SIC 3996 Linoleum, Asphalted-Felt-Base, and Other Hard Surface Floor Coverings, Not Elsewhere Classified

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SIC 3996

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing linoleum, asphalted-felt-base, and other hard surface floor coverings, not elsewhere classified. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing rubber floor coverings are classified in SIC 3069: Fabricated Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified, and those manufacturing cork floor and wall tile are classified in SIC 2499: Wood Products, Not Elsewhere Classified.

NAICS CODE(S)

326192

Resilient Floor Covering Manufacturing

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 60 establishments operated in this category for part or all of 2004. Industry-wide employment totaled approximately 4,795 workers receiving a payroll of nearly $227 million. Companies in this industry tended to be either smaller in size, with about 60 percent employing less than 20 workers, and 25 percent employing more than 500 workers. The Annual Survey of Manufactures reported that overall shipments for the industry were valued at more than $1.6 billion in 2005. Additionally, for the overall "other plastics product manufacturing" industry (also including plastics plumbing fixture and all other plastics product manufacturing), a combined total of 366,941 employees (from a total of 474,014) worked in production in 2005, putting in more than 761 million hours to earn wages of more than $10.5 billion.

The industry leader in 2005 was Armstrong World Industries Inc. of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with nearly $8.4 billion in sales and 14,900 employees. Mohawk Industries Inc. of Calhoun, Georgia, was in second with $6.6 billion in 2005 sales and 37,700 employees. Rounding out the top three was Wilsonart International Inc. of Temple, Texas, with 2005 sales of nearly $743 million and about 3,400 employees.

Companies in the multi-billion-dollar hard surface floor coverings industry supply flooring primarily for residential homes, which accounted for most of the market. Coverings used in apartment buildings represented a small percentage of industry sales. Other major consumers of hard surface flooring, in order of industry purchases, include office buildings, mobile homes, hospitals, industrial facilities, hotels and motels, stores, and restaurants.

In the 2000s, linoleum had the lion's share of the market, with about 85 percent. Linoleum, a traditionally popular industry offering, is made in sheets by pressing a mixture of heated linseed oil, rosin, powdered cork, and...