At Piscine Global 2026, Hayward will showcase its innovations through an experience designed to present a broader vision of the pool. With EXPERIENCE HAYWARD^®, the brand is focusing on technology that simplifies everyday use, makes life easier for professionals and contributes to a more intuitive and enjoyable pool experience. In Lyon, this approach will take shape through an immersive visitor journey and a range of innovations.

A pool experience designed for both users and professionals

For Hayward, innovation is not only about the performance of an individual piece of equipment. It must also deliver tangible benefits in the way a pool is designed, installed, maintained and used.

This is the approach the brand aims to convey through EXPERIENCE HAYWARD^®. The objective is to use technology to support everyday needs, making the pool easier to manage and more intuitive, while providing pool professionals, installers and distributors with solutions that make their work easier and help them better meet their customers' expectations.

At Piscine Global 2026, this vision will be brought to life through an immersive visitor journey on the Hayward stand, designed to show how the brand's different technologies can enhance the pool experience. Rather than presenting a succession of individual products, Hayward aims to demonstrate a more coherent and integrated approach in which technical performance, simplicity and ease of use come together.

This development builds on the expertise Hayward has established across many areas of pool equipment, including filtration, water treatment, heating, cleaning, lighting and automation.

Paramount and X-PRO 600 illustrate this approach from the pool design stage

Among the solutions to be presented in Lyon, Paramount by Hayward reflects this focus on simplicity from the very design of the pool. Integrated directly into the pool structure, the cleaning system uses discreet nozzles that activate in sequence to direct debris towards an active drain. As a result, there are no cables or mobile cleaning devices left in the pool while the system is operating.

Paramount integrates the cleaning system directly into the pool structure to cover the different areas of the pool.

The system is also designed to clean areas that are often difficult for a robotic cleaner to reach, including steps, benches, submerged ledges and inside submerged automatic covers. Beyond cleaning, the water circulation generated by the system helps distribute water more evenly throughout the pool. Hayward reports reductions of up to 30% in chemical and energy consumption compared with traditional cleaning methods. For professionals, Paramount also provides a point of differentiation, as it is incorporated into the project from the construction stage, with Hayward providing support through a bespoke installation layout plan.

Another new product, the X-PRO 600 skimmer from the X-Line range, combines aesthetic integration with functionality. Its 598 mm opening allows the waterline to sit closer to the pool surround, creating a mirror effect, while its customisable infill lid and adjustable frame help it blend into a wide range of outdoor finishes.

The X-PRO 600 skimmer supports more discreet integration of pool equipment

The X-PRO 600 also anticipates automation requirements, with dedicated spaces for level, temperature and other monitoring sensors. Supplied factory-assembled and bonded, it has also been designed to reduce installation time and minimise the risk of on-site errors.

The X-PRO 600 blends into the pool surround with its customisable lid and adjustable frame

Through EXPERIENCE HAYWARD^®, the brand aims to show in Lyon how a more integrated approach to pool equipment can simplify every stage of the pool experience, from project design through to everyday use. Further innovations will complete this experience and will be unveiled during Piscine Global 2026.