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Breaking Flooring NewsHardwood Flooring

Armstrong Moving Scraped Engineered Hardwood Production to U.S.

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July 28, 2014
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Armstrong will now manufacture its scraped engineered hardwood flooring at its Somerset, Ky. facility. 

Armstrong World Industries announced it will transfer the manufacture of scraped engineered hardwood flooring from its plant in Kunshan, China to its Somerset, Ky. facility. Production will stop in Kunshan Sept. 30, and the facility will be put up for sale shortly thereafter.

“This is a business decision driven by strides in innovation and logistical realities," said Tom Mangas, Armstrong Flooring CEO. "With the increasing cost of freight and labor in China, it just makes sense to move our production here where we actually sell the product. This helps us offset raw material cost inflation, and at the same time, we eliminate several months in lead time, and we improve our response to design trends and service requirements. The Kunshan plant has performed well, but the cost and service improvements we can realize by manufacturing domestically make this the smart move for the business. This is an important step in helping us to restore our wood business to acceptable return on capital.”

He added, scraped engineered wood floor demand in the U.S. has grown substantially over the last several years. About 18 months ago, Armstrong invested significantly in people and proprietary processes at the Somerset facility and began to manufacture a scraped wood floor product called American Scrape which has been very successful. Close evaluation revealed the entire scraped product portfolio can be made in the U.S. at a competitive price with shorter lead times and better customer response and service overall. The plan is to transition the Frontier Hickory product line first, followed by Century Farm, Rural Living and Legacy Manor.

Magnas noted, the company has added about 20 jobs to Somerset with American Scrape production. The transition from Kunshan when complete in 2015, could bring another 80 jobs the Somerset facility.

For more information, visit armstrong.com.

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Marcio Wilges
March 31, 2015
Good move! I know lots of consumers see materials and things that come out of China as more inferior in quality than if they came out of the original country.

Marcio Wilges
May 11, 2015
I think the relocation is a very practical initiative that the company has taken. Why spend much more money to manufacture a product overseas and ship it here with added costs, when you can actually just produce it at home and deliver it domestically without any extra costs? A simple step but it will help to save a huge amount of money in the long run.

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