nora® floorcoveringsmade of rubber – leading worldwide

Shops & Stores

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Awarded for all noraplan®

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Space for creative design

Whether colour accents, harmonious designs or pronounced surfaces – the wide spectrum of the nora® range is convincing. This is the key to providing space for inspiration and creative implementation:

■ surfaces with a strong individual character or pleasantly subdued

■ expressive or subtle aesthetic designs

■ wide, fascinating range of colours

■ colours and surfaces which can be perfectly combined for inlay designs and combination installations

■ co-ordinated coverings for different requirements with a consistent appearance

Groundbreaking product properties

■ extraordinarily wear-resistant and extremely long useful lifetime

■ environmentally compatible*

■ permanently resilient

■ anti-slip properties

■ easy and cost-efficient cleaning

*We will be pleased to send you detailed information on request

The nora® floorcovering system of nora systems GmbH focuses on the special demands made by commercial and service projects. norament® and noraplan® floorcoverings are suitable for almost any area.

Over 260 colours in the standard range,numerous design and surface options,matching accessories, norament®

stairtreads and, of course, the possibility to implement customer-related, bespoke,colours offers an unlimited scope for creative design:

For example to implement a harmonized visual appearance in various functional areas. Also suitable for using inlay floor design or combined installation for designelements, company logos, and floor-markedroutes up to the combination with other materials.

Proven in practice

On the following pages we illustrate exam-ples of various projects which show how itis possible to contribute to a permanentlypositive atmosphere in the commercial andservice sector just by installing norament®

and noraplan® rubber floorcoverings. Let us inspire you!

nora® rubber floorcoverings

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BREE Store

BREE Store, Munich

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Pure aesthetics reign in this BREE Store inMunich. Characterised by puritan lookingfurniture and fittings giving absolute priorityto the presentation of the merchandise. Thesand-coloured floorcovering noraplan®

uni is an important element of this concept.

Photographs: Tom Vack, Munich

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FORTIS Group, Credit4me Shops

The international Fortis Group is implementing a new consumer fi-nance concept in Germany by establishing a network of credit shopsright next door to fashion stores, optician’s shops, mobile phoneshops and drugstores. The lounge-like shops provide a welcomingand relaxing environment where young people can find informationabout consumer credit packages and take out small loans.The new clay-coloured norament® 925 serra rubber floorcover-ing with its exclusive natural slate look is a key aspect of the shopconcept. It blends in harmoniously with the wooden walls, alumini-um elements, merchandise display walls and spotlight rails featuredin the shops.

Credit4me Shop, Bonn

Credit4me Shops, Duisburg

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CBR COMPANIES Stores

In the CBR Companies Stores, a high-quality environment, characterised by naturalness and highlighting young fashion, was created by installing norament® 986 cara square tiles. The rubber floorcovering looks like polished limestone, gently reflects the light, and like its stone counterpart each tile is unique. It also offers high walking comfort, good footfall sound absorption, excellentanti-slip properties, and its classic beauty is still emphasised even in larger areas.

CBR Store, Mosbach

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LUNA Stores

The first of the stores of approx. 450 – 555 m2 for high-quality ladies wear wasopened in Heidelberg. The BensheimShopdesign Planungsbüro Cronauer + Romani and nora systems GmbH jointlydeveloped a bright special design for theseshops based on the extremely UV-resistantfloorcovering norament® 986 luxor.The floorcovering was produced as m2-tiles and, thanks to colour contrastingjoint-sealing, provides a restrained, yet partitioning accentuation.

LUNA Store, Heidelberg

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The Thanks Store in Mumbai is a compact,luxurious fashion store with an innovativeshop-in-shop concept: The architects ChrisLee & Kapil Gupta created a designer andbrand zone within the store, where exclu-sive brands such as Dolce & Gabanna, Fen-di, Stella McCartney, Chloe, Van Cleef &Arpels, or Sergio Rossi have their own dedicated shop windows, through whichtheir individuality and exclusivity is highlighted to the full. The avant-garde fixtures and fittings convey extraordinaryaesthetics and quality over the 700 m2

area, where the discrete noraplan® unifloorcoverings integrate wonderfully andharmoniously into the composition.

Photographer: Fram Petit, India

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MISS SIXTY Flagship-Stores

MISS SIXTY, Hamburg

The non-weldedrubber floorcover-ing noraplan®

uni is part of thegenerous shop ambience andhighlights the high-quality trendsetterimage which isconsistently shownin the fashion mer-chandise and theshop design.

