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Ucrete, the world’s toughest floor is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Half a century ago, the Ucrete flooring solution was patented. On its journey from custom-developed solution for installation at one’s own chemical plants to world-renowned flooring solution for the most demanding environments, Ucrete has built a strong reputation for extreme performance and durability. On this page you can learn more about some of the most important milestones and lighthouse project of Ucrete during the last 50 years.

2019

2015

  • Our Milestones

    • Ucrete MF40AS

      With enhanced aesthetics

    • HACCP

      Approval for Ucrete Systems

    • 50 years Ucrete

    • 4 million square meters a year in 93 countries

    • HALAL certification

  • Our Lighthouse Projects

    • All Nippon Airways

      5,200 m²

    • Panagro Turkey

      6,100 m²

    • Synutra

      22,000 m²

    • Donautal Geflügel- spezialitäten

      28,000 m²

2010

    • Ucrete

      awarded indoor Air Comfort Gold Certificate from Eurofins for extremely low emissions

    • Ucrete HF60RT

      launched

    • Gloss Ucrete DP

      systems for aesthetics and hygiene

    • Ucrete

      fast systems for refurbishment works

    • Ambatovy nickel mine

      50,000 m²

    • Nissan Leaf

      18,000 m²

2005

    • One million square meters of Ucrete installed this year

    • Ucrete IF

      for extreme abrasion

    • Ucrete Rg

      for vertical surfaces

    • Ucrete DPAS

      antistatic flooring

    • Coors Brewery

      20,000 m²

    • Caterpillar, USA

      8,000 m²

2000

    • Ucrete UD200SR

      improved slip resistance for the food industry

    • Ucrete DP

      Ucrete DP

    • Ucrete sold in 93 countries around the globe

    • African Products

      17,350 m²

    • Nanyang Tobacco

      12,000 m²

    • Malaysian Airlines

      54,000 m²

1995

    • Ucrete HPQ

      for enhanced aesthetics

    • Gerber Foods

      30,000 m²

    • Junkosha, Japan

      10,900 m²

    • Samsung

      29,400 m²

1990

    • Production moves to Redditch

    • Ucrete UD200

      improved aesthetics for the food industry

    • MD Foods

      (now Arla Foods Dairy) 7,290 m²

    • Gore-Tex, Japan

      8,500 m²

    • Johnson Matthey

      18,000 m²

1985

    • Ucrete TZAS

      for pharmaceutical industry

    • First project for PepsiCo

    • First project for Nestlé

      550 m²

    • Magor Brewery, still in service

      2,800 m²

1980

    • Ucrete TZ

      terazzo floor for the pharmaceutical industry

    • Guinness, still in service

      15,000 m²

1975

    • First export project BASF Belgium

    • First Coca Cola project

      1,200 m²

    • First Unilever project

    • First GlaxoSmithKline project

1970

    • Ucrete MF and HF

      'smooth' or 'rough' floors available

1969

    • Patent awarded in 1969

1969