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Study #: 2789
Document Type: Industry Study
Date Published: Jul-2011
Format: Full study: PDF Section, Pages, Tables and Charts: HTML
Pages: 298
Full Study Price: $4,900.00

US demand for hard surface flooring is forecast to rise 7.2 percent annually through 2015. Tile and laminate flooring will see the fastest gains, while vinyl flooring remains the largest segment. The nonresidential building market will outpace the residential building and transportation equipment segments.

This study analyzes the 6.5 billion square foot US hard surface flooring industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 2000, 2005 and 2010, with forecasts for 2015 and 2020 by flooring type (e.g., vinyl, tile, laminate, wood) and market (residential buildings, nonresidential buildings, transportation equipment).

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 34 industry players, including Mohawk Industries, Armstrong World Industries and Shaw Industries.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     SECTION									    PAGE

		INTRODUCTION							      ix

	I.	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY						       1

	II.	MARKET ENVIRONMENT						       4
		General								       4
		Macroeconomic Trends						       5
		Demographic Trends						       8
		Consumer Trends							      13
		   Personal Income & Expenditures				      13
		   Consumer Financing						      15
		Building Construction Trends					      19
		   Residential Buildings					      21
		      Housing Completions					      24
		      Housing Stock						      29
		      Improvements & Repairs					      32
		   Nonresidential Buildings					      34
		      New							      34
		      Improvements & Repairs					      37
		Transportation Equipment Outlook				      38
		   Motor Vehicles						      42
		   Other Transportation Equipment				      46
		Pricing Patterns						      48
		Historical Market Trends					      51
		Environmental & Regulatory Issues				      54
		   Recycling							      55
		   Materials Renewability & Sustainability Issues		      56
		   Indoor Air Quality						      59
		   Green Building Practices					      61
		   Regulatory Issues						      63
		World Hard Surface Flooring Overview				      63
		Foreign Trade							      65
		   Imports							      67
		   Exports							      70
		Competitive Floor Covering Outlook				      71


	III.	PRODUCTS							      73
		General								      73
		Supply & Demand							      74
		Resilient Flooring						      79
		   Vinyl Flooring						      81
		      Vinyl Sheet						      84
		      Vinyl Composition Tile					      87
		      Other Vinyl Tile						      89
		      Market Share						      91
		   Other Resilient Flooring					      93
		      Rubber							      94
		      Linoleum							      95
		      Cork							      96
		      Asphalt & Other						      98
		Nonresilient Flooring						      98
		   Tile Flooring						     101
		      Products							     103
		      Product Development					     104
		      Market Share						     105
		   Laminate Flooring						     106
		      Products & Suppliers					     108
		      Product Development					     110
		      Market Share						     112
		   Wood Flooring						     115
		      Solid Wood Flooring					     117
		      Engineered Wood Flooring					     121
		      Market Share						     124
		   Other Nonresilient Hard Surface Flooring			     125
		      Seamless Flooring						     126
		      All Other							     126
			Grating						             127
			Natural Stone						     127
			Bamboo							     128
			Tempered Glass						     128
			Metal							     129
			Miscellaneous Flooring					     129

	IV.	MARKETS								     130
		General								     130
		Residential Buildings						     133
		   New Construction						     136
		   Replacement							     138
		   Demand by Residence Type					     140
		      Single-Family						     142
		      Multifamily						     144
		      Manufactured Housing					     147
		Nonresidential Buildings					     150
		   New Construction						     152
		   Replacement							     154
		   Demand by Building Type					     156
		      Office & Commercial					     157
		      Institutional						     161
		      Industrial						     164
		      Other Nonresidential Buildings				     165
		Transportation Equipment					     167
		   Motor Vehicles						     169
		   Other Transportation Equipment				     171

