China bamboo flooring was researched and produced in 1980s. The manufacturer of Taiwan, China worked out the first set of equipment manufacturing the flooring. The output of the flooring is very little at the initial stage. There are several following reasons for the problem. 1. The relevant technology is under developing. 2. The product series is too simple. Only natural type, carbonized type and some other types were available at that time. 3. It is a brand new flooring product. Most flooring users even didn’t know bamboo can be used to make flooring at that time.
China relevant manufacturers improved the technology a great deal and promoted the sale of the product globally. This type of flooring began to be known and accepted by some global flooring users due to its low price, excellent strength, good foot feel, environment protection and limited color difference. The production of China bamboo flooring increased rapidly around 2000.
More and more global flooring users even began to like bamboo furniture, bamboo curtain and bamboo craft due to their favor for China bamboo flooring. China government has issued the relevant industry standard and national standard for China bamboo flooring to improve the quality and production further. Now China manufacture technology for the flooring is the best world widely. Many overseas companies are thinking about adopting bamboo flooring manufacture technology from China.
China is rich of bamboo resource which area ranks among top 1 world widely. About half of all China provinces have bamboo resource. Mao bamboo is the best bamboo material for flooring purpose. Most mao bamboo resource locates in China. Now there are about 200 China bamboo flooring manufacturers which mainly locate in the south of China. Now there are various types of the flooring such as strand woven type and stained type. The flooring has been sold to Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Germany, Mexico, Middle East, Russia, South Africa, Spain, UK, USA, etc.
The history of China bamboo flooring is only about over 20 years. Many flooring users still haven’t accepted the product. The labor and materials for the flooring are much more expensive. The unit profit is lower than before. And the world financial crisis occurred in 2008 affected the sale of the flooring. These are the main problems which China bamboo flooring industry experiences now. But it is an ideal substitute for solid wood flooring due to low price and environment protection. Its market share is still too little compared with laminate flooring and solid wood flooring. There must be huge potential for the development of this type of flooring.