The European Parquet Industries in 2010

Further amplifying the January forecast of FEP (European Federation of the Parquet Industry) issued at the start of the Domotex fair, the consolidated data provided by member companies and affiliated national associations indicate a positive development in the ranks of the European Parquet Industry and a growth in both production & consumption volumes. Compared to the previous year the total production in 2010 increased by 4.11 per cent, whereas the overall consumption figures point to an even stronger growth of 6.81 per cent. The 2010 result is particularly encouraging as it comes after two difficult years during which, induced by the global Economic crisis, the parquet industry also faced difficult times resulting in declines in areas of both consumption and production. The reasons for this promising tendency reversal can be found in the general economic upswing witnessed in the past year, the strong performance of some of the largest markets and the better than expected global result of the parquet industry in the Euro Area towards the end of last year. Nevertheless, FEP wants to underscore that in certain cases the procured data are provisional and that therefore the possibility of some variation in the results should not be excluded. The total production in FEP territory rose to a volume of 70,300,000 m² (PDF Table 1) Consumption in the FEP area also grew by 6.81 per cent, to a level of 92,945,000 m². Important increases are witnessed especially in the Nordic cluster, Germany and France. (