by AF0618 N3NEOCON — June 22, 2009—Steelcase Inc., a global office environments manufacturer, displayed a new access floor during the NeoCon World’s Trade Fair in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. The nesso access floor offers increased esthetic and performance features that allow it to go further, and do more, than traditional access floors.
The new floor provides a surface that feels solid, strong and safe, like walking on concrete, and also comes in a range of premium finishes, including marble, granite, slate, ceramic, linoleum, rubber, wood and vinyl, allowing it to be used in places traditional access flooring hasn’t typically been specified.
Designed in Italy, nesso, which means “link” in Italian, connects the infrastructure throughout the workplace, allowing easy access to power and data, so organizations can create better connected and harder working spaces. Nesso was designed to complement the company’s collection of solutions for more open, connected workspaces.
Based on research indicating that the lack of premium finishes was preventing the use of access floors, Steelcase aimed to deliver a solution that combined the performance and visual appeal of other flooring options, with all the proven flexibility that raised access flooring provides.
Floor finishes offered by nesso come fused to fire-rated core material comprised of gypsum, recycled paper and cardboard. Floor panels are installed on adjustable-height pedestals and a rigid understructure in two-foot square modules, resulting in a surface that is strong, safe and flexible. The nesso access floor panel design also meets the Class A requirements for Interior Finishes to minimize the threat of flame and smoke to allow for easy exits and public safety in case of an emergency.
Comprised of high percentage recycled newspaper content and containing no PVCs, nesso is the newest product in the Steelcase portfolio to express the company’s commitment to sustainability.
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