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Miss Sixty + Energie

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Quartier 99, Olymp + Hades, Cologne

The design of the brand area “Killah” reflectsa “retro” theme through the colours andstyles of past decades. The main entrance area is designed in 80sstyle using pink, black and grey. Stronglyreminiscent of the 70s, Miss Sixty offersfashion for ladies while the gentlemen’s label“Energie” is represented by elements fromthe 50s and 60s.The presentation of the merchandise and the design of the floorcovering contribute to the overall interior design and support the trendy, modern nature of the brand.Various colour shades of noraplan® uni and noraplan® logic were installed over a 480 m2 area.

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The engelhorn active town with its modernstyling offers everything from casual fashionand sports equipment to accessories. There is real diversity in the 5,000 m2 area,which contains departments for fashion,sports, and lifestyle. One example is the trend shop Vero Moda.Designer trends fresh from the catwalk are displayed on the floorcovering noraplan® uni, with non-welded joints.

ENGELHORN ACTIVE TOWN, Rhein-Neckar Centre

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The architecture and the trendy fashionthemes make the “Energie Shop” extremelyeye-catching; the world-wide Italian manu-facturer is one of the most hip labelsamong the jeans brands.This is reflected by the extraordinary “stripe pattern” of the floorcovering which is a significant element of the shop design:Two colours of noraplan® uni are combined with two green shades from noraplan® logic range.

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OTTO KERN Trade fair stand concept

The fashion label Otto Kern is displayed using a spectacular trade fair stand conceptby the Berlin Architecture and Design FirmFormwerk. Waves rise and fall from thefloor to form product carriers and displaystands, which create a combination ofbrand identity, high-level design and individuality. The demand for selected quality materials for this concept is met by the durable noraplan® uni rubberfloorcoverings, which are used in thebrand-driven colours of black and white on the floor as well as for the waves; thisimpresses not only the visiting fashion en-thusiasts, but also the professional audience.

Otto Kern Trade fair stand, 2005

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CECIL Shop Concept

Generosity even on small areas – the CECILshop concept is presented on the 1 m2 tilesof norament® 986 luxor in the specialcolour 4744 with accentuation stripes in the colour 4619.This high-quality, harmonious floorcovering design forms a discrete base for the CECILbrand and attention is drawn to the productrange.

CECIL, Citypoint, Nuremberg

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ALLIANZ ARENA

The 4,000 m2 “brand world” on the thirdlevel of the Munich Allianz Arena, with itsshops and restaurants creates an additionalpoint of attraction for 8,000 to 9,000 visi-tors per day. The highlights of this mall arethe FC Bayern München Megastore and theAllianz Shop, which were both equippedwith nora® floorcoverings – norament®

986 metro, norament® 925 and noraplan® uni – to further emphasise the adventurous ambience for the fans.

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Stylish shopping, exclusive brand quality,and the elegant presentation of goods have a long tradition in Harrods, the world-famous top shopping address in the heartof London. The classically beautiful rubberfloorcovering norament® 986 cara, withits finely structured design image of lime-stone and its fine, mat-silk polished surface,meets the high demands of Harrods. In the 200 m2 LG Electronic Store the tiles, in-stalled with accentuation stripes, create an aesthetic space where the products aredisplayed like modern design sculptures.

HARRODS LG Electronic Store

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The colours of the displays and thenorament® 925 lago rubber floorcover-ing are precisely coordinated and inter-spersed with contrasting shop fitting elementsto create a perfectly harmonious overalleffect and a sales-promoting environment.norament® floorcovering was used in thecurrent Weltbild Plus Stores relaunch, and itwas also a feature in the original stores.

WELTBILD PLUS Store, Schleswig

WELTBILD PLUS Stores

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DRESDNER BANK AG, branch concept

For the customer branches of the DresdnerBank AG in Germany, this special design was developed using nora’s rubber floor-covering norament® 986 luxor. As an alternative to joint sealing, the definedsquared structure of the floor was achievedusing 4 mm accentuation stripes in the same design.

DRESDNER BANK branch, Seligenstadt

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MOBILCOM, shop concept

Mobilcom-Shop, ErfurtThe primary objective of mobilcom’s newshop concept is to give the brand an imageand make it tangible. The rubber floorcover-ing norament® 986 metro is simplisticand robust like concrete, full of characterwith its macropore structure and thus meetsthis requirement by combining modernitywith practicality. Martin Hermann, responsi-ble for mobilcom shop construction, andKlaus Müller from the design and planningfirm in Ludwigsburg agree that the anthracite-coloured floorcovering ideally complimentsthe bright and elegant interior design in theapprox. 250 shops.