	V.	INDUSTRY STRUCTURE						     174
		General								     174
		Industry Composition						     175
		Market Share							     178
		Competitive Strategies						     182
		Product Development						     184
		   Vinyl Flooring						     185
		   Wood Flooring						     186
		   Laminate Flooring						     187
		   Tile Flooring						     189
		Manufacturing							     190
		Marketing							     191
		Distribution							     193
		Mergers & Acquisitions						     195
		Cooperative Agreements						     196
		Company Profiles						     199
		   Alloc, see Beaulieu International Group
		   American Biltrite Incorporated				     200
		   American Marazzi Tile, see Marazzi Group
		   Amtico International Limited					     201
		   Anderson Hardwood Floors, see Berkshire Hathaway
		   Apex Foodservice Matting, see Superior Manufacturing Group
		   Armstrong World Industries Incorporated			     203
		   Beaulieu International Group NV				     208
		   Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated				     211
		   Berry Group, see Beaulieu International Group
		   Beynon Sports Surfaces, see Tarkett
		   BIG Floorcoverings, see Beaulieu International Group
		   Biltrite Corporation						     215
		   Burke Industries, see Mannington Mills
		   Casa Dolce Casa, see Florim Ceramiche
		   CBC Flooring, see TOLI
		   Clarion Industries LLC					     217
		   Congoleum Corporation					     218
		   Connor Sport Court International Incorporated		     221
		   Crossville Incorporated					     224
		   Dal-Tile, see Mohawk Industries
		   DuPont (EI) de Nemours					     226
		   Ecore International Incorporated				     228
		   Faus Group							     232
		   Fibergrate Composite Structures, see RPM International
		   FieldTurf Tarkett, see Tarkett
		   Florida Tile, see Panariagroup Industrie Ceramiche
		   Florim Ceramiche SpA						     234
		   Forbo Holding Limited					     236
		   HomerWood Hardwood Flooring, see Armstrong World Industries
		   IAC Spartanburg, see Lear
		   Illinois Tool Works Incorporated				     238
		   Interceramic Marble Collection, see Internacional de Ceramica
		   Internacional de Ceramica SAB de CV				     239
		   International Automotive Components Group North America, see Lear
		   Johnsonite, see Tarkett
		   Kaindl Flooring GmbH						     241
		   L’Antic Colonial, see Porcelanosa Grupo
		   Lea Ceramiche, see Panariagroup Industrie Ceramiche
		   Lear Corporation						     243
		   Mannington Mills Incorporated				     245
		   Marazzi Group SpA						     250
		   Mohawk Industries Incorporated				     253
		   nora systems GmbH						     259
		   Panariagroup Industrie Ceramiche SpA				     261
		   Pergo, see Pfleiderer
		   Pfleiderer AG						     263
		   Porcelanosa Grupo						     265
		   Ragno USA, see Marazzi Group
		   Recumbrimientos Interceramic, see Internacional de 
		      Ceramica and Mohawk Industries
		   Roppe Corporation						     267
		   RPM International Incorporated				     270
		   Shaw Industries Group, see Berkshire Hathaway
		   SpectraTurf, see Ecore International
		   Stankiewicz International, see Lear
		   Stonhard, see RPM International
		   Surface America, see Ecore International
		   Superior Manufacturing Group Incorporated			     273
		   Tarkett SAS							     277
		   Tembec Incorporated						     283
		   TOLI Corporation						     285
		   Uniboard Canada, see Pfleiderer
		   UnilinBA, see Mohawk Industries
		   VPI Corporation						     287
		   Witex Flooring Products GmbH					     289
		   Zickgraf Hardwood Flooring USA, see Berkshire Hathaway
		Other Companies Mentioned in Study				     291

				      LIST OF TABLES

    TABLE NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
		Summary Table							       3

