- Tarkett
Tarkett is one of the largest
manufacturer s and distributors of resilient and hardwood floorings worldwide.Tarkett Sales amount to 2.1 Billion €. The Group operates 28 plants in 12 countries and has 9,000 employees worldwide. Its corporate
headquarters ( [http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&om=1&ll=48.889159,2.210722&spn=0.001175,0.001963 Google Maps view] ) is based inNanterre (France ).Tarkett with its more than 100 years of experience in the production of floorings focuses on resilient floorings (
plastic floorings,linoleum ),hardwood floorings (pre-finished parquet),laminate flooring s and a small segment of the textile flooring (needle-felt andtufting ) market.In October 2006,
KKR bought a 50% stake in Tarkett in a deal valued at about €1.4 billion ($1.8 billion).History
In
Europe the company started as a singlesawmill operation inSweden in1886 . There they produced oak parquet flooring.Now a multinational company the firm was started in
1872 as the Dominion Oil Cloth Company later Domco inFarnham, Quebec . The present day company is the result of numerousmergers and acquisitions across Europe and North America. Brand names under the Tarkett umbrella in North America include AZROCK, NAFCO & DOMCO.The manufacturing mill in Farnham Quebec houses the largest machine dedicated to making their newest floor named the "Fibre Floor". It is made from
fibreglass among other things, and is much thicker and more durable than regular vinyl flooring. The machine is close to 1.5 kilometres long.External links
* [http://www.tarkett.com/ Corporate Homepage]
* [http://www.tarkett-floors.com/ For residential customers]
* [http://www.tarkett-commercial.com/ For commercial customers]
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