Einar Gottskalksson Named President of Global Flooring Alliance

Hannover, DE, January 26, 2018-Earlier this month, the members of the Global Flooring Alliance (GFA) voted Einar Gottskalksson (company Egill Árnason, Iceland) as its new president. He will succeed Carlo Cavinato (company Cavinato S.p.A., Italy) who served as president for a number of years. Matjaz Stefan (company Alpod d.o.o., Slovenia) stays on as treasurer and Jos Krijnen as secretary.

Gottskalksson was unanimously elected as president by the participants in the last GFA-meeting in Hannover on January 14. The election of Gottskalksson as GFA-president is very special. Fifteen years ago, Einar’s father Gottskalk Eggertsson also served as president. For the first time therefore, the second generation now joins the board of the association.

During the meeting, which was held simultaneously with the Domotex fair, several topics were discussed. GFA was impressed by the high standards and the quality of the products that were shown by the exhibitors at Domotex 2018 as well as the upbeat mood at the fair. The quality in its view ranges from ‘good’ to ‘exceptional’. Marketing will therefore be a key success factor in the trade. GFA noted that, given the increasing number of exhibitors in this segment, LVT products continue to play an important role in the flooring trade.

GFA membership is open to one parquet importer/distributor per country to avoid conflicting national interests. Global Flooring Alliance organizes two meetings per year-one at the Domotex trade fair in Hannover and one in the country of one of the members. The aims of the association are to promote hard surface flooring products in general and to exchange product, market and technical information in the broadest sense. The members also give each other mutual assistance in strategic purchasing opportunities.

The next GFA meeting will be in Finland, June 15.