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Macroeconomic Indicators					       8
	2	Population & Households						      12
	3	Personal Consumption Expenditures				      15
	4	Consumer Financing Environment, 2000-2010			      18
	5	Building Construction Expenditures				      21
	6	Residential Building Construction Expenditures			      24
	7	New Housing Indicators						      29
	8	Housing Stock by Type						      32
	9	Residential Improvement & Repair Expenditures			      34
	10	Nonresidential Building Construction Expenditures		      37
	11	Nonresidential Building Improvement & Repair Expenditures	      38
	12	Transportation Equipment Shipments				      42
	13	Motor Vehicle Indicators					      45
	14	Other Transportation Equipment Indicators			      48
	15	Hard Surface Flooring Pricing					      51
	16	Hard Surface Flooring Market, 2000-2010				      53
	17	Hard Surface Flooring Foreign Trade				      67
	18	Floor Covering Demand						      72

		SECTION III -- PRODUCTS
	1	Hard Surface Flooring Supply & Demand				      77
	2	Resilient Flooring Supply & Demand				      81
	3	Vinyl Flooring Supply & Demand					      84
	4	Vinyl Sheet Flooring Demand					      87
	5	Vinyl Composition Tile Flooring Demand				      89
	6	Other Vinyl Tile Flooring Demand				      91
	7	Other Resilient Flooring Supply & Demand			      94
	8	Nonresilient Flooring Supply & Demand				     100
	9	Tile Flooring Supply & Demand					     103
	10	Laminate Flooring Supply & Demand				     108
	11	Wood Flooring Supply & Demand					     117
	12	Solid Wood Flooring Demand					     121
	13	Engineered Wood Flooring Demand					     123
	14	Other Nonresilient Hard Surface Flooring Supply & Demand	     125

		SECTION IV -- MARKETS
	1	Hard Surface Flooring Demand by Market				     132
	2	Residential Building Hard Surface Flooring Demand		     136
	3	New Residential Building Hard Surface Flooring Demand		     138
	4	Residential Replacement Demand for Hard Surface Flooring	     140
	5	Residential Hard Surface Flooring Demand by Housing Type	     141
	6	Single-Family Housing Hard Surface Flooring
		   Demand by Product & Application				     144
	7	Multifamily Housing Hard Surface Flooring
		   Demand by Product & Application				     147
	8	Manufactured Housing Hard Surface Flooring
		   Demand by Product & Application				     149
	9	Nonresidential Building Hard Surface Flooring Demand		     152
	10	New Nonresidential Building Hard Surface Flooring Demand	     154
	11	Nonresidential Replacement Hard Surface Flooring Demand		     156
	12	Nonresidential Building Hard Surface Flooring
		   Demand by Building Type					     157
	13	Office & Commercial Building Hard Surface Flooring Demand	     161
	14	Institutional Building Hard Surface Flooring Demand		     163
	15	Industrial Building Hard Surface Flooring Demand		     165
	16	Other Nonresidential Building Hard Surface Flooring Demand	     167
	17	Transportation Equipment Hard Surface Flooring Demand		     169
	18	Motor Vehicle Hard Surface Flooring
		   Demand by Product & Application				     171
	19	Other Transportation Equipment Hard Surface Flooring
		   Demand by Product						     173

		SECTION V -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	US Hard Surface Flooring Sales by Company, 2010			     177
	2	Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures				     196
	3	Selected Cooperative Agreements					     198

		      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Year of Construction of Housing Stock, 2010			      32
	2	Hard Surface Flooring Market, 2000-2010 			      54
	3	World Hard Surface Flooring Demand, 2010			      65

		SECTION III -- PRODUCTS
	1	Hard Surface Flooring Demand, 2010				      78
	2	Vinyl Flooring Market Share, 2010				      93
	3	Nonresilient Flooring Demand by Type, 2010			     101
	4	Tile Flooring Market Share, 2010				     106
	5	Laminate Flooring Market Share, 2010				     115
	6	Wood Flooring Market Share, 2010				     124

		SECTION IV -- MARKETS
	1	Hard Surface Flooring Demand by Market, 2010			     133
	2	Residential Hard Surface Flooring
		   Demand by Housing Type, 2010					     142

		SECTION V -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	Hard Surface Flooring Sales by Company, 2010			     178

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