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. The CLASSEN Group, one of the world's leading manufacturers of floor coverings, successfully placed a promissory note via finpair's digital platform, which brokers promissory notes to interested investors. A loan volume of 50 million euros was initially planned. However, investor demand was so great that the issue was heavily oversubscribed and a promissory note with a total volume of 75 million euros was finally issued. One third of this could be used to extend existing maturities. CLASSEN plans to use the funds for general corporate financing and in particular for the expansion of its CERAMIN production.

Kaisersesch. The CLASSEN Group, one of the leading international manufacturers of floor coverings, sees its CERAMIN material as an important building block for reducing the amount of plastic waste in the future.

n für Bodenbeläge weltweit, hat die CLASSEN Gruppe für ihre Bodenbeläge mit dem Werkstoff CERAMIN den „Best of Sustainability / Disruption 2022“ Award erhalten.

. Guido Stallknecht has joined the management of Akzenta Paneele + Profile GmbH with immediate effect. The production company of the CLASSEN Group manufactures the material CERAMIN, which is used in modern PVC-free and recyclable vinyl/design floors, at the Kaisersesch site (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) with around 300 employees.

Dr. Hans-Jürgen Hannig, CEO and founder of the CLASSEN Group: "For many years, CLASSEN's philosophy has been to produce high-quality laminate flooring, to create feel-good design, to use the latest technologies and to take into account the sustainable needs of people and our planet. Now, with SENSA, we are going one step further. Our specialists have developed Laminate NXT, designed for today's life and tomorrow's demands."

. "Floors For A Better Tomorrow" is now the new corporate slogan of the CLASSEN Group. It describes the company's established philosophy of the internationally leading manufacturer of healthy laminate floors and the material CERAMIN for PVC-free and recyclable plastic floors.

20 years ago, in the fall of 2001, the CLASSEN Group opened its plant in Baruth (Brandenburg). It started with 120 employees. Today, it is the largest contiguous laminate plant in the world. Around 850 employees in Baruth produce up to 80 million square meters of high-quality laminate flooring per year for the global market. This means that laminate the size of a 20-square-meter living room leaves production every seven seconds. By 2020, the first billion square meters of laminate had been produced, which is enough to cover the entire island of Rügen.

Downtime at CLASSEN: The production lines at part of the world's largest connected laminate plant were at a standstill for four days. The entire production facilities at Fiberboard GmbH's HDF (high-density fiberboard) plant were serviced from 13 to 17 June 2021.

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Kaisersesch, Swisttal-Ollheim. Die beiden Familienunternehmen W. Classen GmbH & Co. KG, einer der weltweit führenden Hersteller von Bodenbelägen in den Bereichen Laminat- und Polymerboden und Hündgen Entsorgungs GmbH & Co. KG, Betreiber von Wertstoffsortieranlagen, haben gemeinsam die HC Plastics GmbH gegründet. Ziel ist es, das jeweilige Know-how aus Recyclingbranche und industrieller Fertigung von kunststoffbasierten Fußbodenbelägen zu bündeln und es gegebenenfalls zukünftig in den Bereichen Rohstoffsammlung und Produktentwicklung zu nutzen. Gemeinsames Motto ist hierbei „Recycling meets Industry, Industry meets Recycling“.