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Laminate: Giving rigid core flooring a run for its money

Floor Covering News

When it comes to durability, scratch/dent resistance, ease of installation/maintenance and affordability, laminate flooring checks all the boxes. Other executives agree, citing innovations that are putting laminate flooring—whose coreboards still mainly comprise wood-based fibers—on a more equitable footing with rigid core flooring products.

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Coziness and Style Displayed by 83 Sqm Family Apartment in Vietnam

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Coziness and Style Displayed by 83 Sqm Family Apartment in Vietnam. Apartments › Coziness and Style Displayed by 83 Sqm Family Apartment in Vietnam. With a privileged location in the center of Hanoi, Vietnam, this charming family apartment filled with color is the result of a massive design renovation.

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Executive forecast 2024: No signs of stopping resilient flooring

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Despite headaches within the economy —namely high interest/mortgage rates— resilient flooring suppliers are pointing to continued growth in 2024. Resilient flooring manufactured stateside offers excellent quality control, more stable pricing, shorter lead times and lower capital inventory requirements. Moreover, made-in-the-U.S.A.

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Huali Group signs i4F license agreement

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Turnhout, Belgium—Huali Group has signed an i4F license agreements for the production of SPC and LVT flooring in the United States, Vietnam and China. Retailers, professionals and consumers want easy-to-install, strong and water-resistant flooring,” said Philip Yuan, CEO of Huali. For the U.S.

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NFA Showcase: Supplier turnout, product diversification excites dealers

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Jan Luan of SLCC Flooring with retailers at the NFA Showcase, from left: Steve Coles, Michael Longwill and Jimmy Poulos. We saw a good mix of products, including hardwood and even rugs,” said Raffi Sarmazian, co-owner of Sarmazian Brothers Flooring, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. based Flooring 101. Word of mouth here is big.”

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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. The cafes and shops along the streets in the Siem Reap Old Market district reveal an assortment of colorful cement tile floors in age old patterns.

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Stats 2023: Hardwood flooring cedes share

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hardwood flooring category took a big step back in 2022. Floor Covering News research shows hardwood flooring revenues fell 9.8% As a result of the diminished sales activity in 2022, hardwood flooring saw its total share of flooring sales fall to 8.6% In terms of volume, hardwood flooring represented roughly 4.7%