A Buyer’s Guide to Sourcing in China Around the Canton Fair: Understanding China’s PVC Roll Flooring Industry — With a Focus on Homogeneous Vinyl Flooring, Heterogeneous Flooring, and Sport Flooring
Oct 15, 2025For international buyers visiting China before or after the Canton Fair, “China PVC flooring” does not describe one product or one uniform industry.
Search results may include SPC flooring, LVT, vinyl tiles, homogeneous vinyl sheet, heterogeneous commercial vinyl flooring, ESD flooring and PVC sports flooring. These products differ in structure, manufacturing process, application and supplier capability.
This guide focuses on three project-oriented sheet flooring categories:
- Homogeneous PVC sheet flooring;
- Commercial heterogeneous PVC sheet flooring;
- PVC sports flooring in rolls.
These products are widely considered for hospitals, schools, laboratories, offices, commercial buildings and sports venues. Buyers should compare more than thickness, colour and price. Product standards, test reports, subfloor conditions, installation accessories and project-delivery support can all affect the final result.
Quick answer
International buyers sourcing PVC sheet flooring from China should understand four points:
1. Resilient flooring is broader than PVC flooring, and PVC sheet is different from SPC and LVT.
2. Homogeneous, heterogeneous commercial and sports flooring have different structures and should not be compared by total thickness alone.
3. Chinese PVC flooring manufacturers are concentrated mainly in East and South China, but their product specialisations vary.
4. Healthcare, sports and high-specification projects often require a project-focused provider that can coordinate products, documents, accessories and installation support.
Resilient flooring is a broader category that can include vinyl, linoleum, rubber and cork flooring. PVC or vinyl flooring is one important part of this category. The ASTM resilient flooring standards cover products including linoleum, vinyl composition tile, sheet vinyl, rubber and cork.
Several distinctions are important:
Linoleum is not PVC flooring.
PVC sheet flooring is not the same as SPC click flooring.
Homogeneous and heterogeneous PVC sheets have different structures.
PVC sports flooring is not simply thicker commercial flooring.
ESD flooring requires a complete conductive or static-control system.
For hospitals, schools, laboratories and sports venues, buyers are selecting a flooring system rather than an isolated roll of material.
The history of modern resilient flooring can be traced to the nineteenth century.
Frederick Walton patented the manufacturing process for linoleum in 1863. Linoleum was made using oxidised linseed oil, wood or cork flour, pigments and a jute backing, and became an important starting point in the development of resilient flooring. Forbo’s history of linoleum
PVC had already been produced in the nineteenth century, but the early material was too rigid for many practical applications. Developments in plasticisation during the 1920s and 1930s made flexible PVC possible, supporting its later use in cables, films, building products and flooring. American Chemical Society background on PVC
PVC flooring subsequently developed through several stages:
Linoleum, PVC sheet, LVT and SPC may appear in the same broad flooring market, but their materials, structures and installation methods are different.
There is no single, widely accepted date marking the beginning of China’s PVC flooring industry. National standards provide more verifiable milestones.
China issued a national standard for backed PVC sheet flooring in 1989. The standard was revised in 2005. In 2015, China established separate standards for heterogeneous and homogeneous PVC floor coverings:
This progression shows how the Chinese industry moved from a general backed-sheet category towards clearer homogeneous and heterogeneous product systems.
According to industry information disclosed in Aili Home’s 2025 annual report, Chinese PVC resilient flooring manufacturers are concentrated mainly in East and South China. Domestic residential adoption remains relatively limited, while resilient flooring has gained more established use in hospitals, schools, offices, hotels, shopping centres and other commercial or public buildings. Aili Home 2025 Annual Report
The Chinese market contains two broad supplier groups:
Buyers of homogeneous, commercial heterogeneous or PVC sports flooring should pay particular attention to the second group’s technical and project-support capabilities.
The standard term for this category is homogeneous polyvinyl chloride floor covering. ISO 10581 specifies homogeneous PVC floor coverings supplied in sheet or tile form.
“Homogeneous” refers to the continuity of the material composition through the main body of the product. The pattern and material are commonly described as extending through the thickness.
The body of homogeneous PVC flooring does not normally contain a separate printed design layer or the conventional transparent wear layer used to protect the print film of heterogeneous flooring.
Instead, the homogeneous body itself provides the principal usable wear thickness. Some international manufacturers therefore report the effective wear-layer thickness as equal to the total product thickness. A 2.0 mm homogeneous product may, for example, be listed with both a 2.0 mm total thickness and a 2.0 mm effective wear thickness.
However, this does not mean that modern homogeneous flooring is supplied with an untreated surface.
To meet the requirements of hospitals, laboratories, schools and other high-traffic environments, FARFLY and many other manufacturers apply factory-produced PUR or UV surface reinforcement to the homogeneous body. This treatment can form a protective surface film of controlled thickness.
