The summary also offers guidance on choosing the right floor when seniors are—or are not—in the household.

Why Impact Reduction Flooring Matters

• Hip‑fracture prevention: A fall on hard surfaces often leads to the first and final fracture for seniors; avoiding such injuries preserves both health and financial resources.
• Psychological benefit: Investing in a safe floor is a concrete expression of filial care, rather than mere words.

Mechanical Design in Impact Reduction Hardwood Flooring

Core Performance Traits

• Fall Protection – The multi‑stage damping system cuts fracture risk to under 10 % according to Japanese medical data.
• Slip Resistance – Surface texture offers a subtle grip (non‑sticky) that feels safe even in socks; domestic anti‑slip boards are often overly tacky, potentially turning into tripping hazards.
• Noise Reduction – Achieves AL‑45 rating; a dropped phone or a child’s footstep is muted to near‑whisper levels.
• Durability – HDF layer resists disinfectants (alcohol, bleach) and heavy traffic; unlike many domestic boards that crack when exposed to cleaning agents or floor heating.
• Aesthetics – High‑DPI printing with low repeat patterns and a “light‑shadow sync” (光影同步) surface creates realistic wood grain depth, matching upscale Japanese interior palettes.
• Stability – The HDF’s low rebound property prevents “spring‑back” on heated floors; the board remains flat even under radiant heating.

Comparison with Domestic Alternatives

Practical Guidance for Consumers

• Budget Consideration: Adding a modest premium for this floor yields long‑term health savings for elderly residents.
• Color Selection: The line offers three deep tones—gray‑bee, wood‑oak, and dark brown—chosen because darker hues convey senior‑friendly “high‑end” aesthetics in Japanese décor.
• Household Without Seniors: Even if fall protection isn’t needed, the floor still provides superior foot comfort, sound insulation, and visual appeal, making it a worthwhile upgrade.
• Installation Tips: Pair with a double‑layer subfloor (二重床) to maximise impact reduction; ensure proper sealing to maintain moisture resistance.

Bottom Line

Eidai’s Japanese impact reduction flooring blends rigorous engineering (multiple damping layers, high‑density HDF, and a sophisticated core) with user‑centric benefits (safety, quietness, durability, and beauty). For families caring for aging parents, it represents a tangible, cost‑effective way to extend health and reduce fall‑related expenses. Even in homes without elders, its premium performance justifies the investment.

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RTS Test Overview

• Purpose – Quantify how well a floor’s top coat (e.g., ExoGuard⁺) resists micro‑scratches that arise from chairs, shoes, and general traffic.
• Origin – Built on the Martindale Scratch Test procedure, which uses calibrated weights, abrasive pads, and repeatable cycles for consistent results.
• Outcome – Products are rated 1 (no change) to 5 (heavy scratches), directly informing specification decisions for high‑traffic interiors.

Rating Scale & Visual Impact

Test Procedure (Step‑by‑Step)

1. Sample Placement – Position the flooring panel on the Martindale tester; a heavy‑duty grey Scotch‑Brite pad rests on top with a calibrated weight.
2. Abrasive Action – Run the pad perpendicular to the grain for 50 linear cycles.
3. Cleaning – Remove the panel, wipe first with a dry cloth, then with a damp cloth; allow full drying.
4. Evaluation – View the dried sample from a few feet away at various angles; assign an RTS rating of 1–5 based on visible changes.

Why RTS Rating Matters for Vinyl Floorings

• Appearance Retention – Guarantees long‑term aesthetic integrity for residential and commercial spaces.
• Comparative Benchmark – Provides a clear, repeatable metric to differentiate products in procurement specifications.
• Customer Confidence – Demonstrates that the flooring has been validated against a standardized, industry‑recognised test.

Conclusion

When comparing luxury vinyl tiles with laminate flooring, the two flooring categories have a similar price range. The major benefit of vinyl flooring is obvious for its waterproof performance. However, with improving laminate flooring materials, new laminate flooring with high water resistance is now dominating the market. With improving water resistance performance in laminate floorings, it is considered a more practical flooring option due to its superior scratch resistance with its AluO3 surface. A product attribute that has always been a downfall for vinyl flooring products.

Now with the Repetitive Traffic Scratching RTS 1 Coating technology, luxury vinyl tiles are able to simulate similar performance in scratch resistance. Therefore this could be a turning point for vinyl flooring products, whether its LVT, SPC, or WPC, with the advanced scratch resistance upgrade.

