Interior

• Flooring
  Global Flooring Alliance (GFA) is an international association of parquet importers and distributors and was founded in 1989 as Euparal (European Parquet Alliance) by a group of four companies: Chetham Timber (Ireland), Hardvidarval (Iceland), Promoketa (Spain) and Woodpecker (Holland). This group foresaw in 1989 the need of international exchange between parquet importers and distributors. Originally the association focused on Europe and started with four members. In 2022 there are 11 members, 10 in Europe and 1 in Canada. Since the association was incorporated in the Netherlands it is governed by Dutch law. The first chairman was Robbert Otto of Woodpecker. Nowadays the board is: Einar Gottskalksson (chairman), Matjaz Stefan (treasurer) and Jos Krijnen (secretary).
• Tile Installation
  Altogether, parquet sales found their way back to positive figures, with a reported increase of 1 to 2%. The main difficulties encountered are linked to a general liquidity shortage and huge competition from ceramic tiles.

Construction

• New Construction
  Natural disasters and politics have led to a flat market for parquet. According to Euroconstruct, residential renovation and new non-residential buildings are increasing and only new residential construction is still declining.

General

• Insulation
  FEP explains: “In the given context, with staggering energy bills and inflation, consumers’ confidence is very low, meaning less spendings which are focused on essential needs. If consumers are still investing in buildings, it is more for insulation than interior design. Additionally, renovation works began during the covid time are reaching an end.”