Its functions may include:
Tarkett, for example, identifies PUR as a separate surface treatment while listing the usable wear thickness of its homogeneous body as equal to the total thickness. Gerflor’s homogeneous products use Evercare surface treatment to improve cleaning, stain resistance and scratch performance. Tarkett iQ technical information and Gerflor Mipolam product information
FARFLY features an enhanced homogeneous vinyl body and UV-reinforced treatment. It has passed a comprehensive range of tests, demonstrating credible performance data such as wear resistance rating, stain resistance, and caster chair test results.FARFLY Hospital Floor.
Buyers should evaluate:
The label “hospital flooring” is not sufficient evidence of suitability. Test reports should correspond to the proposed product, and different areas—such as wards, laboratories and operating rooms—may require different systems.
Commercial composite PVC sheet is generally classified as heterogeneous PVC flooring.
ISO 10582 describes heterogeneous floor coverings as products containing a wear layer and other layers that differ in composition or design. The structure may also include reinforcement.
A typical commercial heterogeneous sheet may include:
The exact construction varies by product range and application.
A thicker product is not automatically more durable. Durability also depends on the transparent wear layer, surface finish, dimensional stability, installation quality and conditions of use.
PVC sports flooring normally uses a multilayer construction.
China’s JC/T 2337-2015 industry standard covers fibre-reinforced resilient PVC sports flooring manufactured by coating or laminating PVC-based materials onto a continuous substrate. National Standard Information Public Service Platform record
PVC sports flooring must support athletic performance and user protection as well as withstand traffic.
Important evaluation criteria include:
Total thickness—whether 4.5 mm, 6 mm or 8 mm—is only one parameter. A sports floor should be selected according to the sport, intensity of use, installation method, subfloor and required performance.
| Criterion | Homogeneous PVC Sheet | Commercial Heterogeneous Sheet | PVC Sports Flooring |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main applications | Healthcare, education, public buildings | Commercial, offices, education, hospitality | Sports halls, schools, training venues |
| Main structure | Homogeneous body with surface treatment | Multilayer structure | Reinforced multilayer cushioned structure |
| Key criteria | Abrasion, indentation, chemicals, maintenance | Wear layer, design, acoustics, stability | Shock absorption, friction, ball rebound |
| Typical installation | Full adhesion and heat welding | Full adhesion; welding where required | Permanent or portable installation |
| Common risks | Moisture, adhesive, welding and batch variation | Indentation, stability and insufficient wear layer | Uneven substrate, joints and unsuitable friction |
| Main accessories | Adhesive, welding rods, levelling compound | Adhesive, welding rods, levelling compound | Adhesive, welding rods, joining materials and tools |
A hospital or educational project containing wards, corridors, operating rooms, offices and activity areas should not automatically use one product throughout. Products should be selected by functional zone.
Chinese PVC flooring manufacturers are concentrated mainly in East and South China, but the regions do not all specialise in the same products.
Henglin in Changzhou, Jiangsu, has a broad flooring supply chain covering laminate, stone-plastic or wood-plastic flooring, raised floors and related supporting industries. It is an important manufacturing and export cluster, but its strengths should not automatically be equated with commercial PVC sheet flooring. Changzhou Economic Development Zone information
For homogeneous and heterogeneous commercial sheet flooring, the Shanghai–Jiangsu–Zhejiang region includes manufacturers, testing organisations, accessory suppliers and major project markets. The drafting organisations listed for GB/T 11982.1-2015 include Shanghai research and testing institutes, Dajulong, Jiangyin-based manufacturers and several international resilient-flooring companies operating in China.
Shijiazhuang in Hebei has developed notable specialist capabilities in sports surfaces. Companies such as Enlio have participated in international basketball, table-tennis and badminton projects, with certain partnerships independently verifiable through FIBA. FIBA supplier information
Buyers should therefore distinguish between:
China’s PVC flooring market includes export manufacturers, commercial project brands, sports-surface specialists and project-focused resilient-flooring providers. The following examples represent different business models and are not a ranking.
Aili Home is a publicly listed Chinese PVC resilient flooring company with a significant export and OEM/ODM profile. Its annual reports provide useful public information about Chinese PVC flooring manufacturing and international capacity strategies. Aili Home 2025 Annual Report
Both are listed Chinese flooring manufacturers whose businesses are more strongly associated with LVT, WPC, SPC and new polymer flooring materials. They are relevant when analysing China’s export-oriented PVC flooring industry. Walrus 2025 Annual Report and Tianzhen 2025 Annual Report
Dajulong supplies heterogeneous commercial PVC sheet, homogeneous vinyl flooring and wall-covering materials. It has visible participation in healthcare, education, industrial and commercial project markets. Dajulong official website
Enlio is a Chinese specialist sports-surface brand supplying PVC sports floors, sports wood flooring and interlocking sports surfaces. Its work includes partnerships with international sports organisations. FIBA partnership information
Unlike companies focused primarily on large-scale OEM production or brands specializing in a single product category, FARFLY is a project-focused resilient flooring service provider for healthcare, sports and high-specification environments. The FARFLY service system covers quality control, technical support, installation guidance, training and after-sales service. Its international project library shows how these services are applied in healthcare, laboratory and sports projects.
