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Cambodia’s Antique Patterned Cement Tile Floors

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The Khmer Rouge may have destroyed much of the population and vitality of Cambodia in the 1970’s but the lovely cement tile floors in the old districts lived through it all. p] in north west Cambodia is a town adjacent to the Angkor World Heritage Site, location of the world famous ancient Angkor Wat temple complex.

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AHF Products flexes its manufacturing muscle

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AHF Products’ expanded plant in Cambodia is being upgraded with two additional finishing lines, two milling units as well as additional plywood capacity and warehousing space. One of the first moves AHF Products made was the 2019 acquisition of LM Flooring , a highly regarded hardwood flooring manufacturer based in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

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Republic Flooring on fast track to market penetration

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Most companies in China are in a race to the bottom and reduce costs. At Surfaces, Republic will launch an engineered wood line—all white oak—featuring 14 colors from its manufacturing facility in Cambodia and another 16 from Germany. The result is a lot of claims. We don’t have claims.

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Stats 2023: Hardwood flooring cedes share

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We’re putting a coating on to take some of the pink out before we’ll do the colorations,” Bondrowski explained. Much like other hard surface categories, hardwood flooring imported from China has also declined measurably in recent years. We’re also experimenting with ash because it doesn’t have that pink tone.”

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Industry disrupters 2024: Internal factors, external forces upend status quo

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PureGrain is said to offer greater color clarity (5x more compared to traditional film products, the company said), embossed texture dimension, enhanced abrasion properties and is designed with 35 unique planks. Customs and Border Protection added PVC as a “sector of concern” when inspecting shipments from China.

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LM Flooring unveils largest product launch

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The Reserve and The Glenn offer the same colors and proprietary reactive staining techniques. LM Flooring makes its own reactive stains for these collections in-house, giving the wood an aged patina, allowing natural color variation and character to come through each plank. Two New Flagship collections: The Reserve and The Glenn.

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The Industry Disrupters of 2020

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Huali Floors, a China-based manufacturer of resilient flooring, will establish its first U.S. In 2019, Arte Mundi China , one of the largest manufacturers of engineered hardwood flooring in China, announced plans to build a hardwood flooring finishing plant in Chino, Calif. Republic Floor. Going against the grain.