© 2008 Uzin Utz AG | 1 The new dimension in flooring expertise.

© 2008 Uzin Utz AG | 1

The new dimensionin flooring expertise


Uzin Utz Group

> The companies behind UFLOOR Systems <


The chronicle of Uzin Utz Group1911 Founded by Georg Utz - distribution company in Vienna

1919 Acquisition of a production facility in Ulm

1948 Registration of the UZIN brand at the Patent Office in Munich

1950 Start of production of flooring adhesives and levelling compounds

1994 Start of stronger development of the European markets

1997 Conversion into a public company; product launch UZIN ÖkoLine®

2001 Commissioning of the new European logistics centre, Ulm; Acquisition of Pallmann GmbH & Co. KG in Munich

2002 Merger of Wolff GmbH with Uzin Utz AG


2003 Acquisition of Hch. Jordan GmbH, Würzburg

2004 Acquisition of Unipro companies in Haaksbergen, NL and Gent, BE; Merger of Pallmann GmbH with Hch. Jordan GmbH, Würzburg;

2005 Acquisition of SIGA Floor AG and change of its corporate name to SIFLOOR AG

2006 All floor-covering activities are merged under the umbrella brand

UFLOOR Systems

2007 Acquisition of Hermann Frank GmbH & Co. KG, Flehingen

2008 Acquisition of RZ Reinigungs-und Pflegesysteme and the Genial Produkte GmbH in Meckenheim (near Bonn)

The chronicle


In profile: the group of companies


In profile: the turnover of the Uzin Utz Group


Development Export Share

In profile: the export development of the Uzin Utz Group


Employees

In reflection: inner values


Lean Organisation


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Logistics

European-Logistics- Centre

Ground Floor area:Built-up area:Usable floor space:Gross volume:Pallet capacity:

15.000 m²4.056 m²9.928 m²

78.000 m³13.000 pallets


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UFLOOR Systems – the new dimension in flooring expertise

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UFLOOR Systems - Partner to the trade, distributor, planners and decision makers

The installation of a floor is a complex business. As your dependable partner in all matters to do with flooring, we provide you with security. The worldwide brand name UFLOOR Systems stands for products, services and innovations in the new installation, maintenance and renovation of all types of floor covering, wood flooring, tiling and natural stone.

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Your advantages:

>>> first-class know-how through the combining of individual brand expertise

>>> comprehensive, perfectly coordinated product ranges

>>> expert technical advice in all matters to do with flooring

>>> personal on-site support from the technical advisers for all the products brands

>>> technical seminars with the specialists from UFLOOR Systems

>>> reliability and competitive strength thanks to a powerful organisation

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What does the name UFLOOR Systems stand for?

>>> U stands for the English ”You”. We take responsibility for everyone who works with us or who stands on flooring from UFLOOR Systems

>>> U stands for the English word ”unite”, for the combining of our product brands and therefore our collective flooring expertise

>>> U also stands for Utz, the original name of the family business, and for Ulm, the place in which the organisation has grown

>>> Floor refers to our core expertise by name. Through the know-how of five, strong product brands, we are the best in the world in everything to do with flooring

>>> Systems shows that we are suppliers of system products for flooring technology and machinery for flooring work

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In spectrum: the product brands

Brands of UFLOOR Systems

>>> In the truest sense of the word, the installation of flooring is a "multifaceted" job. Therefore, you are well advised to have, for all aspects of the work, a reliable and competent partner.

UFLOOR Systems offers you first-class product systems, tools and machines for substrate preparation all the way up to surface treatment. That is what our international brand names, UZIN, WOLFF, Pallmann, Qeshfloor, codex and RZ stand for. On matters of service also, you can rely on the competence of our colleagues, technicians and technical advisers.

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Installation systems for floor coverings and wood flooring

Machinery and special tools for substrate preparation and installation of floor coverings

Products and systems for the surface treatment of wood flooring

Surface protection for commercial and industrial flooring

RZ | Cleaning and care products for all types of floor covering

Installation systems for tiling and natural stone


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UZIN | Intelligent Resources

>>> For more than 50 years, the UZIN brand has been a term for professional know-how on all matters of flooring. With systems for all types of floor coverings, with levelling compounds and damp-proofing systems, adhesives for textile and resilient floor coverings as well as for wood flooring, it encompasses the whole palette of practical products and solutions for contemporary trade work in interior decoration. We offer you now, in addition to the proven and well-known UZIN products, the switchTec® adhesive technology. Thus, UZIN is the first full-line supplier in the industry.

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>>> As an international specialist in machines and tools for flooring, WOLFF offers a comprehensive range that provides a solution for any problem in installation or renovation work. Stripping machines for removing floor coverings, sanding machines for surface preparation and special tools that help to make easier the perfect installation of a wide range of floor coverings. For the sanding of parquet flooring, WOLFF offers a complete product programme.


WOLFF | Going beyond your limits

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Pallmann | Gets to the point

>>> The complete provider for surface improvement work on wood and cork flooring is a leader in the development of water-based lacquers. From modern oil-wax systems to solutions for high-speed renovation work, the Pallmann customer can choose from a wide product range.

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Qeshfloor | quality industrial flooring

>>> The Qeshfloor brand offers solvent-free products for high-performance surface protection of industrial flooring. Qeshfloor stands for quality, environment, safety and health. Proper observance of these criteria is a matter of duty for Qeshfloor. Therefore, the individual Qeshfloor flooring systems always offer the optimum solution for any operational and project-specific requirements on commercial and industrial surfaces.


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codex | Exclusive to real tilers

>>> Since the beginning of 2007 codex has been the new brand for ceramic tiles and natural stone. The first-class product range includes products for the preparation of subfloors (primers, sealers, levelling compounds), tile adhesives, joints and innovative special products such as levelling compounds for walls, a balcony-drainage-system etc.


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RZ | Cleaning and care products for all types of floor covering >>> Value maintenance – that is what RZ stands for with high quality cleaning and care systems for all types of floor coverings. And this motto has defined for over 25 years the success story of the brand. And so RZ has its focus on high quality and environmentally-friendly special products that are primarily sold through trade distributors. Continual new developments constantly drive the brand further forward. With its value-maintenance products, RZ perfectly matches the ranges of the other brands that initially create the value. Therefore, RZ is the optimum complement to the flooring expertise of UFLOOR Systems.


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