Technologies

Technologies overview

Drop-lock technologies
The world’s easiest and best flooring installation systems

Digital printing technologies
Digital printing delivers results so real you can't tell the difference

Surface finishing technologies
Imitate the beauty of ceramics or switch out gloss for a sophisticated matt finish

Wall & ceiling technologies
Enter new markets with our 3D wall, flat wall and ceiling installation systems

Board composition technologies
Game changing materials designed for real life needs

Process technologies
Helping licensees achieve sustainability and cost management goals.

Outdoor technologies
i4F extends the inside, out and makes outdoor spaces places like never before
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Made in Egypt! KAMSTON Company signs i4F drop-lock license agreements…

19 March 2025

i4F and its partners settle all pending and threatened digital printing and digital embossing patent disputes

Feb 1, 2023

i4F and its partners settle all pending and threatened digital printing and digital embossing patent disputes

CFL signs license agreement for i4F’s flexible click-to-lock wall installation system

Jan 31, 2023

CFL signs license agreement for i4F’s flexible click-to-lock wall installation system

Surfaces

Jan 26, 2023

i4F exhibiting at TISE ‘Surfaces’ 2023 – Booth 3047

i4F AquaProtect market launch

Jan 25, 2023

i4F AquaProtect market launch

i4F exhibiting at Domotex Hannover 2023; Domotex selects i4F Be-Lite® for its special ‘THE GREEN COLLECTION’ display

Jan 3, 2023

i4F exhibiting at Domotex Hannover 2023; Domotex selects i4F Be-Lite® for its special ‘THE GREEN COLLECTION’ display

i4F terminates licensee agreements with two manufacturers: Shanghai Hanna and Anhui Hanhua

Dec 14, 2022

i4F terminates licensee agreements with two manufacturers: Shanghai Hanna and Anhui Hanhua

i4F and Eksa Tile & Stone settle litigation for sale of unlabeled SPC panels with an i4F locking system in Canada

Nov 9, 2022

i4F and Eksa Tile & Stone settle litigation for sale of unlabeled SPC panels with an i4F locking system in Canada

i4F to highlight process technologies of the future at NAFCD 2022, booth #629

Oct 27, 2022

i4F to highlight process technologies of the future at NAFCD 2022, booth #629

i4F introduces AquaProtect: a breakthrough, cost-effective water swell-resistant impregnation technology for laminate-core HDF boards

Oct 11, 2022

i4F introduces AquaProtect: a breakthrough, cost-effective water swell-resistant impregnation technology for laminate-core HDF boards

i4F Be-Lite® global marketing launch goes live

Sep 28, 2022

i4F Be-Lite® global marketing launch goes live

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