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Focus on QEP
QEP is a world class, worldwide provider of innovative, quality and value-driven flooring and industrial solutions for the professional tradie as well as the DIY market. As a leading worldwide manufacturer and distributor, QEP delivers a comprehensive line of building products, engineered wood flooring, flooring installation tools, adhesives and flooring [...]
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 [...]
IFA Decorative Finishes by SURTECO
Article by Laura Hedges, Specification and Design Consultant, SURTECO Australia What do you see as the current trends/innovations in the decorative finishes industry? We have seen an influx of natural materials and earth inspired colour tones take precedence. There has been a large emphasis on the tactility of [...]
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 [...]
Surteco Australia invests $2.5 million in its ABS edgeband facility
Surteco Australia, the only local manufacturer of ABS edgebands for the cabinet-making industry, is boosting stock supply and delivery timeframes with a $2.5 million investment in its NSW plant. A warehouse extension coupled with a new production line will provide more capacity and offer exciting new products to the Australian [...]
Fitouts and Trends – the RV Focus
Swimming with Manta Rays on the Great Barrier Reef, exploring hidden gorges in Karijini, West Australia, or hitting the red dusty highways of the outback, Australia has a lot to offer. You can do this in style in a recreational vehicle that through good design is a virtual home away [...]
Stirling Group, in your corner
Stirling Group brings together three specialist brands: Stirling Global (Machinery), Accurate Australia and New Zealand (solid timber tooling and consumables), and Panel Tools (tooling for CNC machinery). Since 2001, Stirling Group has grown to become an industry leader, dedicated to delivering high-quality, cost-effective solutions and service to growing companies in [...]
Standing out from the crowd with Nikpol
Nikpol were very proud to have an appreciation night for their customers last month. More than 300 customers attended the first Nikpol Brisbane trade night at the new 10,000m2 facility in Eagle Farm. The event was long overdue, as it had been rescheduled a number of times due to COVID-19, [...]
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 [...]
Robotics for future apartments, today
The home of the future is one step closer to reality with the launch of Ori Systems’ first product, an all-in-one robotic dresser, desk and bed. Showrooming in luxury real estate developments in a number of US cities, Ori is debuting its new, modular furniture that enables city-dwellers to do [...]
Smart office furniture from Herman Miller
Herman Miller has teamed up with Swiss designer Yves Béhar for a new suite of smart office furniture that launched recently at NeoCon, a trade fair for commercial interiors in Chicago (USA). This line of furniture is called Live OS and uses a system with sensors that can come preinstalled [...]