Kährs
Kährs wooden floors
Many ideas arise from experience. Kährs has worked with wood for over 150 years and is today one of the oldest wooden floor manufacturers in the world. Kährs is still located in the town of Nybro, in the middle of a Swedish forest, where the company was founded in 1857. The knowledge of wood that Kährs has accumulated over the years has been passed down from generation to generation.
Start by choosing which collection you want to take a closer look at. Kährs produces a great many wooden floors and you can therefore spend a long time finding the right product for your upcoming construction or renovation project.
It began in 1857, when Johan Kähr the elder started a turning workshop in Nybro and started producing wooden articles, such as parts for spinning wheels.
1919 forms Gustaf Kähr, grandson of Johan, AB Gustaf Kähr. Under his leadership, the company developed. It became an important and innovative manufacturer of wooden doors, toys, furniture and floors. Gustaf dedicated himself to finding efficient ways to use wood raw material and improve the dimensional stability of wood when used as building materials. His persistence paid off when in 1937 he was granted a patent for the invention of the modern multilayer door.
After this success, he worked hard to find a solution to the problem of cracking, warping and warping of wooden floors. After several years, in 1941, Kährs received a patent for the invention of the modern factory-made slatted parquet floor.
Innovations:
1941 – The slatted parquet floor sees the light of dayKährs reached a milestone in its – and the wooden floor’s – history in 1941, when Gustaf Kähr, the grandson of the founder, took out a patent for the slatted parquet floor. |
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1958 – The first factory lacquered floorPreviously, the floors were laid and sanded and then varnished on site. The manufacture of factory varnished floors required a high degree of precision to ensure that the surface was smooth and uniform, while Kährs introduced a level of precision in production not previously seen in the woodworking industry. |
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1965 – The first sports floorKährs patented a completely new sports floor construction, where the boards were mounted on a flexible system of joists, resulting in a floor that was able to absorb shocks and respond more uniformly during sports activities. Most modern sports floors are still based on this construction. |
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1984 – Lacquer without solventsKährs introduced measures to protect the environment long before this became common practice in the industry, and Kährs was the first wood flooring manufacturer to introduce a manufacturing process that was completely solvent-free. |
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1995 – A new generation of wooden floors is launched: LinneaKährs launched Linnea, which is a floor series with exceptional qualities. Despite the thin surface layer, Linnea floors are as hard and durable as many types of imitation wood, e.g. laminate floors. Linnea is a stylish floor that is durable and easy to lay, and it is also both an environmentally friendly and economical solution. |
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2000 – Woodloc®, a world firstKährs launched the world's first parquet floor with glue-free Woodloc® joint. The technology was revolutionary in that it makes laying the floor faster and gives perfect results without gaps between the boards due to climate change. |
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2004 – Activity Floor, the new sports floorKährs developed and launched a new sports floor, the Activity Floor with integrated shock absorption and Woodloc®, which can be laid directly on the subfloor without time-consuming screed constructions and used on larger areas. The floor is approved according to the international standard for sports floors, DIN, and is used at major sporting events, for example the WC and EC in aerobics. |
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2010 – The next generation of the assembly system for wooden floorsKährs launched the next generation of the Woodloc® joining system – Woodloc® 5S. With this new system, laying the floor becomes even faster and easier, and it also makes the floor stronger. |
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2011 – The world's first floor made from FSC® and Fairtrade-certified wood.Kährs manufactures and sells the world's first floor with both FSC® and Fairtrade certified wood. Dual certification not only supports the restoration of forest biodiversity, but also helps to alleviate poverty by providing local foresters with an opportunity to earn a sustainable income. |
