From the moment our company was founded in 1994, we have been committed to developing and manufacturing beautiful bamboo products that:   

• Enhance home and business environments for years and years    
• Pay farmers and their families fair-market prices for raw materials in China    
• Pay fair wages to factory workers in China    
• Reduce dependence on dwindling timber resources    
• Rely on renewable-resource materials     
• Adhere to stringent, environmentally sensitive specifications    
• Promote green building    
• Help neutralize our company's environmental footprint    

Today, Teragren is one of North America's largest manufacturers of environmentally friendly bamboo flooring, stair parts, trim, panels, veneer and butcher block countertops. And our mission hasn't changed.   

Passionate about the environment  

Bamboo flooring was a scant segment of the U.S. flooring market when avid environmentalists Ann and David Knight saw the need for environmentally sound building products. They co-founded the company they would eventually name Teragren based on the principles mentioned above, insisting upon high standards,  ISO -certified factories and an ongoing effort to measure and improve the way Teragren works.

Dedicated to uncompromised quality  

The key to exceptional quality—and the ability to guarantee it—lies in controlling manufacturing. That is why Teragren makes all our own bamboo products.   

Some companies simply import bamboo flooring from any number of factories based on the lowest price—with little concern for the amount of harmful chemicals used in the factory finish or manufacturing adhesives. Others have no idea what kind of bamboo was used in manufacturing or at what age it was harvested. (If it's too young, the fiber will be soft and the flooring products too may be as soft as pine or fir which can cause post-installation problems like warping, cupping or delamination.)   

As the manufacturer of all Teragren bamboo products, we control production from harvest to distribution. We specify materials and processes that meet stringent European, Japanese and U.S. environmental standards and we set the bar very high when it comes to the beauty and performance of our products.

Our stringent manufacturing specifications call for Optimum 5.5™ Moso bamboo that is harvested sustainably only at maturity between 5-1/2 to 6 years when fibers are most dense. As a result, Teragren bamboo averages 25 percent harder than red oak and 12 percent harder than North American maple. Our patented Synergy™  strand bamboo flooring with Xcora™  technology is 154 percent harder than red oak and 66 percent harder than non-strand Teragren bamboo flooring, making it perfect for high-traffic residential and commercial interiors. (U.S. Patent 5,543,197, Mexico Patent 204281, U.K. Patent EP 0 907 503 B1, Brazil Patent PI 9612688-4 A)