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Mirage leads the pack in quality for a fourth year according to Floor Focus
For the fourth time in five years, Mirage has been named leader in quality among North American pre-finished hardwood floor manufacturers. Once again this year, Floor Focus carried out a survey to find out "What the Retailers Think." "This recognition means a lot to us. Quality is the very basis of our business philosophy. Because every employee makes quality a priority, this recognition reflects on everyone personally," states Luc Robitaille, VP of Marketing for Boa-Franc, the manufacturer of Mirage hardwood floors. "In an industry as competitive as ours, these results tell our retailers and distributors they're right to trust the Mirage name." Top Hardwood Floor Manufacturer Also, Mirage came in first among North American hardwood floor manufacturers according to a 2007 survey by Floor Covering News, one of the leading floor covering trade publications. Mirage named first in its category in the hardwood floor sector.
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Teragren is a U.S.-based manufacturer of fine bamboo flooring, panels, veneer and parquet butcher block. We are also a company on a mission. Like all businesses, we want to be successful. But our definition of success includes not only high quality products and excellent customer service but also environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing and business practices.
From the moment our company was founded in 1994, we have been committed to developing and manufacturing beautiful bamboo products that:
· Enhance home and business environments for years and years · Pay farmers and their families fair-market prices for raw materials in China · Pay fair wages to factory workers in China · Reduce dependence on dwindling timber resources · Rely on renewable-resource materials · Adhere to stringent, environmentally sensitive specifications · Promote green building · Help neutralize our company's environmental footprint
Today, Teragren is one of North America's largest manufacturers of environmentally friendly bamboo flooring, stair parts, trim, panels, veneer and butcher block countertops. And our mission hasn't changed.
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CORK & The Environment
Cork consists of a tight web of up to 40 million cells per cubic centimeter. The cell membranes retain gas, giving cork its capacity to float, insulate and re-expand quickly after compression.
Cork is natural, recyclable and biodegradable. No natural or man-made material replicates its properties. Cork retains unique qualities of flexibility, elasticity and compressibility. Its extreme resilience, impermeability, lightness and insulating efficiency make it ideal for a large number of flooring applications. Cork is hypoallergenic, mildew, moisture, dust, and pollen resistant. Cork is anti-static, it is recommended for use where computers and electronic equipment are used.
Cork can be used anywhere in the house (below and above grade) because it is flexible, water-resistant, soft and warm.
The Cork Forest
Cork is the outer bark of the evergreen cork oak (Quercus suber). This variety of oak grows mainly in Portugal, Spain, southern France, Italy, and the North Africa.
Cork is sustainable. It is harvested by stripping the bark every nine years. Each cork oak tree provides an average 16 harvests over its 150-200 year lifespan.
Cork harvesting is one of the best examples of a sustainable agro-forestry system, where people use the natural resources around them without disturbing or destroying nature. Cork harvesting has been a way of life in the Mediterranean for at least a thousand years. The forests are ancient.
Harvesting cork is a highly skilled job: even the axes are specially designed. Cork cutters make precise incisions into the cork bark and then strip it off the trees — like peeling a skin away from a banana. An experienced worker can gather up to 1,300 lbs of cork each day.
After harvest, each tree is painted with a big white number to indicate when it was last stripped. The trees are left for nine years to allow the cork bark to grow back and then the whole process starts again. After the wine corks are cut from the bark, the remaining cork is used to make flooring.
WARRANTY
QU-Cork flooring panels come with a Limited Lifetime Structural Warranty that gives testimony to its quality construction and design. The diagram below shows some of the features that are built-in to each panel. Notice the top and bottom cork layers that provide the perfect balance for warmth and quietness. |
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