In a 3 part interview, Piet Dossche, President & CEO, US Floors discusses the company’s new cork, bamboo and wood manufacturing facility in Dalton, the market’s attraction to sustainable products, the company’s relationship with Amorim, which acquired a 25% stake in the company, its entrance into the contract market and the introduction of Corboo into the commercial sector. Dossche also compares the properties of bamboo and cork vs wood. To view the interview in its entirety, click here.

Washington, DC, July 13, 2009–Bamboo floors are becoming more popular not only because they are often cheaper than oak, but because bamboo is considered eco-friendly by some since it grows faster than trees.
So Consumer Reports tested 21 different types of hardwood flooring, including seven bamboo floors, ranging in price from $4 a square foot to $9.
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DALTON, GA – Four on the management staff of USFloors have achieved accreditation as a LEED AP certified by the Green Building Certification Institute. Those four include: Deborah Hardin, VP of Sales and Marketing; Patty Ward, West Coast Regional Sales Manager; Bruce Graye, Northeastern Regional Sales Manager; Gary Keeble, Jr., Marketing Manager.

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New Introductions Include Naturally Sustainable Cork, Strand Woven Bamboo and Corboo™
Color, Innovation and Design Define USFloors’ Product Offering for Contract

Chicago – For leading cork and bamboo flooring manufacturer USFloors, the company’s product introductions for NeoCon 2009 represent the company’s foray into the contract market and the culmination of nearly a decade of design and innovation. Opening today in Chicago, NeoCon is the world’s largest market event for interior designers, architects and facility management professionals.

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USFloors was recently profiled by Chattanooga ABC affiliate WTVC News Channel 9 in a story about our solar photovoltaic panel farm located on the roof of our manufacturing and corporate facility located in Dalton, GA. The story includes an interview with Piet Dossche and video of the solar panels and manufacturing facility. Click here to view the video of the News Channel 9 story.

Many times, hardwood flooring consumers and retailers have questions about how hardwood floors react to moisture in various regions of the country. Hardwood floors will expand and contract to different degrees according to varying levels of moisture in the environment and the wood itself. Hardwood flooring installed in regions with arid climates will react differently than hardwood floors in regions subject to seasonal high humidity levels. But that’s only part of the story. Here is a quick and simplistic primer on how hardwood floors are effected by moisture and the different variables that determine the degree of the effect.

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USFloors was recently written up in the hometown Dalton, GA newspaper, The Daily Citizen, regarding the solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of the manufacturing. Click here to read the entire article.