Gerflor at a Glance
NEWS - Gerflor at a Glance
All essential information on the Gerflor group
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CEO and Managing Director : M. Bertrand Chammas
Head Office : Villeurbanne (France)
A group built on innovative brands and companies (Gerland Sols, Mipolam, Taraflex ...)
Mission: to create, manufacture and market innovative, decorative and eco-responsible complete solutions for flooring, wall coverings and accessibility from installation to finishes
2014 Key Figures :
- TO = 671M€ excl. taxes
- 2750 employees
Worldwide Presence :
- Sales in more than 100 countries
- 15 manufacturing plants and logistic platforms (France, Germany, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, China, USA, Australia ...)
An adapted approach to each market application :
- Professional markets, with dedicated products ranges for Healthcare, Education, Retail, Industry, Sport, Passengers vehicles, …
- Sport: 3 world-class sports brands – Connor, Sport Court and Taraflex – are under the same flagship.
- Residential, with collections created according to the latest home fashion trends
Eco-responsible Solutions :
- Safe and sustainable raw materials : 100% REACH compliant (including the average 25% recycled content), no formaldehyde, no PCP, integration of renewable materials
- Better Indoor air quality : low VOC products, at least 10 times lower than european standards
- More recycling : 100% recyclable products, recycling program for post manufacturing waste, post installation waste and post consumer usage
- Reduced environnemental footprint : all Gerflor industrial sites ISO 14001 certified, eco-designed products using a full LCA (life cycle analysis) model
- Green building schemes contribution : Gerflor products qualify for credits under many internationally accredited green building schemes (Leed, HQE, Greenstar, …), all products ranges have an Envrionnemental Product Declaration
Innovative Solutions: 3 integrated R&D centres, 70 engineers, 70% of TO achieved with products ranges less than 3 years old
Decorative Solutions: design-led approach with our integrated Gerflor Design Center, more than 4000 designs and colours in the range, in line with interior decorative trends
Gerflor brings you more:
- Exclusive installation solutions
- A complete offer: floors – walls – accessibility with SPM wall protection and handrails, entrance mats and accessories from Romus
- A complete services offer: professional training courses, thanks to the integrated training centre (Gerflor Technocentre: 20 apprentices and 250 experienced installers trained every year), technical assistance, logistic and customer service, online tools,…
More information at www.gerflor.com
