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Conica AG

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Conica AG
Aktiengesellschaft
ISIN🆔
IndustryFlooring
Founded 📆1977; 47 years ago (1977)[1]
Founder 👔
Headquarters 🏙️Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Area served 🗺️
Key people
Chirag Shah (CEO)
Revenue🤑 €100 million[1]
Members
Number of employees
180[2]
🌐 Websitewww.conica.com
📇 Address
📞 telephone

Conica AG (stylized as CONICA) was founded in 1977 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and employs around 180 people worldwide, 100 of them in Schaffhausen. Since 2013, it has been part of the Serafin Group based in Munich. Conica develops, manufactures and distributes flooring and surface finishing products for sports surfaces, playgrounds and other industrial applications. In particular, sports venues for international athletics competitions are equipped by Conica. In the field of molded plastic track surfaces for athletics, the Swiss company is considered the global market leader.[3][4][5] In 2021, the Swiss company exceeded the 100 million euro sales mark for the first time in its history.[6]

Conica maintains official partnerships with renowned international sports federations and institutions such as the umbrella organization of all national sports federations for athletics World Athletics (formerly IAAF), the International Handball Federation, Badminton World Federation, International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities etc. Production and distribution sites are located in Switzerland, UK and USA.[2][7][8]

From 2023, Conica will be the new athletics partner of European Athletics (EAA).[9][10]

Business segments[edit]

Sports[edit]

Conica develops floor coverings for indoor and outdoor sports facilities such as surfaces and running tracks and is one of the global market leaders and innovation drivers in the industry.[11][12][13][2] In 1983, the Conica researchers were the first to succeed in developing a synthetic coating that did not contain any mercury.[3] Product developments include the Vmax running track, which supports sprinters in their movement and which has been tested by the Institute for biomechanics and orthopedics at the German Sport University Cologne. Runners are more capable of applying horizontal forces on Vmax and thus increase their speed more quickly.[14]

In 2009, Usain Bolt set the 100 meters' world record in 9.58 seconds at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin's Olympic Stadium.[15] The Jamaican won the title on a Conica-based track that was already among the fastest of its kind at the time.[16]

At the Stade Louis II in Monaco, the material was installed in 2020. Shortly after the track opening, Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda broke the 16-year old 5000 metres world record.[17]

Stadiums equipped by Conica:[18]

Play & Leisure[edit]

Floor coverings with fall protection characteristics[27] for playgrounds as well as walking surfaces around water pools in adventure and leisure pools, spas as well as for swimming pools (in private settings) in outdoor and indoor areas are produced.[28] Conica also supplies office buildings with running tracks as for instance the track on top of London's award-winning Whitecollar Factory.[29]

Industry[edit]

Industrial floor surfaces in traditional manufacturing, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, public sector, logistic areas, food production or parking garages are another focus.[30]

Technology[edit]

The polyurethane-based floors are not laid but poured. The product components include binding agents, EPDM and tire granules.[31]

Sustainability and quality standards[edit]

Conica works with the Swiss Business Energy Agency (EnAW) and has been able to reduce energy consumption and costs by around 85,000 Swiss francs annually as a result.[2]

Conica is certified according to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015. The independent audit has been performed by Bureau Veritas and is valid until July 2023.[32][33]

Health and flooring[edit]

Conica is researching the development of bacteriostatic, antibacterial and antiviral floors. The goal is to prevent pneumococcal-based pneumonia, for example. The danger posed by legionella in large buildings equipped with air conditioning systems, which occurs in the sick building syndrome, is also being researched. Appropriately developed floors can minimize the health risk to the employees. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company is also doing research on antiviral floors.[34]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Serafin-Gruppe". Serafin Unternehmensgruppe GmbH. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Bodenständige Effizienz". Energie-Agentur der Wirtschaft (EnAW). January 14, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stocker, Manuel (2006). "Eine Firma träumt von Olympia". Run+athletics. No. 7. Swiss Athletics Federation. pp. 40–42.
  4. ↑ "Conica AG - sports floors in polyurethane resins". Sport & Impianti. SeiMedia srl. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Olympic flooring boosts athletes' performance". ICIS. LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group. July 29, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  6. ↑ "CONICA achieves record sales and sets the course for the future". CONICA AG. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Company, Associations". CONICA AG. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Global Presence". CONICA AG. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  9. ↑ "New track partner for European Athletics Association". STADIAWORLD. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  10. ↑ "The Conica Group Becomes the Official Track Partner of the European Athletics Association (EAA) from 2023 on!". AthleticBusiness. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Das grünste Stadion der Welt". a3BAU. October 14, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Hungarian Athletics Federation and Conica AG sign cooperation agreement". AthleticBusiness. February 3, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Auf Leistung und Sicherheit getrimmt / Innovative Sportbodenbeläge aus Polyurethan". kunststoff FORUM. Degussa AG. June 2, 2004. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Neuer Belag für Laufbahnen". Stadionwelt Business. February 14, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Usain Bolt! 9,58 Sekunden - Weltrekord in Berlin!". World Athletics. August 16, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Schneller Belag half Bolt bei seinen Weltrekorden" [Fast surface helped Bolt with his world records]. Regionale Wirtschaft. Schaffhauser Nachrichten (in German). Schaffhausen, Switzerland. 2009-08-25.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Neue Conica-Laufbahn im Stade Louis II". IAKS Deutschland e.V. October 20, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Laufbahnen, Referenzen". CONICA AG. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Conica: Wo der Stoff für Europa- und Weltrekorde herkommt". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). June 20, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  20. ↑ "Letzigrund: Alte Magie dank neuem Belag". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). July 3, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  21. ↑ "Upgrade for Track at Letzigrund Stadium". Stadiaworld. April 7, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  22. ↑ "Will Zurich's new track make Usain Bolt even faster?". swissinfo.ch SWI. Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR. August 11, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  23. ↑ "Weltklasse Zürich 2014: Usain Bolt to compete on new track at Letzigrund Stadium". Diamond League AG. May 12, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  24. ↑ "Conica's running track at Prague O2 Arena". HCM Magazine. Leisure Media. February 25, 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  25. ↑ "Bloemfontein Athletic Stadium with new CONICA track". Playground@Landscape. August 8, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  26. ↑ "Boksburg can now boast with a world-class track". Caxton & CTP Printers and Publishers Ltd. December 15, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  27. ↑ "Außenspielflächen und Spielplatzgeräte, DGUV Information 202-022" (pdf). Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung e.V. (DGUV). May 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  28. ↑ "Spielplatz". CONICA AG. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  29. ↑ "CONICA spearheads sports track 17 stories above London skyline". Specification Online. TSP Media. August 24, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  30. ↑ "Industrial Flooring". CONICA AG. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  31. ↑ "Company". CONICA AG. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  32. ↑ "ISO Certificates". CONICA AG. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  33. ↑ Bureau Veritas (December 20, 2020). "Zertifikat für CONICA AG, BUREAU VERITAS Certification" (PDF). CONICA AG. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  34. ↑ "Können Fußböden in Zukunft vor Erkrankungen schützen?". Stadionwelt. April 8, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2021.

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