Bamboo floors have increased in popularity since their inception. Bamboo, which has been used for its versatility for thousands of years, makes an excellent choice for an exotic floor. Shaw Bamboo floors have been in production since after World War 2. The Yanchi Bamboo product lines have revolutionized China’s flooring market in the last 10 years. Also relatively new are the Hawa Bamboo flooring products which, since 1993, have been distributing from New Jersey.

Shaw Bamboo floors have the strength of variety on their side. The brands they include in their product lines contain such names as Cabin Crafts, Queen, Patcraft, Sutton and more. Now owned by Hathaway Berkshire, which is based in Nebraska, the two Bamboo flooringproduct lines in this company are Shaw and Mannington. The Mannington-Shaw Bamboo line is natural and durable. These Bamboo floor panels are finished with the Mannington UltraWear Plus UV-Cured Urethane. This brand name finish is enhanced with ScratchResist Aluminum Oxide, which is an aluminum oxide coating similar to competing Bamboo floors, and also features a Teflon Surface Protector. This compendium of ingredients which compose the Shaw Bamboo flooring finish is unique to the list of Bamboo flooring competitors.

Yanchi Bamboo floors are produced in China. They mix highly skilled craftsmen with high end technology to make an extremely durable product. Natural Bamboo flooring, used by its competitors, is quite durable. However, Yanchi Bamboo is harvested and then engineered into strand woven Bamboo floors. Yanchi Bamboo recognizes the eco-friendliness of Bamboo as a resource for flooring manufacturing, making it a comfortable choice for green homes or businesses. This China-based company is able to grow and harvest Bamboo quickly, which adds furthermore advantage to their use of Bamboo as their raw material as it replenishes quickly, making it a renewable resource.

Hawa Bamboo bridges these two worlds of Chinese manufacturing and American inventory and distribution. Hawa Bamboo and Wood products uphold a mission to reduce dependence on timber, which is a dwindling natural resource, by producing an excellent alternative- Bamboo floors. Hawa bamboo flooring touts three primary tenets for considering their Bamboo floors. The first is finishing. While many companies move their product from one factory to another for each phase of production, so the number of finishing layers may vary from three to six and may only use polyurethane. Hawa Bamboo on the other hand uses an eight layer coat of aluminum oxide/ polyurethane finishing. The second tenet is the level of formaldehyde in the adhesives used. Because formaldehyde is a known carcinogen, Hawa Bamboo touts their exceptionally low level of formaldehyde adhesive levels, which exceed the expectations of both the American and European indoor air quality recommendations. Lastly, Hawa Bamboo floors are among the few to distribute from within the US. Their inventory in New Jersey provides better availability and reduces shipping timetables.