Sreelance RTS 1 Rating Vinyl Flooring Products

Working with leading decorative surface technology company, Sreelance Material Technology has launched our own RTS 1 rating vinyl flooring products. Our RTS 1 rating flooring are tested using 38N calibrated weights, a quality that exceeds current industry standards.

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To this extent, this article focuses on the best of best vinyl flooring products that are being launched for 2026. As 2026 is a turning point for global supply chains, especially for thus focusing on the United States markets.

Innovations through Investments

Currently in China you can already explore a wide range of vinyl flooring products from many professional vinyl flooring manufacturers. However, most of the on market products are ordinary grade and have very few unique selling points, as they can be easily manufactured by other suppliers and factories. Product innovations in luxury vinyl floorings can occur in two directions in essence. One focus is on exclusive pattern designs and development for unique designs, color collections, and surface texture. The other focus is on the combination of materials and specifications. These two innovation directions support the manufacturers to provide more unique and newer products that other suppliers do not have. All of these innovations require investments, and the more that is being invested, the more unique product propositions a vinyl flooring manufacturer can provide.

Product Innovation Directions Briefly Explained

Innovation Through Pattern Designs

Consumers and interior designers are constantly looking for new design elements and styles to work with different project demands. This is something that leading flooring brands are committed to, offering a wide range of exclusive pattern designs with comprehensive color choices to capture the markets. However, the investments are mostly depleted by the suppliers, as major brands have significant purchasing power that makes manufacturers willing to invest to maintain the business with these major brands.

Pattern design investment costs are associated with development for new designs, the printing gravure cylinders, development costs in new color adjustments, and embossing in register plates or cylinders. There are also investments for digital printing technologies. Digital printed vinyl flooring offers less repeated pattern design, and are able to make more unique designs with minimum quantity orders.

• Original printing designs for Vinyl Floorings
• 4 sets of gravure cylinders for high definition printing
• Development costs for color adjustments
• Embossing in register plates and cylinders
• Digital Printing Production Lines

Each of these investments allows the manufacturer to provide more unique design products in their vinyl flooring collections. Some exclusive designs are highly popular in the market, and the flooring brands can benefit from having these exclusive products. This exclusivity is often tied up with manufacturers (either decor film factory or vinyl flooring factory) that invested in developing these exclusive patterns.

Innovation Through Material Design and Specifications

Different flooring manufacturers has different production capabilities. Some put more investments in the latest and unique production equipment, some put more focus on new material developments and works on existing production facilities. Each of these product innovation provide different competitive edge, so for flooring importers different product demands might be fulfilled across different suppliers instead of just one.

Examples of Innovation Through Production Equipment Investments

1. Extra Large Hydraulic Thermo Pressure Line: The best of extra large LVT flooring are made using hydraulic thermo pressure line. Standard hydraulic thermo pressure line can only make 1.2 metre length LVT planks and extra large hydraulic thermo pressure line allows up to 1.8 metre length LVT. The capability to produce extra large LVT planks also requires better controlling in production process and material composition formulas for improving physical properties.
2. Specialized Slotting for Extra Small Dimensions: Extra Small click LVT and extra small click SPC that has a width of 7.6cm is hard to come by, as it requires a specialized slotting line for small width slotting. Standard slotting line can make width above 100mm while this specialised slotting can make planks below 100mm. However, this slotting line has very limited production capacity, and only the best of manufacturers that service for major brands provide this product options.
3. Cold Press Pressure Line: Th cold press line is a highly flexible production process as it allows different materials to be laminated together. This includes WPC floorings as well as V-SPC and other hybrid flooring that applies different materials together.

Example of Innovation Through Material Compositions

1. Non-PVC Flooring: Using alternative polymers during the making of LVT or SPC floorings. These alternative polymers such as PET or PP plastics requires slight adjustments on the extrusion production line. However, the formula for the PET or PP composition is highly essential to the performance and quality of the flooring.
2. Coating Composition Technology: Different coating formulas allow for different functionality to be achieved through surface coating. Some might include anti-slippery, anti-bacterial, and additional surface anti-abrasion performance. This high-performance coating technology can effectively improve the resilient flooring product performance and stand out in the flooring market.
3. Underlayment: Underlayer of resilient flooring planks might not have been seen as such a huge deal in flooring innovation, but are still an important element to the flooring products. Different underlayments provide different acoustic and anti-slippery performance. Unique products such as loose lay grip LVT helps to realise thin LVT tiles to be loose lay installed. Other materials, such as magnetic underlayers, also support new and innovative ways for flooring to be installed. IOT technology are also associated with self-regulated heat underlayer which provides an energy efficient floor heating system for householders.
4. Low Density Core Vinyl Plank: Conventional rigid core SPC flooring has a density that is above 2.0g/cm3. However, with recent composition technology, a light density rigid core is being invented. The density for light core L-SPC is roughly around 1.6g/cm3, a 20% reduction in weight. This precision control over the foaming of SPC core during the extrusion process requires a strong manufacturing controling. The L-SPC is considered the next vinyl plank product that could possibly replace WPC.

