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            F Ball celebrates 140 years at The Flooring Show South






































               BALL AND CO exhibited at the inaugural Flooring Show                         F Ball’s stand at The Flooring Show South
            F  South exhibition as a launch partner, showcasing the latest
             advancements in subfloor preparation products and adhesives for
             floorcoverings.
             These include the latest addition to F Ball’s range of smoothing
             compounds, Stopgap 1400. ‘The high-flow, fast-setting, two-
             component smoothing compound offers superior self-smoothing
             properties and is walk-on hard from just 90 minutes after application
             and ready to receive floorcoverings from 12 hours,’ says the
             company.
             It also celebrated the 140th anniversary of the company, which
             was founded in 1886 and has remained an independent, family-run
             business ever since.
             Visitors to the F Ball stand had the opportunity to win a range of
             prizes, including a weekend break away, by playing an on stand
             competition, and watch live demonstrations featuring Styccobond
             adhesives and Stopgap subfloor preparation products delivered by
             the company’s head of training.
             Contractors and retailers also had the opportunity to sign up to
             the Ball Rewards loyalty programme, which entitles them to claim
             cashback each time they purchase F Ball products, as well as a
             range of exclusive benefits, such as the opportunity to enter regular
             competitions and earn extra cashback on promotional products.
             Commenting on the company’s exhibition, F Ball sales director Karl
             Brannigan said: ‘It enabled us to strengthen relationships with a
             wider audience of industry decision-makers, including retailers,
             contractors and specifiers, and attendance figures were very strong,
             with over 1,400 visitors to the show on the first day alone, so we’re
             pleased to be launch partners for the event. We’d like to thank
             everyone who took the time to come and see us.’  
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