MONTREAL, Feb. 22, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- As recently announced, WD Flooring has become the largest vertically integrated member of the Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association, making a partnership with FieldTurf Tarkett a perfect fit. The company that revolutionized the sports surfacing industry, FieldTurf Tarkett, has now become the exclusive provider of WD's high quality maple flooring systems. The synergies between the two companies will allow FieldTurf Tarkett to bring its unprecedented client service levels to the sports flooring industry in a way that has never been done before. As a result, the largest producer of Northern Maple partners with the sports flooring industry's largest company.
"This long-term agreement between both companies displays the level of excellence that FieldTurf Tarkett is known for throughout the sports surfacing industry," explained FieldTurf Tarkett CEO John Gilman. "In addition to the FieldTurf product, FieldTurf Tarkett can deliver on proprietary products in all facets of gymnasium flooring from basketball courts to synthetic surfaces for track and multipurpose flooring. With WD's emphasis on manufacturing excellence and quality control, this relationship will first and foremost benefit our customers through a high standard of product and an extremely effective channel of communication."
"The reality is that FieldTurf Tarkett has a truly unique infrastructure allowing them to pay special attention to facilities and providing a unique level of service to athletic administrators," stated WD Flooring President Peter H. Connor. "As a standalone WD believes it would have just been another 'me-too' MFMA mill. This long-term partnership completes our vision of what a sports flooring provider should be able to offer its clients."
With over 560 hardwood court installations worldwide, FieldTurf Tarkett's reach into the market is an impressive accomplishment. Of note, FieldTurf Tarkett's basketball system was used for the FIBA European Basketball Championships. This system exceeds the International Basketball Federation FIBA standards. Being the most vertically integrated company in the industry with a material component guarantee, a performance guarantee, and a certified installers guarantee, FieldTurf Tarkett takes the security of its clients to a new level.
The history of WD Flooring, LLC, like the durability of its products, is one that spans generations. WD has been providing hardwood from its well managed and sustained hardwood forests ever since its beginnings during the pioneering years of 1872. Today, WD manages over 40,000 acres of the finest northern hardwoods in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. WD Flooring is one of the largest producers of northern hardwood in North America. All of their wood products are derived from environmentally conscious producers and are manufactured with the latest up-to-date most advanced technology.
FieldTurf Tarkett, headquartered in North America, is the largest entity in the sports surfacing industry. A division of Tarkett, the worldwide leader in commercial flooring with $2.5 billion in annual sales, FieldTurf Tarkett brings unprecedented financial, technical, manufacturing, and customer service resources to sports surfacing clients around the globe. In addition to the FieldTurf brand, FieldTurf Tarkett provides a comprehensive line that includes basketball, volleyball, and gymnasium flooring, squash and racquetball courts, floor protection and covering systems, weight room flooring, indoor and outdoor running tracks and a complete range of tennis and golf surfaces. You can depend on a high level of service and professionalism from the FieldTurf Tarkett family, a one stop resource for high quality sports surfacing products.
For more information, please visit www.fieldturftarkett.com