The Company
Franwood International operates as a predominant force in supplying quality exotic hardwood flooring since it first began business in the year 2000.
Franwood International is operated by an innovative and environmentally minded group of individuals who pride themselves on providing the best product at a fiercely competitive price. Franwood International offers its customers both an education on the products it supplies as well as the materials necessary to complete your flooring projects; from wood registers, to stair parts, and decorative borders and inlays.
The exotic hardwood products offered at Franwood International all originate from sustainable yield forests throughout the world. The forests and mills involved in manufacturing and supplying the products for Franwood International all cooperate with regulations ensuring the future growth of the Earth's precious resource; forests.
Please note that Franwood International has made every effort to make the wood species pictures on this web site as accurate both in color and detail as possible. When viewing our images, keep in mind that your computer settings and monitor also affect the clarity and color of each picture. The photos on this site are best viewed on Microsoft Explorer, with the computer resolution set at "millions of color".
Our Pledge
Franwood International thought you might want to know . . .
Franwood International is firmly committed to preserving South America's rain forest and renewing its natural resources. Franwood International promotes sustainable forest practices, securing timber from mills that utilize the principles of sustainable forest management. Coupled with a stringent policy of reforestation, rational harvesting from sustainable forests assures the health and continuity of this most valuable resource.
The process of selective timber harvesting is utilized, so that each tree is assessed for age and condition. Older trees, often susceptible to disease, are removed first, assuring that valuable resources are not left to waste away on the forest floor. After timber is harvested, multiple trees are replanted, fostering sustainable forest practices and completing the reforestation process.
In the final analysis, the process of rational harvesting from sustainable forests produces the highest quality lumber, while increasing the number of new healthy trees and allowing immature trees in the upper-story to benefit from increased sunlight and water. Because of the tropical climate, reforestation in South American rain forests occurs substantially faster than in temperate climates of North America.
*A copy of this letter is available upon request.
