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PICS International Rescue - Rue de Luxembourg, Brussels, Belgium

Over the last two decades we have established a vibrant Export division and have established a number of successful distributorships across Europe, and further afield.

The PICS distributor in Belgium is a Dutch company named Pressplate, a company with whom we have been trading for more than 10 years, and who have enjoyed considerable success both in Holland and Belgium.

Pressplate have specialized in large commercial installations and these are normally planned well in advance. However, during the summer of 2000, at short-notice, Pressplate were given the challenge of installing 4000m² in 21 days on the Rue De Luxembourg in Brussels; we were delighted to hear of this success and immediately made arrangements for the supplies and materials required by Pressplate to be shipped to Belgium.

Under normal circumstances local contractors would have been used for the installation, however, due to a combination of factors, it transpired that local labour was not available. There being a very brief window of opportunity to complete the installation, Pressplate were facing a massive logistical problem. How could they complete the job without the skilled specialist labour to do it?

Pressplate contacted us to see if we had any bright ideas that might help them fulfil their commitments and we immediately set about the task. Within 7 days we had made arrangements for a team of 6 men, from our good friends at Traditional Paving in Oxford, to be in the Belgium Capital to carry out the installation.

Thankfully the project was completed on time and to exacting standards. The client expressed his gratitude to Pressplate for a first class project.

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Picsbond in Cyprus

Cyprus, or should I say, the Cypriots, have taken a big liking to Picsbond, our decorative stone overlay system.

Our distributor in Cyprus, who had historically been stocking, using and supplying our pattern imprinted concrete materials, saw a gap in the market for something a little different, to complement the existing paving materials used. He saw Picsbond as an ideal product to complement swimming pool and patio areas, alongside his pattern imprinted concrete business.

Initially a small show area was installed outside the offices at Paphos in July last year and since then many thousands of square metres of Picsbond have been successfully installed in Paphos and elsewhere throughout this Mediterranean island.

Picsbond has been used on many domestic paved areas in Cyprus as well as a number of areas which are open to the public, so if you’re holidaying in Cyprus later in the year, keep your eyes open and you may see some impressive Picsbond installations during your travels.

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