Stone plastic flooring innovates space design in multiple industries, with environmental protection and functionality

From residential kitchens to hospital corridors, from school classrooms to commercial centers, a new material made of stone powder and polyvinyl chloride - stone plastic flooring, is quietly changing the "background color" of various architectural spaces with its waterproof, zero formaldehyde and high Wear Resistance.

In Hanoi, Vietnam, more than 60% of the 19,000 new apartments added in the first nine months of 2024 chose stone plastic composite flooring (SPC) as the main floor material. This new material, which combines the advantages of natural stone powder and Pvc Resin, is expanding from the residential field to multiple space scenarios such as commercial, medical, and education at an astonishing rate. Global market data also indicates its strong rise: by 2025, the stone plastic flooring market is expected to reach US$8.32 billion and continue to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 12.98%.

Residential: the perfect balance between environmental protection and aesthetics

According to market forecasts, residential applications are expected to account for 89.26% of the stone-plastic flooring market in 2025, with revenues reaching $7.43 billion. Behind this figure is the urgent pursuit of consumers for a healthy living environment. While traditional wood flooring is prone to deformation in wet environments and ceramic tiles are at risk of leakage, stone-plastic flooring, with its 100% waterproof characteristics and zero-formaldehyde environmental certification, has become the ideal choice for wet areas such as kitchens, bathrooms, and basements.

Linyi Senli New Material Company makes stone-plastic flooring able to accurately simulate natural textures such as wood grain and stone grain, with UV coating to enhance wear resistance, so that consumers do not have to choose between aesthetics and functionality, and can easily create a home floor that combines both natural aesthetics and durability.

 Commercial space: a breakthrough in quietness and durability

Although commercial applications account for only 10.74% of the stone-plastic flooring market, they are playing a leading role in driving technological innovation. Linyi Senli New Material Company effectively reduces noise interference through special structural design, creating a quiet and comfortable office atmosphere.

In shopping malls, hotels and other crowded places, the stone-plastic flooring products researched and developed by Senli New Material also perform well. By increasing the thickness of wear-resistant layer and adopting advanced fireproofing technology, the floor can not only withstand the frequent crushing of carts, but also successfully passed the strict fire test, which significantly improves the safety and durability of public space.

Medical education: a solid guardian of health and safety 

Hospitals and schools have extremely stringent hygiene requirements for flooring materials, and the antimicrobial properties and seamless splicing design of stone-plastic flooring make it an excellent choice for safeguarding health and safety. Its surface has been specially treated to provide excellent anti-slip effect, and even when wet by liquid spills, it can still provide users with a safe and reliable walking environment, a feature that has led to its rapid popularization in high-risk areas such as corridors in operating rooms and school cafeterias.

Classroom tables and chairs in educational institutions move frequently, and ordinary floors are easily scratched, while the wear-resistant rotational number of stone-plastic flooring is as high as 10,000 revolutions or more, far more than the common materials on the market. Cleaning staff can maintain the hygienic condition of the floor with only daily mopping and washing, which significantly reduces maintenance costs and provides a cost-effective, safe and hygienic flooring solution for educational establishments.

Lightweight Innovation: Ideal Solution for Old Building Renovation

Facing the special needs of the old building renovation market, Linyi Senli New Material Company launched a customized solution. Through innovative technology, the thickness of the floor was successfully reduced to 4.5mm. This breakthrough design effectively avoids the problem of raising the floor to affect the opening and closing of doors, and is especially suitable for renovation projects that do not damage the original structure. Actual data show that after adopting this lightweight program, the paving area in a single day is increased by 40%, which greatly compresses the working period and improves the renovation efficiency.

In addition, Mori Lee New Material also introduced modular removable design, with the help of advanced digital printing technology to ensure the consistency of color, to achieve the convenient replacement of a single piece of flooring. This means that local damage does not need to be replaced as a whole, which reduces the generation of construction waste from the root, and provides an environmentally friendly and efficient new way to renovate old houses.

 Future Trend: Circular Economy and Global Layout

With the concept of environmental protection becoming more and more popular, circular economy has become an important direction for the development of the industry. The EU's Circular Economy Action Plan clearly requires that the plastic recycling rate should reach 55% by 2030, and this policy direction is forcing enterprises to accelerate sustainable transformation. Linyi Senli New Material Company responded positively and took the lead in launching recyclable product line, although the overall recycling system of the industry is still not perfect, but this initiative has undoubtedly laid a solid foundation for future development.

Environmental protection concept and technological innovation is driving the stone plastic flooring to break through the traditional application boundaries. Led by Europe's strict circular economy policy, as well as Vietnam and other emerging markets driven by the booming real estate, stone plastic flooring is expected to continue to expand at an annual growth rate of 14% between 2022 and 2029. When lightweight design and intelligent production are deeply integrated, and when bio-based materials successfully break through the bottleneck of environmental protection, this innovative crystallization of “stone” and “plastic” is paving a brilliant road of both green and functionality in the global architectural space.