Breakout of Covid 19 Pandemic has changed the living behavior of human beings. People have become more cautious on health and cleanliness, and have been taken strict safety majors in home and offices. Furniture has become the fourth basic need of human beings hence people are increasingly carefulabout selection of their furnitureitems revealed a study done by Furniture design & Technology magazine in Gurgaon and Noida region. The survey was conducted among builders’ offices where new homes buying selling are happening and the visiting customers. The hygienic factors and concerns for using products that are preventive of bacteria, viruses, pollutants and dust are being preferred over conventional items with cheap prices. Evidently Indian Plywood and Decorative Laminates companies have understood the need of present challenging time, and are fast adopting the technology for making better products with preventive health friendly materials and furniture’s.
Architects, Interior Designers, furniture makers and influencers are reportedly satisfied with the recent efforts made by few of the Indian plywood and laminate companies. During interaction with our other magazines, Surfaces Reporter, the designer community is in wait for rightly produced, hygienic and health friendly products like recently launched Virokill range by century plywood. The Anti-Virus Plywood, Anti Virus laminates, Anti Bacterial laminates, Anti Fungal Plywood and laminates, Zero Emission Plywood, CARB certified Plywood and Panel Products etc are the new quest words that designers are looking forward too. Influencers and OEMs say that such products will help them to advise Health friendly products to customers and also help in export of Make in India furniture.
Recently Century Ply has introduced Virokill, an Anti Virus Plywood and Laminates, and company claims that it kills 99.99 % virus on its surface. They have got certificate for this nano technology based product. Similarly Greenlam has also developed a product with antivirus attributes laminates. With the new feature, Greenlam will retard and kill up to 99.99% of viruses that come in contact with the surface. More than a dozen of Indian laminates brands such as Merino, Stylam, AICA, Durian, Dolby Mica etc claim that their laminates carry Anti-Bacterial features. Plywood brand Greenply has launched India’s first ever Zero Emission plywood that offers safer air quality in interior spaces, having CARB certification. Many plywood and laminates brands have been working to hygiene and health friendly products in future.