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New "magnetic" glass wall covering shows its class
Published:  10 April, 2008

A revolutionary new "magnetic" wall covering is set to transform classroom displays across the UK. Magnet is the latest innovation from Vitrulan, a German company which manufactures fabric wall coverings that are made entirely from glass.

Vitrulan's glass déco fabrics, which are hung in a similar way to traditional wallpaper, have only recently become available in the UK despite being used widely across Europe for more than 20 years.

Unlike wallpaper, the glass wall coverings provide a huge number of benefits in terms of hygiene, cleaning, durability, wall reinforcement and fire safety, as well as being chemical-free and environmentally friendly.

Magnet shares all of these benefits, but with the added benefit that any commercial magnet can be stuck straight onto the wall.

To achieve this, Vitrulan has combined a layer of its textured woven-glass fabric with a compressed glass lining and infused a unique metallic coating between the two.

The development means that entire classroom walls, from floor to ceiling, could be used for displays, presentations or creative workstations - without the need for drawing pins, sticky tape, adhesive putty or notice boards.

Teachers and classroom assistants can now replace or rearrange their wall displays as often as they like in the knowledge that the walls will remain clean and unmarked.

Like Vitrulan's other glass déco fabrics, Magnet comes in rolls similar to traditional wallpaper. It is installed by first applying adhesive to the wall, rather than requiring a pasting table, and it can be coated in an almost unlimited number of paint colours and finishes.

Magnet can be hung alongside Vitrulan's standard glass déco fabric on the same wall elevation if only a limited magnetic area is required for display purposes.

It is fire-proof, entirely safe for human health (complete with Oeko-Tex certification), and can be washed and scrubbed for years on end without leading to any surface damage.

c.sheppard@vitrulan.de

Tel: 01455 553118

http://www.vitrulan.com/




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