CLASSEN MAJOR EURPOEAN LAMINATE FACOTRY COMPANY PROFILE

The Classen Group employs more than 1,000 people and has been a European supplier of wood and timber building materials for more than 35 years. The company entered the laminate flooring market in 1996. The main production facility in Kaisersesch, Germany, produces laminate flooring (220 million square feet per year), wall and ceiling panels, construction frameworks and battens. With the completion of a new factory this February, near Berlin, the total laminate manufacturing capacity will be more than 430 million square feet annually.

Classen Industries GmbH in Baruth was officially opened on 12th July 2002. Classen Industries GmbH comprises an area of 39,000 m² and has a production capacity of over 20 million square meters of laminate flooring per year. This puts Classen in the ideal position for further development of the opening Eastern European markets and distribution into the growing USA market.

Classen USA LLC was launched in mid-2000 in response to the growing demand for laminate flooring in the North American market. Sales for Classen USA in 2001 were $10 million.

The Classen Group produces high quality wood and wood based products for internal applications. In the market for Laminate flooring CLASSEN is the third largest producer in the world. Here central to our product development process are the DIY companies and their customers. The success of our products is closely connected with its quality and this is in turn connected to our goal, to keep our customers and products at the forefront of their respective fields.