Conforce International Inc. (fka CFRI)

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COA flooring report


http://www.containerownersassociation.org/news/365-coa-report-reveals-increased-use-of-bamboo-for-container-floors.html

The volume of plastic and composite floors being installed in containers was expected to rise
last year - but it did not, and in 2013 the number will be effectively zero. There are (or were)
two players in this market – MCI and Conforce – and they took very different approaches.
MCI focused on using recycled plastic, as it is cheap and readily available, formed into
planks with strengthening longitudinal steel omega sections. Conforce, for their Eko-Flor,
use a special thermoset plastic supplied by Bayer, which is much stronger than recycled
plastic but more expensive. Orders have not been forthcoming because of the unwillingness
of buyers to pay a premium of between $140 and $250 per TEU for a composite floor.