What’s Hot for 2026 Resilient Flooring Trends

Trends in Flooring Pattern Design

The global flooring market has undergone some interesting change in design and color preference over the past few years. Pattern design change has went from more complex and featured elements to more simple and minimalistic styles. Soft and natural colors have a strong comeback, and this has to do with interior designs trending towards a new niche for better healthy lifestyles that narrates natural materials and simplicity. Natural woods without complex features are currently a major style that is preferred by interior designers. Color selections such as beige and nature light colors are extremely popular in 2025, and this color trend will likely to continue into the 2026 year.

Trends in Resilient Vinyl Flooring Products

With increasing product competitions within the resilient vinyl flooring category, new resilient flooring products are being developed and launched into the market. Some of these new flooring products are more popular and unique than others, and flooring brands are focusing on new product launch with these new resilient vinyl flooring products;

• Thicker Rigid Core SPC and WPC Flooring
• Extra Large Vinyl Plank Floorings with ABC pattern designs for less repetitions
• Extra Minisize Herringbone Click Vinyl Floorings
• Herringbone Click SPC with Unizip (Unilin) Click & Lock Design
• Light Density L-SPC Floorings
• Self-Adhesive 2.0mm Luxury Vinyl Tiles

Thicker Rigid Core SPC and WPC Flooring

As one of the most popular flooring category, SPC flooring has surged as one of top selling product in floorings. With increasing sales demands, major flooring brands are launching thicker rigid core SPC flooring collections to cater more premium grade of flooring collections. 6mm SPC has been a top selling product, however to deal with slowing growth momentum in 6mm SPC, 8mm rigid core SPC flooring and 10mm WPC floorings are being launched.

Extra Large Vinyl Plank Flooring with ABC pattern designs

Bigger planks provide a more robust flooring style for interior design. However, conventional vinyl flooring products do not generally provide large plank length above 1.8 meters long This is partially due to both the cost of developing for extra long pattern designs as well as insufficient physical properties for larger planks. In other words, many resilient vinyl flooring manufacturers does not have enough capability and know how to achieve the level of quality that is required in extra large vinyl planks. In addition, longer planks require more gravel printing cylinders to be developed so that pattern repetition can be reduced. With 22.8cm width, a set of gravel printing cylinders can produce 4 individual plank patterns, and two sets can produce 8 individual planks. For flooring brands or flooring distributors that are launching extra long planks with 1.8 metre length, 2 or 3 sets of gravel printing cylinders are more ideal.

Extra Minisize Herringbone Click Vinyl Floorings

Small size herringbone click vinyl floorings are becoming more popular in Northern European markets. The need to mimic the herringbone parquet with the element of the classic Renaissance theme requires vinyl plank tiles to have narrow plank sizes. The extra small planks with only 7.6cm width, plus the requirement for slotting the click system, require a specialized line that has very limited production capacity. It is therefore only available with the best of the best vinyl flooring factories, even in China. The extra minisize herringbone click vinyl flooring generally has a width to length ratio of 1:4 or 1:5. But smaller ratio of 1:3 is also available from brands such as Karndean. Different sizes of XS herringbone LVT and SPC are available below:

• 7.6cm x 22.8cm
• 7.6cm x 30.4cm
• 7.6cm x 38.0cm
• 7.6cm x 45.6cm

Herringbone Click SPC with Unizip (Unilin) Click & Lock Design

Conventional herringbone click SPC can be a bit daunting to install and requires a A+B planks to jointly interlock and pave. With newer click & lock technology, the latest click design that is launched by Unilin allows the planks to be installed regardless of which planks are used. This unified design makes installation simpler and allows the planks to be more randomly paved when installing. The Unizip locking system is available for standard herringbone plank sizes that have a minimum width of 10cm.

