Novalis Innovative Flooring
Novalis Innovative Flooring began making Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) in 1984 and is now sold in over 50 countries across six continents. We make LVT for a variety of trade and retail partners, as well as for our own brands. Our products cover the gamut of styles, installation methods and applications, including residential, Main Street and commercial specified. Since our beginning, Novalis has led the LVT industry in the adoption of the highest manufacturing standards and sustainable practices to ensure a quality flooring product that is kind to the environment–both indoors and outdoors.Novalis Celebrating 35 Years of Business
Dalton, GA, August 8, 2023-August 8, 1988 is a special date in Novalis Innovative Flooring history, marking the anniversary of the day that the first container of LVT left China bound for the United S...
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Novalis’ USA Plant: Novalis’ decision to open an LVT factory in Georgia is already proving to be a wise one - February 2023
By Kemp Harr
It’s no secret that the LVT product category was developed and refined in Asia. The realistic visuals that allow it to successfully imitate wood and stone and offer consumers a les...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/novalis-usa-plant-novalis-decision-to-open-...
Focus On Leadership: Novalis’ John Wu discusses his firm and broader LVT issues - Nov 2018
Interview by Kemp Harr John Wu is the second-generation president and CEO of Novalis Innovative Flooring, one of the largest players in the global LVT market. The company, started 34 years ago by Wu...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/focus-on-leadership-novalis-john-wu-discuss...
LVT Market Report: In spite of the many market hurdles, LVT had another year of double-digit growth in 2021 – Feb 2022
By Jessica Chevalier
Last year was a period of push-and-pull for suppliers of LVT, with demand exceeding supply, a multitude of supply chain hurdles to overcome and loads of work to be done as suppl...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/lvt-market-report-in-spite-of-the-many-mark...
LVT Market Profile: An overview of the dynamic floorcovering category - Feb 2019
By Darius Helm
With the advent of rigid products in 2013, the already ascendant LVT category entered a period of relentless growth that has generated huge opportunities and lots of enthusiasm-and a ...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/lvt-market-profile-an-overview-of-the-dynam...
Novalis Products Earn GreenRate Level A Certification
Dalton, GA, September 13, 2021-Novalis Innovative Flooring announced the achievement of Global GreenTag’s GreenRate certification. Novalis Loose Lay Tile, High Density Core (HDC), and Glue Down ...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/novalis-products-earn-greenrate-level-a-cer...
AVA by Novalis Announces Distribution in Canada by LSI Floors
Toronto, Ontario, June 22, 2017-LSI Floors, a leader in luxury vinyl tiles and planks for high performance applications in commercial, healthcare, retail and hospitality facilities, has been chosen by...
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Novalis Releases 2021 Sustainability Report
Dalton, GA, November 2, 2022-Novalis Innovative Flooring announced the release of its 2021 Sustainability Report, a milestone in the manufacturer’s ongoing mission toward creating products that ...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/novalis-releases-2021-sustainability-report
TISE 2020 Review: Innovations in design and construction drew large crowds at this year’s national flooring expo - March 2020
By Darius Helm, Jessica Chevalier and Anne Harr
Traffic was strong and the energy was high at The International Surface Event-comprising Surfaces, TileExpo and StonExpo/Marmomac-which was held from ...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/tise-2020-review-innovations-in-design-and-...
Novalis Signs License with Valinge
Mooresville, NC, Oct. 30, 2013 -- Novalis Innovative Flooring has signed a license agreement with Välinge Innovation for its 5G resilient flooring technology.The agreement is part of an already e...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/novalis-signs-license-with-valinge
Novalis Breaks Ground on Shanghai Factory Expansion
Shanghai, China, April 29, 2019-Novalis Innovative Flooring celebrated the expansion of its manufacturing near Shanghai, China with a ground-breaking ceremony on March 28.
Government officials, Noval...
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Valinge, Novalis Sign LVT License Agreement
Viken, Sweden, Aug. 4, 2013 -- Välinge Innovation and Novalis Innovative Flooring said they have signed a license where Novalis obtains a license on Välinge intellectual property related to ...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/valinge-novalis-sign-lvt-license-agreement
Novalis Names Self's Inc. Distributor of the Year
Toronto, ON, February 12, 2018-Novalis Innovative Flooring announced at Surfaces 2018 that Self’s Inc., a division of E.J. Welch Company, is its 2017 Distributor of the Year.
Self’s Inc. ...
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Nicole Granath Named Sustainability Manager for Novalis
Dalton, GA, August 13, 2019-Novalis Innovative Flooring recently named Nicole Granath as sustainability manager for its global operations.
Granath will be responsible for defining and guiding t...
