Where's Pergo?

Most laminate flooring you see in stores these days is not Pergo®. Pergo® was the first laminate product introduced in the United States in 1994 and it caught on like wildfire. Using the word "Pergo" for all of laminates is like saying "Kleenex" for all facial tissue and "Formica" for kitchen counter tops. It's the name we all learned first and it stuck. There are some 40+ manufacturers of laminate floors now. Some flooring stores keep their Pergo® displays just because of name familiarity but actually do not recommend the brand because the color choices are fewer, the warranties are not as strong as other manufacturers and it is expensive.

Did you know that one reason laminate flooring it is so popular in Europe is because when apartment dwellers move from place to place they can actually pick up the floor and take it with them?

In 2007 Pfleiderer AG, a German supplier of wood paneling, agreed to buy Swedish flooring maker Pergo to boost U.S. sales and enter the European laminate-flooring market. (more)