Light Density L-SPC Floorings

The invention for light density L-SPC flooring has two main purposes. One is to provide an alternative vinyl flooring options to WPC flooring products. The other core reason is to achieve a continuous production process in vinyl plank extrusions. The original WPC flooring requires a two step production process, while with L-SPC production it only needs one production line process. This significantly reduces the time and labour requirements while diminishing the need for the cold press production process.

Self-Adhesive 2.0mm Luxury Vinyl Tiles

Self-adhesive luxury vinyl tiles are a popular flooring product among smaller DIY projects and temporary floor covering tasks. The self-adhesive underlay need very minimal work and can be instantly installed without applying glue. However, it is generally made from lower grade composition with very thin wear layer protections. Self-adhesive LVT can be easily found on e-commerce platforms as well as in big box building material stores.

Best of Best Vinyl Flooring Products in China

Considering about the best innovations and investments in new vinyl flooring products, the marketing team of Sreelance considers some resilient flooring products are more technical demanding and more advanced than others. The best of best vinyl flooring products for 2026 considers the uniqueness and higher product standards that is required in the manufacturing. Hence the best of best vinyl flooring products are in following;

1. Chevron Click LVT and SPC Flooring
2. 1.8 metre length Extra Large Click LVT and SPC Flooring
3. Extra Minisize XS Herringbone Click LVT and SPC Flooring
4. Light Density L-SPC Flooring

Chevron Click LVT and SPC Flooring

When it comes to dimensional stability requirements, there is no higher demand in vinyl flooring than chevron click LVT. The 45 degree angle plank point requires a higher dimensional stability rate of under 0.001% to maintain its shape and not buckle after it is installed. Any vinyl flooring manufacturer that can produce this style of vinyl flooring products has the highest level of production management, controlling and formulated materials. Chevron click LVT has the highest vinyl flooring product standards compared to any other type of vinyl plank flooring.

1.8 metre length Extra Large Click LVT

Semi-rigid click LVT with extra large planks often has curling problems, a phenomenon where Chinese manufacturers call them “Banana Curl”. With semi-rigid base layer, higher dimensional stability is also required with extra large and long length LVT planks. Though the stagger pavement style is more stable, so its minimal quality requirement is slightly lessened compared to chevron click vinyl floorings.

Extra Minisize XS Herringbone Click LVT and SPC Flooring

Extra small and minisize herringbone click LVT and SPC are hard to come by due to the requirement for the specialized slotting machine. Many vinyl flooring manufacturers have not invested in this production line due to the cost of the machine. It is said to need about 1.5 million USD to establish this production line, and even with client’s demand, manufacturers hesitate to make an investment due to the very small production scale with this slotting line.

Light Density L-SPC Flooring

Light Density L-SPC core applies a foaming technique during the extrusion process. As the L-SPC core needs to have a consistency foaming rate across the extrusion process, precision controlling and formulating is essential. A better production controlling process allows for thinner L-SPC of 6.0mm core to be provided, while the more common (and less precision controlling) provide L-SPC core above 8.0mm. Note that the higher precision controlling does not contribute to either production scale nor lower cost structures, so even for major vinyl flooring exporters that supply major leading brands, there are strong incentives to provide more precision-controlled vinyl flooring product collections.

Short Conclusion

The best of best vinyl flooring products mentioned in this article is based on the point of level of technologies associated with manufacturing these products. Market preference and popularity also consider retailing prices as well as brand impacts. Not all innovative flooring products will succeed in the flooring markets, and flooring brands as well as flooring distributors also need to consider other factors that lead to successful sales and customer satisfaction.

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Introduction to Herringbone Vinyl Flooring

There are two common types of vinyl flooring, one is made from flexible luxury vinyl flooring and the other made from rigid core SPC flooring. Both of there flooring products are already extremely popular in the flooring market, along the competition is also furious with decreasing profit margin. As a way to differentiate and expand on new style of LVT / SPC products, the idea to bring herringbone style with smallers planks has kept the flooring market to continue delivery new exciting styles for the consumers.

The major difference between Herringbone style and standard vinyl planks is the way the planks are paved on the ground. While standard size LVT and SPC are staggered along the floor substrate, herringbone flooring are installed with  a zig-zag “V” shaped pattern.

