part of the flooring industry’s
which can meet the specific, and Shaw Contract top talent and sharing the passion we
demanding requirements of subfloor Shaw Contract EMEA designs and all have for our sector is something we
constructions. manufactures commercial flooring never take for granted. It’s inspiring to
solutions that positively impact people support an event that reflects what we
and the planet. We create accessible, believe in: innovation, community and a
sustainable products at our carbon drive to keep improving.
neutral manufacturing plant in As three-time winners of the Flooring
Scotland where our products undergo Innovation Awards, we’re honoured to
rigorous testing for material health continue playing a role in celebrating
Loughton Contracts and environmental impact through the achievements that move our
An award-winning, employee-owned the Cradle to Cradle Certified Products industry forward.
flooring contractor with over 30 years’ Programme.’
experience delivering excellence
across prestigious projects in London
and throughout the UK. As the only
contractor sponsoring the CFJ Awards,
we’re proud to celebrate the innovation, GLUES BROS by BOB LAWTON
quality, and talent shaping the future of
our industry.

N&C Nicobond
A British manufacturer and distributor
of high-quality flooring products and
systems with 55 years’ experience in

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