The multilayer flooring category is overrun by acronyms—LVT (luxury vinyl tile), WPC (wood plastic composite), SPC (stone plastic composite) and the like. Philippe Erramuzpe, member of the board at Multilayer Flooring Association (MFA) and chief operating officer at USFloors, has agreed to help us clear up the confusion.
At the CCA Global summer convention in Montreal, Piet Dossche, USFloors' president and Shaw's executive vice president of hard surfaces, said that the biggest opportunity for retailers for the next two years will be waterproof polymer core products.
Aspecta recently named Marcel Kies the global chief executive officer of Aspecta. We recently caught up with Kies to learn more about his goals for the company and his outlook for the fast-growing luxury vinyl tile (LVT) and multilayer categories.