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E-PLUS Shop Concept

In E-plus shops all over Germany,the shop fittingshave a uniform, discreetly technicalappearance.Integral to this con-cept is the floorcov-ering norament®

986 luxorluxor in a specialbespoke colour.

e-plus Shop, Heidelberg

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POST OFFICES, Austria

One example ofseveral hundredpost offices in Austria where the same floorcov-ering design wasinstalled. norament® inspecial design 26is supplied as tilesand installed with-out joint-sealing.This is added to byaccentuationstripes and rubberskirting in thematching colour.The entire volumeis approx. 70,000 m2 of floorcovering. A decisive factorfor the use of thenora® floorcover-ing was its dura-bility mat-silk surface and theeasy cleaning.

Post office, Linz/A

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NIEDERMEYER PHOTO SHOP

The company of Niedermeyer consistentlyimplemented its tone-in-tone design conceptin various shops with a total area of approx. 6,000 m2. The floorcovering norament® 986 luxor with mat-silk surface and harmonious granular design in customized special colour blends in excellently with the total colour scheme.This floorcovering meets the highest demands, especially in terms of its UV resistance, which is beneficial in heavilyglazed areas.

NIEDERMEYER shop, Vienna/A

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APOTHEKE IM BAHNHOF, Pharmacy, Potsdam

The elegant and lively contrast design ofnorament® 986 luxor in one standardand one special colour excellently matchesthe pharmacy’s furniture and also functionsas a floor-marked route.

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HOLLYWOOD MEGAPLEX, St. Pölten/Austria

Visitors and workers get the best perspec-tives of this 7,500 m2 multiplex. The combination of the rubber floorcoverings norament® special design 26 and noraplan® plus in several colour shadesnot only creates an exciting, decorative atmosphere but is also extraordinarilywear-resistant, eco-compatible and easy to clean.

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URMEL toy retail stores

URMEL is committed to selling “excellentquality toys” which are lovingly made, pro-fessionally crafted and environmentallyfriendly. True to the company’s philosophy,the materials used for the fittings and fur-nishings in the most recent outlet also hadto reflect these exacting requirements.Environmentally friendly norament® 925lago rubber floorcovering, with its darkblue base colour, perfectly fits in with theoverall colour concept. It also fully satisfiesthe customer’s requirement of joint-friendlywalking comfort, outstanding durability,easy and cost-effective cleaning.

URMEL store at the Rhein-Neckar Centre in Viernheim

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Inlay floor design and the combination ofvarious colours, designs and surface struc-tures of the nora® system present additionaloptions for the conceptional interior design.

The interplay with other materials such as stone, carpet or wood also offers newattractive options. Corporate designs withcompany logos and colours, meeting points,floor-marked routes, space-structuring elements and ornaments can be excellentlyimplemented. The elastic, dimensionally stable rubber material and the modern,practical cutting techniques (e.g. water-jetcutting) are the ideal prerequisites for accurate implementation.

norament® accentuation stripes are theideal solution to provide simple and eco-nomic accentuation options. The luxor de-sign is available in 2 colours and a widthof 4 mm.

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nora systems GmbHflooring systemsRepresentative Office ShanghaiRoom 9C,1566 Long Life buildingYan An Road West PRC-200052 ShanghaiTel.: + 86 - 21 - 3226 0077 Fax: + 86 - 21 - 5258 1958Internet: www.nora.com/cn

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nora systems GmbHflooring systemsHöhnerweg 2–4D-69469 WeinheimGermanyPhone: +49 - 6201 - 806633E-Mail: nora@nora.comInternet: www.nora.com

Industrial Park Freudenberg

nora systems GmbH develops, pro-duces, and markets highly resilient floor-ings made of rubber – as well as shoecomponents – under the brand name nora®. The company has more than 900 employees worldwide and had salesof 165.7 million € in 2007. Just about everyone has probably alreadystood on nora® products, whether in theirown shoes or on floorings. After all, theycan be found in kindergartens and univer-sities, hospitals and airports, productionhalls, warehouses, and office buildings,trains, streetcars, and ships, stores andshopping centers, and on many other sur-faces as well.

This brochure and the photographs and illustrations contained are subject to acopyright of nora systems GmbH,Weinheim, and may be used only with its prior written approval.

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