Cost-effective, environment-friendly composite decking
The design and manufacture of composite decking products have undergone a number of advances since first being introduced as an alternative to timber boards, with cost competitiveness and performance noted as the two main drivers of innovation in the market.
Whether for use in decking, cladding or other décor applications, the longevity of composite materials has proved to be the main advantage over timber products. However, producing competitively priced composite alternatives has long been a challenge in the industry and affordability was often attained through compromising structural performance.
Traditionally, composite decking manufacturers have relied on hollow-core boards to reduce material quantity and cost, but the downside of this approach was cracking from the ingress of moisture into the boards.
Manufacturers responded to this problem in a number of ways, but all these had to either eliminate hollow cores, which raised costs to uncompetitive levels, or produce a product of inferior stability and quality.
Composite cladding and decking supplier Eva-Last has developed and engineered a solution that it asserts delivers the strongest possible shape to achieve exceptional performance while completely preventing moisture retention.
The company patented the Infinity I-Series shape worldwide in 2016, producing boards capable of spanning up to 600 mm on centre while still being cost-competitive. Featuring high safety ratings for slipping and fire, a 25-year warranty and an environment-friendly alternative manufactured from recycled plastics and responsibly sourced fast-growing bamboo fibres using solar energy, the I-Series is seen as a market-leading high-performance alternative to timber products.
Comments
Latest Multimedia
Latest News
Showroom
For over 60 years, VEGA has provided industry-leading products for the measurement of level, density, weight and pressure. As the inventor of the...
VISIT SHOWROOM
Developed to exceed the latest EN 15964 standards for police breathalysers proving that it will remain accurate and reliable for many years to come.
VISIT SHOWROOM
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation
