Since 1993, the founders of HAWA Bamboo & Wood Products have upheld a mission to help reduce the dependence on dwindling timber resources by manufacturing competitively priced, sustainable harvested bamboo flooring. In June of 1999, the company established a distribution center in Sayreville, New Jersey, USA which is located adjacent to many major highways. Within a short time we established a vast distribution network throughout the United States. In 2003 we began to import pre-finished White Oak flooring, made in our own factory located in Chenzhou, China to compliment our Bamboo flooring. In 2007, Hawa invested and secured controlling ownership in a new flooring business venture in the north of China, near the Russian border. This new company is known as HAWA-Musen Wood Product Company Ltd. We import the raw white oak lumber from Russia to produce white oak flooring in this new factory using modern, sophisticated manufacturing machinery. Our new facility will be able to produce 5 million square feet of solid and engineered white oak flooring annually. We will also be producing distressed Maple flooring in this same facility. Our main product line is bamboo products but we also manufacture Exotic Wood Flooring in our Chenzhou factory. Exotic wood flooring has become very popular due to its rich colors and natural grain. We import the raw exotic lumber from South America and ship it to China in order to produce the flooring. The average length of the boards are 32.8” and the boards range in size from 1’ to 7’ throughout each carton.

HAWA Bamboo & Wood Product is a member of NWFA and WFCA.

The culms of the bamboo plant grow to height of 80 feet and diameters of up to 8 inches. A date is etched into each bamboo stalk to indicate appropriate harvest time to maintain sustainability. The MOSO specie of bamboo specified by HAWA is harvested at 4 to 6 years for a more durable finished product and to ensure stability and clarity of color.

Unlike hardwood trees requiring more than 60 years to mature, bamboo is a grass that is renewably harvested over and over from the same plant. HAWA takes it one environmental step farther by virtually eliminating the formaldehyde level of the adhesive used in the lamination process. In addition, the company specifies a water-based, solvent free, 100% solids finish in the manufacture of its prefinished line of products.

The bamboo stalk is split into slats to extract the premium part of the culms. The slats are then laminated with an environmentally safe adhesive under hydraulic pressure to produce planks for flooring, panels and veneer.

The slats of bamboo are boiled in a solution of water, hydrogen peroxide, and borate solution to eliminate pests and mildew, then kiln-dried to remove moisture. The slats are kiln-dried to a minimum of 5% and a maximum of 8-10% moisture content. Raw flooring blanks are stored in a humidity-controlled warehouse for 2 weeks to achieve 8%-10% delivered moisture content.

Flooring planks and flooring accessories, such as moldings are produced to yield uniform pieces free from any flaw that will produce tear-outs or voids within the final product.

The first finish application for HAWA prefinished flooring is the sealer coat followed by the aluminum oxide coatings that protects the fiber. Next is the aluminum oxide coating, followed by high quality polyurethane coating for easy refinishing.

The Hawa Carbonized bamboo flooring is produced by pressure heating the natural bamboo fiber. The longer period of time that the natural bamboo is subjected to heat, the darker the sugar compounds become and thereby producing a carbonized color.