According to a conservative extrapolation for 2014, the 21 ordinary member companies of the EPLF, i.e. the European producers of laminate flooring, sold 465 million square metres of laminate flooring worldwide (463 million in 2013). The total market is therefore at a similar level to the previous year with a slight rise of 0.4%. The regional markets varied greatly in the way they developed in 2014, however: whereas Western Europe experienced a small downturn overall, Eastern Europe experienced an upturn. North America also recorded a significant improvement and growth was even greater in Asia. And finally, in South ...