Leblon Sawn, Tigerwood Natural

Miami, FL—Cikel America, the North American subsidiary of one the world's largest vertically integrated exotic hardwood flooring manufacturers, has entered into a new wholesale distribution partnership with the Ellis Flooring Sales Company in North and South Carolina. With over 50 years of expertise in the industry, Ellis Flooring supplies residential and commercial floor covering retailers with high-quality flooring options, installation supplies and tools from top manufacturers.

Ellis Flooring will now locally stock and deliver Cikel’s sustainably harvested exotic hardwood flooring products, offering one of the world’s most consistent brands to its customers in beautiful Tigerwood, Sucupira, Golden Teak, Cumaru, Ipe, Guajara, Angelim, Brazilian Cherry and Walnut. Ellis Flooring strategically covers the Carolinas, Eastern Tennessee and Virginia from locations in Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina, as well as Columbia and Greenville, South Carolina.

“Cikel has done a great job marketing their FSC certifications in a lot of the industry periodicals,” said Breck Berkey, from Ellis Flooring in Charlotte. “They have a really effective marketing campaign and their ads talk about how they manage their own forests. That created the opportunity for us to visit with them at Surfaces. We started a dialogue at the show and decided to take on their line because we didn’t have a solid offering and we didn’t have an exotic line. It was an opportunity to get into two different markets with one line. We were very impressed with their FSC certification and that their in compliance with the Lacey Act. That’s important to us because a lot of our customers are asking those types of questions these days.”

Cikel has 1.2 million acres of privately owned and FSC managed forests in Brazil. The firm has an ongoing commitment in making technological advancements and investments to Total Quality Control from the forest-to-the-floor… and, to maintain competitiveness within the global marketplace both today and tomorrow. Cikel America is a member of the National Wood Flooring Association and the Forest Stewardship Council.

For more information, please contact Cikel America LLC – 8300 NW 53rd. St., Miami, Florida 33166 - 1.800.971.7896 - www.cikel.com.