Nov 2021 – Rubberman Blog

Are Chemists Going To Save The World?

This was the title of an interesting and inspiring debate that I read on a Twitter post from CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council). CEFIC is an organization that involves large, medium and small chemical companies across Europe. The debate celebrated on 29 October 2021, was about future of chemistry and how it can help societyContinue reading “Are Chemists Going To Save The World?”

Safety surfacing and inclusivity applied to water play areas

One of my previous articles was about what was needed for an inclusive playground and in terms of our safety surfacing, accessibility is the most important functionality to achieve inclusivity. Any user must be able to move and approach the different equipment and areas. The article was referring to indoor or outdoor dry playgrounds butContinue reading “Safety surfacing and inclusivity applied to water play areas”

About innovations during COVID disruption

In one of my previous articles in this blog I was writing about several safety surfacing alternatives for playgrounds whenever the available budget is not enough to use my preferred wetpour option and one of the alternatives I mentioned was rubber tiles. One of the frequent readers of my blog after reading it, explained meContinue reading “About innovations during COVID disruption”

Moss, Mould, Mildew, Algae, Lichen, Fungus in your rubber flooring?

If you are living in a Country with a sunny weather and low rainfall index all year around my article today will be of near no value for you. The problem I will talk about today occurs in shady and high humidity environments with a high rate of rainfall and very often at parts onContinue reading “Moss, Mould, Mildew, Algae, Lichen, Fungus in your rubber flooring?”

My views on FSB 2021

These last few days after FSB’s return trip to Cologne it has been impossible to get the time to write anything on my blog.This year’s FSB fair, although logically smaller and with fewer visitors due to COVID, has been a fantastic week. After a long period of no international trips and no face-to-face contact, beingContinue reading “My views on FSB 2021”