Shaw Floors kicks off 2025 with additions to its Floorté resilient flooring collections, featuring new designs inspired by nationwide color trends, plus flexible installation options. The expansion includes Floorté PRO USA-manufactured styles from its Ringgold, Georgia, plant.
Unilin Technologies unveils a patented production process for pressed bevels in SPC flooring, developed with Chinese manufacturer KONO. The innovation improves bevel alignment accuracy and depth while reducing scrap rates, building upon their 2011 patents and maintaining production efficiency.
Unilin Technologies has obtained European patent EP 4 107 330 B1 for its magnesium oxide-reinforced core board technology, expanding its waterproof flooring solutions portfolio. The company will showcase this PVC-free innovation at upcoming trade shows BAU and TISE.
The termination follows the manufacturers’ incomplete or inadequate reporting, delayed royalty payments, failure to cooperate during compliance audits and/or their refusal to address audit findings.
Southwind introduced Summit WPC flooring through its first online product launch. The thicker plank offers significant installation advantages in time and money savings by avoiding the reinstallation of subfloor material in a typical floor replacement project.
The technology, marketed as "P-SPC" (PET-based Solid Polymer Composite), offers manufacturers a PVC-free alternative that maintains the familiar characteristics of traditional SPC (Solid Polymer Composite) flooring products.
Innovation abounds for the rigid core category in 2024, spurred by consumer demands for more sustainability and style, supply chain considerations, and technological innovation.