{"id":61391,"date":"2026-07-17T23:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T20:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/?p=61391"},"modified":"2026-07-17T23:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T20:07:04","slug":"i4f-and-van-dijk-staircase-solutions-announce-cross-license-agreement-and-european-stair-tread-manufacturing-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/i4f-and-van-dijk-staircase-solutions-announce-cross-license-agreement-and-european-stair-tread-manufacturing-partnership.html","title":{"rendered":"i4F and Van Dijk Staircase Solutions Announce Cross-License Agreement and European Stair Tread Manufacturing Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Van Dijk appointed as i4F\u2019s preferred European stair tread manufacturing partner<\/li>\n<li>i4F obtains sub-licensing rights for Van Dijk\u2019s European Patent EP 2 526 241 B1 technology for LVT, SPC and WPC stair treads<\/li>\n<li>Agreement further strengthens i4F\u2019s stair tread offerings in Europe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>i4F\u00ae, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the global flooring industry, today announced that Van Dijk Staircase Solutions has signed an i4F stair tread technologies license agreement and will serve as i4F\u2019s preferred European stair tread manufacturing partner.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Van Dijk has granted i4F the right to sublicense its European Patent <strong>EP 2 526 241 B1<\/strong> to i4F Stair Tread technologies licensees. This expands and further strengthens i4F\u2019s existing stair tread technologies patent portfolio, providing licensees with additional freedom to operate when manufacturing and\/or selling stair tread products.<\/p>\n<p>Specialized in staircase renovation across Europe for more than thirty years, Van Dijk is the manufacturing company of StairCampus in Weert, the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Entirely dedicated to stairs, the StairCampus combines manufacturing, R&amp;D, circular material recovery, reuse and recycling activities, creating one of Europe\u2019s most specialized ecosystems focused exclusively on stairs.<\/p>\n<p>As i4F\u2019s preferred European stair tread manufacturing partner, i4F stair tread technologies customers can choose to have stair treads produced and folded by Van Dijk to match their floor and wall panel ranges.<\/p>\n<p>i4F will actively promote Van Dijk\u2019s expertise and manufacturing capabilities to European retailers, distributors and decorative panel producers to support demand creation and accelerate the commercialization of innovative stair tread solutions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61388\" src=\"http:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/unnamed.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/unnamed-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/unnamed-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/unnamed-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/unnamed-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steyvers: \u201cWe Can Help Flooring Brands Bring Matching Stair Tread Solutions to Market Faster\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rick Steyvers, Managing Director of Van Dijk Staircase Solutions<\/strong>, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to join the i4F licensing platform and become its preferred European stair tread manufacturing partner. By combining more than 30 years of staircase renovation expertise with i4F\u2019s technology and licensing platform, we can help flooring brands, distributors and retailers bring matching stair tread solutions to market faster and more efficiently across Europe. This enables Van Dijk to further strengthen its position as the European manufacturing partner for integrated stair tread and flooring solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rietveldt: \u201cVan Dijk Is the Ideal Partner for Our Growing Stair Tread Technologies Business\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Rietveldt, CEO of i4F<\/strong>, added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVan Dijk\u2019s manufacturing expertise and longstanding reputation in staircase renovation make them the ideal partner for our growing stair tread technologies business. In addition to expanding European manufacturing capabilities, this agreement builds on i4F\u2019s existing stair tread technologies IP portfolio, including its patent partnerships with VICstairs and Finished Edge Technology, by providing licensees with access to additional patent rights that further enhance their freedom to operate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Dijk appointed as i4F\u2019s preferred European stair tread manufacturing partner i4F obtains sub-licensing rights for Van Dijk\u2019s European Patent EP 2 526 241 B1 technology for LVT, SPC and WPC stair treads Agreement further strengthens i4F\u2019s stair tread offerings in Europe i4F\u00ae, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the global flooring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":61386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3780,254,179],"tags":[9184,8732,9183,8880,8739,9187,8363,9185,9186,8740],"class_list":["post-61391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-floor","category-headline-news","category-journal","tag-european-patent","tag-i4f-en","tag-i4f-stair-tread-technologies","tag-john-rietveldt-en","tag-lvt-en","tag-rick-steyvers-en","tag-spc-en","tag-staircampus","tag-van-dijk-en","tag-wpc-en"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/unnamed-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61392,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61391\/revisions\/61392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}