Company Overview

Headquartered in Papineauville, Quebec, Lauzon began exporting its premium hardwood flooring product lines in 1990 and quickly acquired a reputation for excellence and reliability in the international marketplace. Today, 75 percent of the company's sales are made in Asia, Europe and the United States.

'Our focus on innovation and our unparalleled concern of quality combined with our determination to enter the international marketplace are the main reasons for our growth', explains company President David Lauzon, who founded the business at age

• In 1996, Lauzon was the first North American hardwood

flooring manufacturer to obtain ISO 9002 certification, an event repeated with pride in October 2001 when it was the first in North America to qualify under the new ISO 9001-2000 standards. In 1999, the company created Polynium, the first finish to offer 25-year protection against wear, a previously unheard-of level of protection. Northern NextStep, its new generation of fusion engineered flooring, and Northern Classics, the company's line of prefinished and unfinished hardwood flooring, both produced from wood grown in our northern forests, have earned acclaim throughout the world for their quality and virtually perfect precision milling. This success places Lauzon amongst the five leading flooring manufacturers in North America.

The company's success also translates into positive results for the community: its strategy of complete vertical integration, from forest to finished product, has led to the creation of several hundred jobs in Quebec and abroad, its environmental practices are among the most advanced in the industry and the company is deeply committed to enhancing the skills of its employees and to helping the community prepare the next generation of workers for value-added technologies.

In September 2001, LAUZON received the prestigous Canada Export Award and a special Continuous Quality Achievement Award from The Honorable Pierre S. Pettigrew, International Trade Minister - Government of Canada. Prior to that LAUZON was honored three consecutive years amongst the 50 Best Managed Private Companies in Canada.

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Additional Details

Legal Name: LAUZON - Distinctive Hardwood Flooring Inc.

Number of Employees: 500

Contacts

Services

• Marketing And Training Programs

  Complete marketing and merchandising program (samples, displays, product catalogues, architect books, technical support team...) Promotional material and support program Distributor Excellence Program Retailer of Excellence Program Matching moldings, nosings and reducers

Products

• Authentic Collection - Wide Plank Engineered Flooring

  Centuries-old craftsmanship improved by modern engineering. LAUZON's Authentic hardwood flooring is fashioned to carry on the legacy of wide plank charm, while offering homeowners the benefits of superior stability. With three layers of wood bonded together, Authentic engineered floors are twice as stable as other wood planks. It's dry solid sawn hardwood surfaces ensures a beautiful solid hardwood look. Available with 'Click & Lock' system for floating installations. Species available: Larch, Mountain Larch Antique Aged finish, Oak (natural, Copper, Chestnut and Truffle)

• Classics Collection

  Prefinished hardwood flooring Northern Classics

  • Species available: Northern red Oak, Hard Maple, Yellow

  Birch, Red Birch, Ash, Beech, Cherry, White Oak Country Classics:

  • Species available: Hard Maple, Red Oak, Black Walnut

  International Classics:

  • Species available: Black Walnut, Brazilian Cherry, Santos

  Mahogany

  • Finish: Polynium+ with Sunshield and Ultra-Fresh an anti-

  microbial protection (polymerized titanium finish) only finish guaranteed against dulling and yellowing 25 year wear-through warranty (smoothest finish in the flooring industry)

  • Micro-v or Bevel Edge
  • Dimensions: Wide selection of widths and lengths
  • Stains: Natural, Amaretto, Antique Cherry, Auburn, Brandy,

  Cabernet, Cherry, Chestnut, Golden Amber, Medium Brown, Moka- Cino, Stone, White

• Fusion Engineered Nextstep Collection

  Fusion engineered hardwood flooring

  • strip flooring
  • 2 1/4 and 3 1/4 (widths)

  Northern NextStep

  • Species available: Hard Maple, Northern Red Oak and Yellow

  Birch Country NextStep

  • Species available: Hickory, Yellow Birch, American Cherry

  International NextStep

  • Species available: American Cherry, Black Walnut, Brazilian

  Cherry, Santos Mahogany, African Sapele Stains: Natural, Amaretto, Antique Cherry, Auburn, Barn Grey, Cabernet, Chestnut, Copper, Golden Amber, Medium Brown, Moka- Cino, Truffle, Vintage

  • Prefinished only (Polynium+ with sunshield and Ultra-Fresh

  antimicrobial protection) polymerized titanium finish - 25 year wear-through warranty

  • Smoothest finish in the flooring industry
  • Only finish guaranteed not to dull or yellow
  • Dimensions: nique or multiple lengths and

  pattern options

  • Features: ideal for glue-down installation on subfloor

  (concrete slab) and over radiant heating. Available with true square edge or micro-v.

• Hardwood Flooring
• Lumber Products And Freezes
  • Lumber products, green or kiln dried
  • Custom orders, cut-to-size
  • Freezes (kiln dried)
• Recycled Wood Energy
  • 100% hardwood pellets (Northern Hardwood Pellets)
  • fuel for residential use
• Unfinished Hardwood Flooring

  Unfinished Hardwood flooring (LAUZON trademark)

  • Species available: Hard Maple, Red Oak, White Oak, Birch,

  Ash, Beech, Cherry

  • Dimensions: large selection of widths - random lengths

NAICS Categories

• 321919 Other Millwork

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