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Novalis Completes Product Content Disclosure
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 24, 2014 -- Novalis Innovative Flooring said it has completed its product content disclosure to the Health Product Declaration Collaborative.The collective is a volunta...
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Novalis Names Nate Hohenstein Director of Strategic Accounts
Dalton, GA, February 4, 2019-Novalis Innovative Flooring has named Nate Hohenstein as director of strategic accounts for its North American operations.
Hohenstein will be responsible for guidin...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/nate-hohenstein-named-director-of-strategic...
Novalis Provides Update on Recent Sustainability Efforts
Dalton, GA, September 16, 2021-Novalis published its inaugural sustainability report this year.
The report outlines the company’s commitment to responsible manufacturing and highlights the sust...
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Novalis Named Official Flooring Sponsor for Shanghai Rolex Tennis Masters
Toronto, ON, November 10, 2015—For the sixth straight year, Novalis
Innovative Flooring has been named the official flooring sponsor for the
Shanghai Rolex Tennis Masters, one of the largest t...
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Surfaces 2023 Review: The annual flooring show is back to pre-pandemic form - March 2023
By Darius Helm, Jennifer Bardoner and Anne Harr
This year’s Surfaces show, held in Las Vegas as part of the TISE event that includes TileExpo and StonExpo, was the busiest it’s been since...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/surfaces-2023-review-the-annual-flooring-sh...
“Made in America” Investments: A point of pride is now a point of competition – April 2022
By Jennifer Bardoner
Amid today’s tariffs and sanctions, soaring shipping costs and fragile supply chains, domestic operations offer some unique competitive advantages, and more manufacturers ...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/made-in-america-investments-a-point-of-prid...
NeoCon 2019: This year’s show delivered new levels of design sophistication - July 2019
By Darius Helm, Ruth Simon McRae, Beth Miller and Anne Harr
The hallways of Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, which hosts the annual NeoCon show, overflowed with 55,000 visitors for the 51st edition...
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Novalis Recognized at Guangzhou Design Week for AVA Commercial LVF
Toronto, ON, December 21, 2015—Novalis Innovative Flooring was honored
at Guangzhou Design Week in Guangzhou, China.
Novalis received the Kapok Award for its AVA commercial luxury vinyl
floo...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/novalis-recognized-at-guangzhou-design-week...
Focus on Rigid LVT: Transforming the resilient flooring market - Feb 2017
By Darius Helm
It’s an innovative flooring solution growing so fast that it can’t be pinned down with a name. It started off as WPC, which stands for wood polymer composite (and not water...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/focus-on-rigid-lvt-transforming-the-resilie...
Novalis LVT Receives Environmental Product Declarations
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 5, 2015 -- Novalis Innovative Flooring said two of its products have received Environmental Product Declaration certified by Underwriter Laboratories -- Novalis glue-dow...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/novalis-lvt-receives-environmental-product-...
Product Strategies 2021: With shows reformatted, flooring manufacturers adjust their market strategies for the coming year - Dec 2020
By Anne Harr and Meg Scarbrough
The past year has seen some major disruptions in traditional flow of commerce, and the flooring industry has been no exception with everything from production slowdow...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/product-strategies-2021-with-shows-reformat...
Novalis Adds Licensing Agreement with Unilin for NovaCore
Toronto, CA,
January 21, 2016—On January 18, Novalis Innovative Flooring entered into an
additional license agreement with Unilin’s licensing division by which its
NovaCore product line...
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John Wu Discusses Novalis' Plans for Global Growth in the LVT Sector
February 5, 2014—John Wu, CEO with Novalis (one of the top 5 LVT producers in the world), and Kemp Harr, discuss changes that Novalis is making in its go to market strategy. Listen to the interv...
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Novalis' Ava LVT to be Displayed in Chicago During NeoCon
Chicago, IL, June 6, 2017-Novalis Innovative Flooring announced that for the first time, its Ava Commercial Specified LVT would be shown during the NeoCon trade show next week.
The entire line of Ava...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/novalis-ava-lvt-to-be-displayed-in-chicago-...
Novalis Utilizes Unilin's FlinTile Technology
Waregem, Belgium, November 28, 2023-Unilin Technologies announced that Novalis, a manufacturer of resilient flooring products, adopts the FlinTile technology on its new resilient flooring ranges. Star...
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LVT Report 2023: LVT is evolving and transforming as rapidly as it is growing - February 2023
By Darius Helm
The LVT category, and in some sense the entire hard surface side of flooring, seems on the verge of multiple inflection points. Market saturation appears to be hitting a peak right as ...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/lvt-report-2023-lvt-is-evolving-and-transfo...