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Focus On – GMK Logistics
Georgia Gilmore2023-09-12T09:27:34+10:00Flooring Magazine, GMK|
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
Georgia Gilmore2023-09-12T09:20:42+10:00ARFA, Flooring Magazine|
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 [...]
How do we provide a built environment fit for future generations?
Georgia Gilmore2023-07-11T13:08:28+10:00Flooring Magazine, Interface|
Together, building and construction is responsible for 39% of total global emissions. This is the damage we are doing as stakeholders in the built environment. What as an industry do we need to do to reduce this impact? As global leaders in commercial flooring, Interface is committed to sharing its [...]
Buy Local
Georgia Gilmore2022-11-15T13:02:04+11:00Flooring Magazine, Interface|
Buying local and supporting Australian manufacturers has never been more important. After almost three years of uncertainty surrounding international supply and trade, the re-emergence of our national manufacturing industry serves as a reminder, to the flooring sector in particular, the unmatched quality of locally made products. Beyond quality, the benefits [...]
GMK Logistics – Celebrating 60 years
Georgia Gilmore2022-11-15T12:48:39+11:00Flooring Magazine, GMK|
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
StephUC2022-11-08T13:24:51+11:00ARFA, Flooring Magazine|
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. [...]