Production Information

PRODUCTION PRINCIPLES & QUALITY ASSURANCE

Bamboo flooring has different levels of quality depending on materials and manufacturing techniques utilized. Poor raw material, inferior adhesive and machinery, and a low standard of manufacturing procedures will produce a poor quality product.

FINEST & SELECTIVE BAMBOO RAW MATERIAL

Our Factory has its own plantation and only uses selective quality and well matured bamboo strips to produce Supreme Bamboo flooring.

Bamboo harvested in winter or before the rainy season has proper strength and hardness. We, therefore increase our bamboo stock in winter. If bamboo is cut in spring or after the rainy season, then their hardness and stability are less due to the rapid growth.

MODERN EQUIPMENT

We use 1250 tone compressor to create perfect fitting of lamination, high performance molding, sanding and finishing machines imported from Germany to ensure top quality products.

"GREEN" ADHESIVE AND PAINT

Our Factory uses only high quality adhesive with a low emission of Formaldehyde - this “green” adhesive is supplied by AKZO NOBEL CASCO. According to European Standard for Formaldehyde emission is about 0.13 ppm, while IAQ guidelines is 0.10 ppm, however, our Supreme Bamboo products uses the lowest emission adhesive of 0.0127ppm which is well above the international standard. The paint is also imported from Germany (Klumpp) to ensure international standards are met and maintain a high quality products performance.

INFORMATION ABOUT INDENTATION & SCRATCHES

What puts the greatest force on a bamboo floor?

A two ton car = 28 to 30 PSI	An African elephant = 50-100 PSI	A 57kg woman with high heels = 2000 PSI

Measured in pounds per square inch (PSI), a car has a load of 28 to 30 PSI, an elephant 50 to 100 PSI, and a 57kg woman with high heels, when she takes a step and those heels hit the floor, 2,000 PSI! That’s a problem for any floor, metal, bamboo, wood, ceramic, carpet, terrazzo and resilient. Stiletto high heels are popular and all customers should be made aware that bamboo floors may be damaged by the extreme force involved. Indentation will occur from the heels themselves, and even more so from protruding nail heads. An exposed nail head can exert a force of 8,000 PSI! High enough to pulverise hardened concrete. Those heels!

SCRATCHES

Bamboo flooring, like timber, is a natural product and will scratch.