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The Bosch Siemens Home Office was designed by William McDonough and completed in Spring 2011. It is home to five of the top brands in household appliances: Bosch, Siemens, Gaggenau, Neff and Solitaire. The new building, located in Park 20/20 near Amsterdam is truly unique because it is one of the few offices that is built according to the C2C principles. All the Accoya claddings were treated with WoodGuard Color Professional supplied by our distributor Leegwater.

The Haven Project in Horning, Norfolk, has been named as the winner of the Residential Design of the Year at the 2011 Spirit of Ingenuity Awards. The Haven Project provides a gracefully designed and sustainable new house and boathouse, perfectly complementing its surroundings in the picturesque waterside village of Horning.

Due to the high probability of flooding in the Norfolk Broads, only materials that possess long-lasting durability and the ability to cope with a wet climate would be able to meet the demands of the project and Accoya wood as specified. Accoya wood could face the challenge of being exposed to such conditions without shrinkage and reduced performance. For this project, the Accoya wood was used for cladding, decking and screening. Architects, Lambert, Scott and Innes modernised the design by creating a unique, curved Accoya rear screen; this was to resemble a traditional wooden boat construction.

For the protection and decoration of Accoya, the company Accsys Technologies applied Guard Industry's product WoodGuard Color Professional, our protection and decoration product for wood.

Guard Industry UK has become Associate Members of British Precast Concrete Federation (BPCF). The British Precast Concrete Federation (BPCF) is the trade association of precast concrete manufacturers. The main aims of the federation are to promote precast concrete in the construction market and to disseminate information, through a range of industry representation and by shared knowledge, to add value to its member companies. Our subsidiary company now appears on the website in the associate members listing and also within the product category sealants. More information here

During BATIMAT, we welcomed certain members of the Club 1 % For the Planet, the environmental association Guard Industry has been supporting since 2007. Created in 2001, this club is aimed at encouraging companies to donate 1% of their annual sales to environmental associations. Since its creation, 1 % for the planet has become one of the most important sources of funding of environmental protection in the world. Today about 700 companies members of this club distribute more than 40 million dollars to 1500 associations in the world.

BATIMAT 2011 was a real success for Guard Industrie. About a thousand people visited our stand to discover our latest innovative products: Decorative Concrete Guard (water repellent, anti-staining and wax effect for concrete floors), our Guard Tech range (cleaning of construction tools) and WoodGuard products (protection and decoration products for wood). Feedbacks about Decorative Concrete Guard have been extremely positive, visitors considering it an efficient, economical and simple alternative to other Decorative Concrete of the market.

Piveteau, a Guard Industrie customer, treat their Largo claddings in their own factory with WoodGuard Color Professional, decoration and protection product for wood.

Particularly suitable for large buildings, the claddings provide for an elegant and stylish finish as they are particularly wide (20 cm) and come in a wide variety of original colours, which we also supply. In all, six colours have been created specifically for Piveteau: Old Wood Grey, Vanilla Black, Nutmeg Brown, Paprika Red, Saffron Orange and Cumin Yellow. These became instant successes and order books are full!

Guard Remover Eco Paint are new generation powerful strippers designed for stripping paints, varnishes and organic coatings. Guard Remover Eco Paint can be used on a large range of substrates (plaster, brick, metal, wood, stone...) and on many paints (acrylic, glycero, polyurethane, thick coatings...). Guard Remover Eco Paint have a very quick efficiency (30 minutes for new paints, 2 to 3 hours for old paints and 1 to several hours for thick coatings). The fact there is no paraffin, substrates can be cleaned easily without rinsing and then be covered with a new coat of paint or coating.


Ecological products Developed by our R&D department, these strippers represent an innovation to the market which complies with the European Regulations and meets customer expectations for efficient products, non hazardous for both Human Beings and Environment. These paint removers do not contain chlorinated solvents or paraffin. Contrary to traditional methylene chloride bases strippers, Guard Remover Eco Paint are non flammable, and with no smell.

Guard Remover Eco Paint exist in two versions:

Guard Remover Eco Paint VG is a gel, which can be easily applied with a brush.

Guard Remover Eco Paint VL is a semiliquid emulsion which can be used easily and quickly sprayed with a low pressure spray with Viton seal. It can stand several hours on a vertical surface (the product can be removed with little work).