Style Ltd. Develops 'Portable' Strand Factory

Perth, Australia, Nov. 16, 2011 -- Australian wood flooring company Style Limited said it plans to expand its production base to other parts of the world with a unique transportable factory that mirrors its China manufacturing base.

The “mobile” manufacturing breakthrough follows a 12-month research program undertaken by Style in partnership with Flinders University’s Molecular Technologies Research Centre in Adelaide, South Australia and partly funded by the Australian Federal Government.

The result is the development of a “transportable strand woven factory” that can be installed to existing wood finishing factories anywhere in the world to manufacture strand woven products using locally available soft wood species such as Poplar in the United States or Blue Gum in Australia.

“The model has been designed to be an “add-on module” to existing wood flooring finishing factories anywhere in the world and we are in discussions with wood flooring manufacturers to form strategic partnerships for licensing of this patented technology, thereby creating a new revenue stream for the Company,” said CEO Peter Torreeleand.