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    I dare say that if your in the trade Laminate will always be the product and Laminex will always be a company owned by CSR. But anyone who asks me for Laminex I just assume means Laminate and will never bother to correct them as there's no real point to it other than the fact of being a smart ????.
    All the other brands of Laminate that Sybarite mentioned are all well known brands throughout the trade but if your not in the trade then who really cares!

    As for the laminate on top of laminate the only problem you may have is the edges. If there is a square edge, you will see the black line about 1.3mm thick on the edges . The laminate is generally not cut straight and you may have a 'double black line if you stick laminate on top again. If you have rolled (postformed) edges then forget about sticking laminate on top.

    I am assuming that you mean b/tops or Laminate. If your talking coloured melamine board then the same thing applies except melamine is about half the thickness of a laminate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tubby2 View Post
    ................and Laminex will always be a company owned by CSR..........
    Actually CSR used to own Formica until Laminex bought it off them. Laminex is owned by a multinational (whose name escapes me at the moment) which is heavily involved in tobacco and snack foods.

    Mick the pedant

    Edit: I was told about the tobacco/snack food link by one of ther local Laminex sales staff, but I did a search and it seems Laminex is owned by Amatek whilst the snack food/tobbacco mob is Amatil.
    Last edited by journeyman Mick; 13th July 2007 at 11:54 PM. Reason: ownership
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    Quote Originally Posted by journeyman Mick View Post
    Actually CSR used to own Formica until Laminex bought it off them. Laminex is owned by a multinational (whose name escapes me at the moment) which is heavily involved in tobacco and snack foods.

    Mick the pedant
    Opps, your right! I stand corrected.

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