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Latest isn't greatest.(flooring for kitchens)
Brazilian cherry, bamboo, and cork are among this year's esoteric options as manufacturers push faraway names and "greener" claims. But you might want to stick with conventional hardwoods and other familiar flooring to fend off kitchen scrapes and spills.
While oak still outsells other solidwood floors, Brazilian cherry is growing fastest because of its attractive grain and wide palette of hues. It's also sold in engineered wood (a veneer over plywood) and plastic laminate, which makes do with a photo of the real stuff.
Other alternatives use only part of the tree. One of them is cork, which is taken from the bark without killing the tree. And there's ...
- WCMA: your source for components: WCMA members can fill virtually any solid...
- Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products Lawser, Steve June 1, 2007 700+ words
...turnings, table and chair parts, cabinet doors and parts, frame stock, staircase parts, interior trim, millwork, engineered wood components and many other specialty wood products. These components are made from a variety of hardwoods, softwoods...
- Diversified product offerings: in addition to solid wood, WCMA members are...
- Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products June 1, 2007 700+ words
...plywood, veneer, laminates and engineered wood materials. The reason for this is the growing need for engineered wood parts as a way to lower material...component manufacturers are offering engineered wood parts in addition to solid components...
- A plethora of product options: in addition to solid wood components, WCMA...
- Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products July 1, 2008 700+ words
...plywood, veneer, laminates and engineered wood materials. The reason for this is the growing need for engineered wood parts as a way to lower material...component manufacturers are offering engineered wood parts in addition to solid components...
- Forestweb Expands PriceBeat Coverage to Include Lumber and Engineered Wood.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 22, 2001 700+ words
...PriceBeat centers - Solid Wood and Engineered Wood & Building...chips, lumber, and engineered wood. Benchmark pricing in Solid Wood is made available...In addition to Solid Wood and Engineered Wood & Building...
- Engineered Wood offering is Kronotex's new laminate.(Products)
- Magazine article from: National Floor Trends April 1, 2004 700+ words
Kronotex's new Engineered Wood collection of laminate flooring is designed to mimic the look and feel of solid wood. Engineered Wood features an embossed-in-register surface with micro...
- Wood alternatives. (alternatives to solid and traditional engineered wood...
- Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products March 1, 1995 700+ words
In an effort to stretch the wood supply, companies are developing and marketing alternatives to solid wood and traditional engineered wood products. What follows is a sample of some of the alternative products currently available in the...
- Engineenng business built on a stable base: Mid-South Engineering in Hot...
- Magazine article from: Wood Based Panels International October 1, 2002 700+ words
...industry these days. In engineered wood products, the company...engineering sawmills and solid wood projects and later...plywood. It added engineered wood products about 15...vice president of Engineered Wood Products, outlined...
- National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association Applies Certification Standards...
- Press release article from: Business Wire December 18, 1998 700+ words
...has certified only solid wood flooring makers since...major segment of the engineered wood flooring industry in...NOFMA certification of solid wood floors has traditionally...this certification of engineered wood flooring provides consumers...
