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FieldTurf Tarkett
is the division of the Tarkett Group
that specialises in the manufacture and marketing of sports flooring. |
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FieldTurf Tarkett is backed by more than a century of experience in the floor finishes industry.
The names that have built the Tarkett Group are those that have shaped the flooring world for more than a century: :
Azrock, Domco, Harris Tarkett, Sintelon, Sommer
and Tarkett. The adoption of Tarkett as a global brand is recent (2003),
but our history is marked with innovations and product advances. |
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The origins: |
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| 1872
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The history of Domco goes back to Dominion Oil Cloth, which undertook the production of linoleum (Canada). |
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| 1880
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The history of the Sommer Allibert Group goes back to Alfred Sommer, who founded a felt-manufacturing factory at Mouzon (France), and to Joseph Allibert, who, in 1910, founded a factory dedicated to the manufacture of shoes. |
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| 1884
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Founding of the Michael Hemp hemp-soaking and rope factory that later became Sintelon (Yugoslavia). |
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| 1886
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Tarkett AB is founded in Ronneby (Sweden) and quickly establishes a reputation as a high quality flooring manufacturer for Europe. |
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| 1898
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Harris Hardwood Company Inc. is founded by William Pond Harris in Johnson City (USA). |
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Development: growth on domestic markets |
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| 1942
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Bernard Deconinck takes over the management of Allibert. |
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| 1959
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Sommer is the largest French producer of modern floor finishes. |
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| 1962
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Sintelon starts marketing vinyl flooring. |
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| 1967
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Tarkett is the largest flooring manufacturer in the Nordic countries. The company is taken over by Swedish Match in 1970. |
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| 1972
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Sommer and Allibert merge to create Sommer Allibert which carries on strong development and growth for two decades. It was the success of Sommer Allibert's floor finishes business that was the basis for the international growth of Tarkett Sommer, now Tarkett. |
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International development and acquisitions: |
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| 1986
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Sommer Allibert takes a share in Domco. |
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| 1987
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Swedish Match AB acquires a majority share in German Pegulan-Werke AG. The companies merge to form Tarkett Pegulan AG. |
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| 1988-90
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Sintelon: privatisation and joint stock company. |
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| 1991-94
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Domco acquires Azrock and vinyl manufacturer Nafco. |
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| 1995
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Sinteros: start of production in Russia in a joint venture with the Russian company "Roof and Polymers". |
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| 1997
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Sommer Allibert takes control of Tarkett and merges the company with Sommer, the floor finishes branch of the Sommer Allibert Group. Thus Tarkett Sommer was created, listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange. |
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| 1999
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Domco acquires Tarkett and Harris Tarkett and becomes Domco Tarkett Inc. |
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The most recent steps: |
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| 2002
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Tarkett Sommer and Sintelon joint venture. |
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| 2003
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The Group and its partners operate worldwide under the Tarkett global brand. |
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| 2004
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Creation of a joint venture with FieldTurf. |
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| 2005
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Total integration of FieldTurf's and FieldTurf Tarkett' activities at a world level. Creation of a new company to be known as FieldTurf Tarkett to market the full ranges of both companies. |
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