Laminate Factory Tour

Description

This tour is based at the Formica Group facility in North Shields. It can be booked via the RIBA website, it lasts approximately two and a half hours and numbers are limited to eight people. The tour incorporates the factory, office and fabrication support unit. It provides an overview of the process of laminate manufacturing and product testing and offers a hands-on opportunity to work with laminate, including bonding and post forming. It will help you to understand the following topics:

- The components and processes required in the manufacture of laminate

- The various grades of laminate and how these are manufactured

- How and why to specify laminate

- Environmental considerations