Different Plank Sizes in Herringbone Flooring

• 110mm x 660mm (Common & Standard Plank Size)
• 100mm x 600mm (Common & Standard Plank Size)
• 90mm x 450mm (Less Common plank size)
• 76mm x 456mm (Rare plank size)
• 76mm x 380mm (Rare plank size)
• 76mm x 304mm (Extreme Rare plank size)

Where to buy Herringbone resilient Flooring from?

If you are wanting to buy and import the smallest herringbone vinyl flooring there is, then you are in just the right place. Here at Sreelance, we provide all different plank sizes available in herringbone style vinyl flooring. Whether you need a common standard plank size, or are exploring for the most extreme rare plank size there is, you can purchase it from Sreelance Material Technology in China.

To explore more of our herringbone resilient floorings, click here or email our sales team at sales@sreelance.com

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What is PVC Free Rigid Core PP Floorings

PVC Free Rigid Core PP Floorings are made from Polypropylene composition. It is the next generation flooring product that replace the PVC based rigid core SPC floorings. With polypropylene’s natural properties, SPC made of PP composition will have an outstanding performance compare to PVC based SPC planks. Some of the product advantages includes improving dimensional stability and curling performance. PP based SPC are also easier to recycle so it can contribute to better for flooring recycling and takeback.

Major benefits in PP based SPC

• Greater dimensional stability
• Improved curling performance
• Truly recyclable
• Helps for flooring takeback program and upcycle
• Truly toxic free when burned

Why Flooring Businesses should consider Launching PP based SPC?

There are many good reasons why flooring business should consider launching PP based SPC as part of their floor product offering. The very first reason is performance factors. With improving stability and curling performance, the polypropylene based SPC does not need to be acclimated before installation. This significantly saves builder and contractors’ project time. Being a acclimation free flooring, the project will have less risk from product failure. Saving time and potential costs from flooring failure.

The second aspect about launching PP based SPC is the fact that it is a more environmental flooring product. Some green building project requires all building materials it use is Red-List Free. PVC based SPC therefore loss out on winning these green building projects. By able to offer PVC-free based SPC, flooring business will have greater opportunities to work with these special building projects, and with a better profit margin too.

The third factor for PP based SPC is that it is truly recyclable material. Flooring brands has a interest to launch PP based flooring as it align with their ESG strategies for end of life product take-back program. While smaller flooring businesses, especially for floor retailers, does not have the capability to offer the same product take-back program, by having these eco-friendly SPC collections, or rigid core PP Flooring, can still bring positive impact for the environment. There are consumer niche that are really concerned about sustainabilities in their flooring product, and PP based SPC can capture that market niche.

Better Performance with Polypropylene SPC

When comparing polyvinyl chloride with polypropylene, polypropylene polymers has a better performance in both high and extremely low temperatures. The vicat point (softening temperature)for polypropylene is between 130°C and 170°C (266°F – 338°F), while for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is only between 72°C and 82°C (162°F–180°F). Therefore during the changing seasons between summer and winter, PVC based SPC flooring are more vulnerable to deform and dimensional change.

Due to distinctive temperature performance with polypropylene, SPC products that are made from compositions of polypropylene has an improving dimensional stability and curling. With advanced formula, polypropylene based SPC can also achieve acclimation free performance, saving time for builders and renovation projects alike.

Improving Environmental Safety with Polypropylene SPC

Polyvinyl Chloride contains chloride which is considered a potential toxic chemical for the environment. In fact, chloride is also listed as one of the most toxic substance according to the International Living Future Institute. When PVC polymers are burned, it will produce a black smoke due to higher smoke density with hydrogen chloride and dioxins, both are hazardous chemicals for humans, animals, and plants. Polypropylene on the other hand, only produce white smoke when burned, indicating a clean combustion that leaves no harmful chemical substances to the environment.

Enable Sustainability through Recycling with Polypropyle SPC

Polypropylene can be easily recycled through mechanical methods. While for polyvinyl chloride, it needs to go through chemical treatments to effectively be recycled. In practice, more than 90% of PVC wastes are either dumped or burned, which continues to be a major plastic waste problem. Even under chemical recycling methods, the use of additional chemicals to recycle are also criticised.

While many flooring brands claim that their PVC based products are 100% recyclable, it is not done in practice. Hence major brands are preparing to launch PVC-free resilient flooring products. Polypropylene based SPC, a rigid core PP Flooring, is a sustainable and true recyclable product that is being promoted by some of these leading brands.\

Where to Find Quality Rigid Core PP Flooring Supplier?

