News and press releases

Another milestone has been reached in Kährs climate work as the company has now submitted its carbon dioxide emission reductions target to SBTi for validation. The target is proposed for Kährs’ near-term company-wide emission reductions in line with climate science with the SBTi including FLAG removals and emissions (Forest, Land & Agriculture).

Kährs Group has reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by 63% compared with the base year 2020 – the climate goal for 2025 and the required reduction according to the roadmap of science-based target initiative, already achieved well and beyond.

Kährs proudly announces that its recently introduced Aware flooring has been awarded the Nordic Swan Ecolabel. Aware, which is a new type of flooring for use in both residential and commercial spaces, has a truly authentic wood appearance, is based on natural and recycled materials, and, has a durability that can be compared to that of traditional vinyl floors.

With the Beyond Retro collection, we wanted as a true design-oriented company, to create a high design collection celebrating the combination of classical and modern elements while incorporating a sense of authenticity, warmth, and modernity. The retro design style is not tied to a fixed principle, allowing us to freely create and combine.

Kährs Flex Silent can be used for several different types of top coverings, and it has the added benefit of being able to be reused several times when the flooring itself is changed – without losing any of its performance and quality. This not only saves the customer the cost of buying and replacing the underlay when installing a new floor, but it also reduces the carbon footprint of Kährs Flex Silent over its life cycle. Products with a long service life are always more sustainable than those that are only in use for a short period of time

How does the floor affect us humans and what happens in the brain in different built environments? How can room design promote healing, learning and creativity? Kährs is starting a five-year research collaboration in this interdisciplinary field called Neurodesign, where Isabelle Sjövall, as the first in the world, will complete her doctorate over the next five years.

Where are the influences coming from in interior design 2023 and how will it affect flooring trends in the next few years? Kährs' design manager Petra Lundblad has scouted what is happening in our world and highlights four strong macro-trends. Read more about the trends and how they can inspire the way we decorate our homes and get tips on floors from the Kährs range that highlight the different styles. 

Kährs is always striving to find more sustainable ways to operate and has committed to net Zero emissions by 2040. One of the most important areas where we can make a big difference is in the energy we use. 

Kährs introduces a new type of flooring for use in both residential and commercial spaces. Kährs Aware Collection is a floor with a truly authentic wood appearance, based on natural and recycled materials, and, with a durability that can be compared to that of a traditional vinyl floor.

Kährs celebrates +80-year anniversary of its groundbreaking parquet invention with a retro inspired collection.

Around the world today, multi-layered, or engineered wood flooring is a standard for residential spaces. Kährs proudly acknowledges its revolutionary invention and patent in 1941 as the start of a new era in parquet flooring. As a tribute to its history as well as the future, Kährs introduces the new wood flooring collection Beyond Retro.

By partnering with Science Based Target Initiative and having our GHG reduction targets validated as science based, we know that we have not only made a firm commitment to long term sustainable growth, but we also know that will be on track contributing to keep global temperatures at the 1.5-degree Celsius limit.

Kährs Planet Positive Journey is our vision and ambition of how to create possibilities for more sustainable flooring solutions within the limits of our planet, while growing our business in a responsible and profitable way.

Kährs has strengthened its PVC free resilient flooring offering, expanding with a new innovative collection for public and commercial spaces - Zero & Green. Certified with the Nordic Swan Ecolabel, Kährs Zero & Green is a high performing flooring solution for projects with tough environmental, health and safety requirements.  

The trend to bring a feeling of nature into our homes keeps getting stronger. Ground is a collection of floors in earthy tones, inspired by colors found in nature - from white chalk and coral, to warm sand and the darker tones of clay and seed. A collection based on timeless, natural soft colors, inviting the nature indoors.

Kährs Product Manager Innovation & Design, Petra Lundblad, explores the latest flooring trends, what influences our behaviour, and how inspiration comes from many different things in our environment.

Kährs is proud to showcase its wood floors at the Swedish Pavilion located in the sustainability district at Expo 2020. 

A beautiful floor is about the small details. Therefore, Kährs also offers a complete range of flooring accessories.

Kährs Academy is our new e-learning portal where you can learn more about Kährs, our floors and other products, what to think about when choosing a new floor, how we work with sustainability and much more.

In 2012, as part of a mission to offer "floors beyond expectations", Kährs Group acquired Upofloor, an industry pioneer in resilient flooring. Upofloor is now being brought fully under the Kährs brand, and moving forward, the Upofloor resilient products will be Kährs branded and become part of the Kährs product offering. While the Upofloor brand name is changing, the products will remain the same: high-performing, extremely durable, aesthetically bold and with excellent sustainability properties.

In 2012, as part of a mission to offer "floors beyond expectations", Kährs Group acquired Upofloor, an industry pioneer in resilient flooring. Upofloor is now being brought fully under the Kährs brand, and moving forward, the Upofloor resilient products will be Kährs branded and become part of the Kährs product offering. While the Upofloor brand name is changing, the products will remain the same: high-performing, extremely durable, aesthetically bold and with excellent sustainability properties.

Kährs introduces a new type of wooden floor - Life a range of wooden floors with properties that are close to those of durable vinyl floors. Kährs Life combines the best of two worlds with the new collection where the beauty of the wood meets the practical properties of a vinyl floor.

modulyss, which manufactures the carpet tiles that are part of the Kährs portfolio in the Nordic region, has been awarded Cradle to Cradle Certified™, level Gold, on a total of 28 products. It is a long-term and purposeful sustainability work that has now been recognized through this certification - which assesses the products' impact on people and planet, throughout their entire life cycle.

Kährs introduces a new premium Luxury Tiles design collection at the retail trade fair, Euroshop, in Düsseldorf. The new Impression collection is innovatively designed to boost lifelike wood and stone appearances to a new level. Kährs also exhibits three different retail interior concepts showcasing how combinations of Kährs high quality flooring products can create purposeful and inspiring shop interiors.

Kährs has been a front runner in receiving flooring certifications by third party organisations. One of the most respected labels is the Nordic Swan Ecolabel, the official ecolabel of the Nordics. Kährs was one of the first wood flooring manufacturers to get products certified in accordance with the Nordic Swan Ecolabel and today more than 180 Kährs wood floors are labelled.

Kährs and modulyss will together showcase the latest product offerings in various materials via three unique concepts of colour trends, all examples of how various materials can be combined to create unique flooring solutions and surroundings that perform to the highest standard of quality.

Kährs will supply sustainable cosmetics retailer Lush with hardwood flooring for Lush stores, offices, spas and studios in the United Kingdom. The collaboration is a result of Kährs matching the strict environmental criteria set by Lush for its suppliers.

Now, it’s been scientifically proven that wood has a positive impact on us. The European research project Wood2New, which ran for three years and was finalised in February 2017, shows that using wood as a construction material benefits both the environment and our health.

A look and feel of untreated, newly sawn timber characterises Kährs two new collections – Lux and Lumen. The effect is achieved by treating the surface of these floors with an innovative, ultra-matt lacquer.