Toronto, ON, February 25--Kronopol Marketing, the North American division of Kronopol, has opened facilities in Minneapolis and Tampa, Florida for the distribution of its laminate flooring products.
Kronopol is a member of the Swiss Krono Group and one of the world's largest manufacturers of laminate flooring. Its products are established in many U.S. and Canadian market through regional distributors and the Home Depot in Canada. The Florida and Minnesota facilities are the first in a planned distribution network for the United States, according to Paolo Zamperion, vice president, Kronopol Marketing.
"Our new operations in the U.S. not only reflect growing sales but are key to Kronopol Marketing's policy of on-time delivery of all Kronopol lines, in any quantity from 20 truckloads to ten cartons," said Zamperion.
"This policy has proven to be an important marketing tool and well worth the significant investment we will be making to develop our own distribution infrastructure," he said.
The new distribution facilities will be shared with affiliate company Supra Floors Inc., a manufacturer of innovative flooring products for concrete floors. Supra will also increase its U.S. presence this month with the start of new manufacturing operations in Michigan for the production of Subflor Advance and Subflor Supreme, products for basement and other slab concrete floor applications introduced in 2003 and 2004 respectively.
