Pergo
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Pergo is a Swedish flooring product company noted primarily for its laminate flooring products. PERGO is a registered trademark of Pergo (Europe) AB. Although there are other manufacturers of laminate flooring, PERGO brand laminate flooring is made by Pergo. "Pergo" is not generic for all laminate flooring. The name is derived from the name of the company Perstorp and the word golv, the Swedish word for floor(ing).
Perstorp AB invented laminate flooring in the 1977[1] and began selling laminate flooring in the United States in 1994 under the leadership of then-president Lars von Kantzow. Pergo was later spun off from Perstorp AB as a separate company. In addition to its laminate products, Pergo introduced hardwood products into the U.S. market beginning in 2004 and will introduce similar hardwood products in Europe in 2007.
Chronology - 1923 Under the name Perstorp Industrial Group the company started producing laminate surfaces - 1977 Laminate flooring concept was created - 1985 Opening of the first laminate flooring factory in Sweden - 1994 Pergo laminate flooring introduced in the United States - 1995 Introduction of Pergo in Asia / Pacific - 1996 Flooring factory open in Garner, North Carolina USA - 2000 The company´s name was officially changed from Perstorp Flooring to Pergo - 2007 Pergo is acquired by Pfeider AG and launched the "Pergo the Dog" campaign
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