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

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However, with great power comes great responsibility—a position many “me-too” suppliers failed to uphold, and the category saw an influx of product that didn’t meet high quality, performance and/or environmental standards. The manufacturers informed the dealers that they were moving to standard payment terms of net 30 days for all products.

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LM Flooring unveils largest product launch

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We have developed a very structured process to ensure consistent color standards in this highly variegated visual,” Whaley explained. Originally made in Shanghai, China, LM Flooring has spent the last two years transitioning all of its products to AHF Products’ Sihanoukville, Cambodia factory.

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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. Challenging the industry to go bigger. Republic Floor.

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Tariffs on Chinese hardwood imports linger

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“The Trump 301 tariffs are still in place for wood flooring from China, although most vinyl products have been exempted through August 2020,” said Don Finkell, CEO of American OEM. The Phase One deal reached with China back in January did not reduce the wood flooring tariffs—it only froze them in place.”. Fragile supply chain.

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