Check:
Terms such as “hospital grade”, “sports grade”, “B1” or “antibacterial” should not replace product-specific evidence.
A capable supplier should ask about:
The final performance of PVC sheet flooring depends on the subfloor, levelling compound, primer, adhesive, welding rods and installation process. Renovations, epoxy substrates, non-absorbent surfaces and large sports venues require particular attention.
Buyers may request:
Competition in China’s PVC sheet flooring industry is moving beyond price, thickness, colour and production capacity.
China has issued GB 18586-2026, covering harmful-substance limits for carpets, underlays and PVC flooring, with implementation scheduled for 1 October 2027. National Standard Information Public Service Platform
EU REACH restrictions cover phthalates including DEHP, DBP, DIBP and BBP, with flooring explicitly included among affected product groups. European Chemicals Agency
Export suppliers will need stronger material control, VOC documentation, restricted-substance declarations and product traceability.
The EU’s updated Construction Products Regulation strengthens requirements related to environmental performance, product information, lifecycle data and digital product passports. EU Regulation 2024/3110
Future project files may include:
Subfloor condition → Primer and levelling → Adhesive → PVC sheet → Welding rods and joints → Installation → Cleaning and maintenance
A compliant floor covering can still fail if the adhesive is unsuitable, the substrate contains excessive moisture or a non-absorbent surface is not properly prepared.
For a 12,600 m² hospital project in Samarkand, FARFLY developed a package combining homogeneous flooring for general hospital areas and ESD flooring for operating rooms, together with accessories, documentation and installation planning.
For Northside Badminton Centre in Australia, the supply scope included 6 mm PVC sports flooring, adhesive, welding rods, installation tools, badminton nets and practice material for the local installers.
For a 1,500 m² pharmaceutical laboratory project in Bolivia, FARFLY reviewed existing coatings, epoxy substrates, adhesive information and material compatibility before installation.
The common objective is to move potential problems from the construction site into the earlier product-selection, sampling and technical-review stages.
Buyers sourcing homogeneous vinyl, commercial heterogeneous PVC sheet or PVC sports flooring should not rely only on samples and quotations collected at a trade show.
FARFLY offers three visit options for international buyers travelling to China before or after the Canton Fair.
The meeting can be held online or in person in Wuxi.
Buyers should send:
FARFLY can prepare product recommendations, specification comparisons, available test documents and a list of technical issues requiring confirmation.
During the buyer’s stay in China, FARFLY can prepare a project-specific sample package and arrange domestic delivery to the buyer’s hotel.
The package may include:
Compared with international air or sea shipment to the buyer’s overseas office, domestic delivery to a hotel in China is normally faster and more economical. It also allows the buyer to request replacement colours or additional samples while still in China.
The hotel’s parcel-acceptance policy should be confirmed in advance. The recipient name, telephone number, hotel name and check-in date will be required.
A factory visit can cover:
Distributors, contractors, healthcare-project suppliers and sports-venue investors should normally allow half a day for the factory tour, sample review and project meeting.
Appointments can be requested through the FARFLY contact page.
If you are visiting China before or after the Canton Fair and evaluating PVC sheet flooring for a hospital, school, laboratory, commercial building or sports venue, you can book a project meeting, request a customised sample package or arrange a FARFLY factory audit.
Its main body does not contain the separate print layer and conventional transparent wear layer used in heterogeneous flooring. Modern homogeneous floors commonly receive PUR or UV surface reinforcement to improve stain, chemical and maintenance performance.
Some manufacturers report an effective wear thickness equal to the total product thickness because the homogeneous structure extends through the body. This is different from the transparent wear-layer thickness of heterogeneous flooring.
No. Buyers should also compare the transparent wear layer, residual indentation, dimensional stability, surface treatment and intended application.
No. Total thickness is only one parameter. Shock absorption, friction, ball rebound, vertical deformation, dimensional stability and installation method also matter.
Yes, subject to the hotel’s parcel policy. Buyers should provide the hotel name, recipient name, telephone number and check-in date in advance.
China’s PVC sheet flooring industry benefits not only from manufacturing capacity but also from raw-material, testing, accessory, installation and export supply chains.
For hospitals, schools, laboratories, sports venues and high-specification commercial environments, the decisive questions are:
That is why FARFLY positions itself as a project-focused resilient flooring provider rather than only a PVC flooring manufacturer.
FARFLY — Project-Focused Resilient Flooring for Healthcare, Sports & High-Specification Environments.
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