Montreal, Canada. January 20th, 2010 - Tarkett Sports and WD Flooring have formed a strategic partnership, uniting the world’s largest manufacturer of sports surfacing and one of the biggest and oldest producers of northern maple in North America.
In securing the partnership with WD Flooring, Tarkett Sports’ Indoor Division and their unique consultative approach to sports flooring solutions have solidified their position in the North American hardwood sports surfacing market. As partners, WD Flooring’s sport maple will be sold exclusively through Tarkett Sports’ Indoor division that already features an impressive lineup of synthetic sports flooring options. With approximately 60% of the indoor sports flooring market devoted to hardwood, Tarkett Sports is excited about the 130+ years of experience in quality hardwood maple that WD Flooring brings to Tarkett Sports’ ClutchCourt line of hardwood courts.
“Our partnership with WD Flooring gives us exclusive access to industry leading, quality maple,” said Stephane Leudet de la Vallee, VP of Tarkett Sports’ Indoor Division. “With our direct access to one of the most advanced maple mills in the world, we plan on working together to develop and introduce new value added benefits to the hardwood sports flooring market through our ClutchCourt line.”
Peter H. Connor, President of WD Flooring is extremely enthusiastic about the partnership with Tarkett Sports and anticipates great success in the near future. “Tarkett Sports has a broad array of products and services that is unmatched in the industry. Their reputation for quality, customer service, innovation and stability is something we are extremely proud to be associated with as we look forward to supporting Tarkett Sports in every way. This will include mill visits, R&D initiatives and providing them with the best milled and graded product in the MFMA. The power of Tarkett Sports’ sales network and their understanding of the sports flooring market, mixed with our hardwood knowledge and MFMA maple will prove to be an unbeatable combination”.
Tarkett Sports’ ClutchCourt line of hardwood maple sports flooring features 8 traditional and unique floating and fixed systems that caters to entry level and highly competitive levels of play. Each system consists of ultra-durable WD maple for long lasting, great looking performance. ClutchCourt systems feature two distinct padding options designed for moderate and high-performance characteristics and all benefit from an industry leading 10-year warranty.
The Tarkett Group, established in 1886 and now with over $2.5 billion in annual sales, contributes to Tarkett Sports’ reputation as the most financially stable and trusted indoor sports surfacing company on the planet. As the global leader in sports, residential and commercial flooring, Tarkett’s 28 international production sites allow it to serve its customers in over 100 countries, producing over 10,000,000 square feet of flooring per day, enough to cover 125 football fields.
All Tarkett Sports surfaces are developed, produced and installed with a concentration on sustainability and a commitment to protecting the environment, providing additional LEED contribution opportunities for customers. The company calls this focus on sustainability and the environment ‘Environmental Intelligence’ and all company personnel strive to exemplify this philosophy in all aspects of the business. As the leaders in environmental responsibility, Tarkett Sports has been recycling its surfacing in 5 of their own international recycling centers for over 50 years.
For more information please contact:
Sean Adelsohn
Marketing Manager
Tarkett Sports Indoor Division
800-724-2969
