Lonseal President Hideaki Nishioka Featured in Time Magazine

Carson, CA, January 16, 2026--Lonseal Corporation, a manufacturer of PVC sheet flooring and the parent company of Lonseal Inc. in the United States, announced that its president, Hideaki Nishioka, was recently featured in a Time Magazine interview discussing Lonseal’s expertise in durable commercial flooring, design-driven innovation and performance solutions for transportation, healthcare and institutional applications.

Founded in 1928, Lonseal has built its reputation on delivering advanced materials defined by three essential traits: durability, lightness, and an increasing commitment to sustainability. 

In the interview, Nishioka reflects on Lonseal’s nearly 100-year history of delivering reliable, high-quality PVC sheet flooring solutions and outlines how the company continues to invest in material science, testing, and product development to meet the evolving demands of commercial, healthcare, and transportation markets worldwide, including the USA and Japan.

“Only a very limited number of companies can match us in terms of customizability in both quality and design,” said Nishioka in the Time interview. “Flooring for railways, aircraft, and ambulances has been a core driver of our growth.”

Lonseal’s flooring has been used on Japan’s iconic Shinkansen (Bullet Train) since its launch in 1964 and today the company is the leading supplier of ambulance flooring in the USA.