LVT flooring-PVC flooring that cannot be replaced

LVT is one of the most popular products in the flooring market, and its application in commercial facilities, hospitals and home decoration is growing rapidly. It not only occupies the market share of other products of polyethylene flooring, but also occupies the market share of hardwood flooring, ceramic tiles, and carpets. One of the advantages of LVT is that it has a very high degree of mimicry. The surface texture and relief-like effect make it almost indistinguishable from the imitation. In addition, LVT is very different from traditional plastic flooring. It is made into a thicker board, and its shape and size meet popular specifications. The LVT is also thoughtful in terms of installation. Or take a certain lap structure, or the use of self-adhesive technology, or directly bonded to the floor substrate, can also be equipped with a special substrate to meet various requirements.

LVT has important advantages for various ground materials

Compared with ceramic tiles, LVT is light, flexible, warm, comfortable, cheap and easy to install. Compared with hardwood floors, the visual effect is the same, but the performance of LVT is much better, easy to maintain, not easy to scratch and scratch, and the price is low, especially compared with imported high-priced wood.

Compared with VCT, the upfront cost of VCT is much lower, but the maintenance requirements are much higher and the design is much worse. Therefore, in the commercial field, the plight of VCT is mainly caused by the rise of LVT. In the home field, LVT market share growth mainly from the floor leather, because the simulation effect of LVT is incomparable to the floor leather.

Compared with laminate flooring, the two have many similarities. They are deliberately imitating natural materials, mainly wood, similar in size and specifications, and can be installed without glue. Laminate flooring is cheaper and more scratch-resistant. However, the core of the reinforced floor is fiberboard, which is sensitive to humidity changes. If noise is not processed and the sound is crisp, LVT is not these problems. So LVT has been accepted by the commercial market, and laminate flooring has not been established there.

Development Trend of LVT

In 2016, sales of LVT and its categories accounted for 42.3 percent of the number of homes and 67.6 percent of home income. Analysts do not expect these figures to decline in 2017 and will continue to reflect strong growth in this category. In 2016, total sales of resilient flooring were $3.499 billion, up 19.7 percent from $2.924 billion in 2015 and almost four times the growth rate of the industry as a whole. In addition, sales of resilient flooring account for 16.5 percent of the total sales of the entire flooring industry, ranking first among all hard flooring materials.

In 2017, the sales of elastic flooring continued to grow, especially today's waterproof products are becoming more and more popular with consumers. Industry experts also said that wood plastic and SPC will achieve rapid growth, while other categories of flooring will continue to lose overall market share. Especially laminate flooring, because it cannot solve the problems of water and noise, with the emergence of wood-plastic and SPC products, it will be more affected.

In this favorable environment, LVT growth will continue into 2018. Wood plastic and SPC will have more market prospects. It is expected that these two types of flooring will continue to develop actively in the next two years.