Brief History of Laminate Floor

Laminate flooring was conceived in 1977 by the Swedish company Pergo. The company first marketed its product to Europe in 1984, and later to the United States in 1994. In 1994 Pergo laminate flooring was introduced into 107 stores on the East Coast and Midwest of America. By the summer of that year it had proved an overwhelming success and had gone nationwide into 850 stores. In 1995 Pergo laminate flooring was introduced into the Asia Pacific region.

In Malaysia the first laminate flooring factory was set up in 1996 by Stalheim Industries (Inovar Floor) in Batang Berjuntai, Selangor and later in 2000 another factory was set up in Mentakab, Pahang by Robina Flooring. In case you are wondering, yes there are only two local factory in Malaysia producing laminate flooring. The rest are mainly imported from China and some from Thailand.