Sreelance is a professional flooring supplier based in Asia. With capabilities in polypropylene SPC flooring innovations, Sreelance provide effective PVC free flooring solutions for global flooring customers. Sreelance provide the following product collections in polypropylene based resilient floorings;

• Dryback PP-LVT
• Click PP-LVT
• Click PP-SPC

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Much of the latest LVT product developments are more concerned in functionality and performance, suggesting that there are still fundamental niche that has not been fulfilled by existing LVT products. However, cost effective LVT and SPC product lines do contribute largely to the success of market sales and business development in the whole of floor covering industry.

This article provides a full brief on resilient flooring product evolution across the historic timeline, particularly luxury vinyl tiles, and how market demands drive innovation in design and functionality.

Product Evolution in Resilient Flooring Category

What are the next trends in Resilient Flooring Product Developments?

The resilient flooring industry has underwent significant product developments and competition. With increasing market competitiveness, both resilient flooring brands and manufacturers alike are exploring for new generation of innovations. Some of the developments are generated from increasing environmental sustainability requirements while others also focus on performance towards niche flooring markets.

Here at Sreelance, we have outline some of the innovative solutions in resilient flooring products:

1. Non PVC resilient flooring
2. Zero Curling performance LVT
3. Glue free loose lay LVT flooring
4. IMO Compliant LVT flooring

Non PVC Resilient Flooring

With increasing concern over the toxicity of PVC polymers in building materials, many NGO are ready to launch campaigns against PVC related manufacturing. Leading flooring brands such as Mohawk Industries and Shaw Industries are also progressively working on Non PVC LVT and SPC products. There is no doubt that the next generation of LVT and SPC product lines will be associated with PVC alternative flooring. Both polypropylene and PET polymers are currently on the race, both showing prominent progress by brands.

Zero Curling LVT

Standard luxury vinyl tiles with minimal Floorscore standards are simply not good enough. There have been considerably large complaints and product failures when LVT products are installed in conditions where there is distinctive temperature variance. As a result of LVT curling, builders and contractors need to completely remove the already glue downed LVT and reinstall new flooring. Cause penalty, additional material, and labour costs. There is a need for a failure-proof, zero-rolling LVT that can handle temperature fluctuation with product standards that well exceed the Floorscore standards.

Glue Free Loose Lay LVT

Glue is messy. It’s always a hassle to apply the glues and worse having to remove it at product end of life. Flooring removal can be costly and once removed, the subfloor also needs a proper preparation for the next flooring renovation. With such a problem, glue free loose lay LVT is considered a solution that could revolutionize the market. Innovative solutions such as IOBAC’s Tab-It is a way to install LVT flooring without having to apply glue.

IMO Compliant LVT

IMO certified flooring products are designed to be used in special environments, such as offshore platforms, ships, and vessels. With an enclosed environment, IMO certified floor covering has a restrict standards on fire retardants. IMO compliant LVT flooring are designed to meet that niche.

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PVC Free Rigid core flooring is a rigid core vinyl flooring without vinyl!

Historic Development in Resilient Vinyl Floorings

PVC (polyvinyl chloride) has long been a material that is widely used in the building material industry. While PVC was originally invented by Eugen Baumann in 1873, the application of PVC into floorings had only started and been widely applied since the 1930s. PVC floorings since then have gone through multiple stages where different forms of flooring products were developed and introduced into the market.

In the 21st century, the most common known PVC flooring has been Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVT) and Stone Plastic Composite SPC tiles. LVT flooring has been on the market since the 1960s, and SPC flooring, as an upgrade to the LVT, was invented in 2010s and started gaining strong popularity since 2017.

The latest development in Stone Plastic Composite SPC tiles has been involved in the subject of substituting PVC polymers with other non-vinyl plastic materials such as polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, and polyethylene terephthalate glycol.

Movement into PVC Free Rigid Core PP Flooring Development Trend

There are both environmental and health safety concern in the application and use of PVC products. While it is debatable whether PVC-containing products, such as LVT or SPC, are 100% health safe for consumers, most experts have agreed that during the manufacturing process and recycling process of PVC products, chlorine and dioxin are released into the environment, which causes environmental concern and health concerns.

As a result, there are many countries, regions, semi-government organizations, independent associations, and even industrial leaders pushing and promoting towards PVC free production.

