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Sustainable Evolution
Navigating challenges and opportunities in Australia's fashionable carpet industry The Australian carpet industry is in the midst of a transformative phase, steering towards sustainability while facing challenges from alternative flooring options. This evolution is marked by three key areas: competition and alternatives, shifting consumer preferences, and remarkable strides in [...]
Save our timber industry
Abbey Timber is a third-generation family owned business trading in Moorebank NSW, that specialises in the supply of building materials to the trade. We feel it’s important to educate our fellow industry colleagues about the situation we are facing in NSW as councils and politicians attempt to stop native forest [...]
Focus On – GMK Logistics
Flooring Magazine recently sat down with Derek Lightfoot, CEO of GMK Logistics to discuss all thing business including a discussion about the expansion of the GMK footprint. GMK has over 60 years of experience in the logistics industry. What is the GMK story? G.M. Kane & Sons Pty Ltd was [...]
Collective action for a strong and sustainable industry
Resilient floorcoverings have been in use for well over a century. Products in linoleum, rubber and cork have been used since the late 19th century or early 20th century while vinyl floorcoverings became commercially available after the Second World War, bringing from the start, affordability and new colour and design [...]
GMK Logistics – Celebrating 60 years
This month, GMK Logistics proudly celebrates sixty years of service to the Australian flooring industry. Their story started on the 31st of October 1962 when John Kane registered G.M. Kane & Sons Pty Ltd, naming it after his parents George and Muriel. He started out with just one truck, providing [...]
Advancing a resilient industry
The resilient floorcovering market in Australia has grown steadily over the last two decades, driven by innovative design, development, and uptake of new products, particularly Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVT) and more recently, Hybrid products. Australia today consumes an estimated 22 million sqm or 95,000 tonnes of these products each year. [...]
Purchase an icon – Expressions of interest
The businesses of Supertuft Pty Ltd and Supertuft Manufacturing Pty Ltd are to be offered for sale to a purchaser who has the credentials and ability to build on the long- term success of the current businesses. Further information can be provided to prospective purchasers who are serious and capable [...]
Cersaie 2020: Cancelled but still tracking trends
International correspondent, Joe Simpson, has contacted the leading tile manufacturers who normally would grace the halls at Cersaie to find out what they had planned to launch at the 2020 event. As well as selecting some eye-catching ranges, he has produced a virtual Cersaie trend report that explores the most [...]
Fashion and the love of tiles
John Signorino’s enduring success is renowned. The man and the business are held in high regard because they help to set the benchmark for quality and design in the tile industry. What are tiles, really? While that can seem something of a nonsensical question, it begins to make more sense [...]
Tile tool planning for 2021
Tool purchases broadly fall into three categories: tools that have worn out that need to be replaced; tools that need to be upgraded; and tools that represent a new expansion to a business. The first category is pretty much a "no brainer" for trade businesses. A worn or inadequate tool [...]
The practical optimist
Massimo Sedano has seen many things in the tile industry, and he seems to enjoy looking back at his experiences with a sardonic wit. His humour belies his determination to survive and thrive in the midst of some major market challenges. At first contact, Massimo Sedano sounds like everything you [...]