Top Rank Concerns in PVC Polymer Compositions

Toxic Concerns

PVC production has a high level of chlorine content and is potentially associated with other harmful substances such as mercury, asbestos, fluorinated substances, phthalates, and other related production used chemicals.

Carbon Footprint Concerns

Among the most commonly used plastic polymers, PVC production has significantly higher energy consumption and carbon dioxide gas emission. It therefore has a higher impact on the potential cause of global warming when compared to other types of plastic polymers.

Product End of Life Treatment Concerns

A high proportion of PVC-produced products ended up in landfills or incinerators. When PVC is burned, high concentrations of hazardous dioxins are released into the environment. Recycling of PVC is also challenging, as it has dehydrochlorination concerns and has additives that need to be super-separated to recycle.

External Articles Pros & Cons for PVC Free Rigid Core PP Flooring

Mega Trend towards PVC free rigid core PP Flooring Development Trend

As the general public and consumers are becoming more concerned with PVC applied consumer products, products such as PVC floorings will eventually be targeted as one of the products to be phased out. The European market now are already phasing out flexible packaging that is made of PVC and we see this as a signal that eventually will come to PVC floorings.

The industry experts from the flooring sector are also responding that during these years of building material trade exhibitions, we are seeing more brands to display and market vinyl free flooring products. Meanwhile, many specialized vinyl flooring manufacturers are also working on vinyl-free flooring products to replace the existing luxury vinyl tiles LVT and rigid core SPC floorings.

Brief conclusion on Vinyl Free Rigid Core PP Flooring Development

There is no doubt that vinyl free floorings will eventually be the mainstream for the floor covering sectors. The current LVT and SPC provide an excellent option for home decorations with a limited budget, and the design selections are almost endless, which allows for more aesthetic renovations. However, to transit from vinyl based flooring into vinyl free based flooring, there are still cost factors which are limiting the rapid market penetration for vinyl free floorings.

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iF Design Award 2022 for RSPC by MJ International Group

The new innovation by MJ International Group with the risk husk rigid core has created an entirely new path for environmental SPC flooring. With added risk husk composition, it effectively reduces the amount of PVC polymer that is used in making luxury vinyl floorings. As part of the RSPC, the risk husk rigid core comes with improved elasticity, which improves the click ‘n’ lock system.

The rigid core RSPC, therefore, has gained the iF Design Award in 2022 for its strong potential to make a positive environmental impact for the resilient flooring industry. With the purpose of using bio-based composition while reducing the use of polymer, this RSPC is indeed one of the most innovative flooring products for 2022.

More Environmental SPC Flooring Innovation – The Polypropylene

In addition to the rice husk RSPC, MJ International also works with a more environmentally friendly polymer: polypropylene. The PP-LVT is a PVC-free resilient flooring that can meet the Red-List-free requirement and has the true easy-to-recycle property. The resilient flooring industry has had obvious challenges with conventional PVC-based flooring, as they require a chemical recycling process, furthering its pollution with chloride and dioxin. The required energy and carbon emissions to recycle PVC from LVT and SPC also make it impractical for the industry. Only very few brands, such as Gerflor and Polyflor, have implemented a recycling scheme for their end-of-life flooring products. For smaller flooring brands and flooring distributors, there is no take-back program nor recycling program implemented, contributing to the issue of vinyl flooring product waste.

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MJ International Group in Taiwan has won the 2022 Red Dot Design Award for Polypropylene LVT flooring the company launched. A significant milestone in the resilient flooring industry as it is the very first Red Dot Design Award given for polypropylene based resilient flooring products. Part of the mega trend in the building material industry is to gradually phase out PVC material applications with alternative toxic free polymers.

As a global pioneer innovator in resilient flooring category, MJ International has always positioned themselves with innovation approach that supported high quality and high contributions to environmental sustainability.

Introduction to Polypropylene LVT

MJ’s polypropylene LVT, the PP-2021OE flooring collection is made from non-vinyl composition. As it is free of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and thus complies with the mega trend for the eventual ban on PVC applications in European region. Polypropylene polymer is a food-safe material that does not emit any harmful vapours and is safe for infants and pets indoors. Recognition for this innovative composition application, Red Dot Award for Polypropylene LVT was given.

Formulated with UV protective coating, this PP-LVT flooring withstands sunlight for extend period of time without fading. The PP based wear layer also offers excellent protection against scratches. Polypropylene is a high performance polymer that can be fully mechanical recycled. It is also a Red-List Free composition that contribute to better green building materials.

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