public company industry interior design founded 1956 1956 headquarters 213 prince s building 10 chater road central hong kong area served worldwide website tai ping carpets ceo james kaplan tai ping carpets international ltd. hong kong hke hkex stock code 146 1 2 is a global custom carpet company serving the architect and design community . based in hong kong tai ping carpets operates flagship showrooms in new york city and paris as well as proprietary factories design studios and showrooms in 100 countries over four continents . 3 the company s residential division includes brands tai ping 4 edward fields 5 and la manufacture cogolin . 6 the hospitality and contract sectors are served by 1956 by tai ping and carpets inter tai ping carpets thailand based subsidiary . contents 1 history 2 1956 by tai ping 3 products 4 sustainability 5 references history edit tai ping was founded in 1956 by a group of seven friends headed by sir lawrence kadoorie a prominent businessman and philanthropist . it began as a project to preserve china s tradition of handmade carpets and to protect a generation of craftspeople fleeing mainland china . shortly after its launch anthony yeh an engineer and one of the company s directors developed the world s first motorized hand tufting gun 7 which allowed carpets to be made faster and more efficiently marking a turning point for the company . 8 today the hand tufting gun is used throughout the industry . in 1957 tai ping opened a showroom in hong kong beside the peninsula hong kong hotel . in 1959 production moved to larger premises in tai po in hong kong s new territories which remained the company headquarters and main factory for the next 32 years . in the 1970s the launch of a paris showroom introduced tai ping to an international market particularly in europe and asia . when china began opening up for business tai ping was among the pioneers to establish a factory on the mainland . in 1991 tai ping moved all production from hong kong to the factory at nanhai in neighboring guangdong province . in 2005 tai ping opened a new york city flagship 9 in the former site of artist andy warhol s famed studio the factory . that same year tai ping acquired edward fields 10 an american manufacturer of bespoke carpets . edward fields has its own new york city flagship along with studios operating from tai ping showrooms in atlanta chicago dallas los angeles miami and san francisco . in 2010 tai ping purchased la manufacture cogolin 11 the french producer of hand woven jacquard carpets founded by jean lauer 12 in 1924 . under tai ping direction the company s original workshops were restored a new visual identity was created and a new paris showroom was opened 13 in june 2012 . also in june 2012 tai ping launched a new european flagship on rue montalembert in paris 14 15 conceived by belgian born paris based designer ramy fischler . 16 1956 by tai ping edit in 2011 tai ping carpets international launched a brand called 1956 by tai ping to focus on the hospitality market . 17 as an extension of the tai ping parent company and sharing the same heritage and archives the new brand functions as a manufacturer of luxury designer carpets for the commercial hospitality industry . 18 19 20 the brand s first collaborative collection titled design collective features designs from three sources including multimedia artist ga lle villedary the art collective phunk as well as an anonymous australian artist . 21 designs for the series were conceived of through a collaborative effort in which designers shared photos artwork and methodologies from their past work and outside inspiration . 19 21 1956 by tai ping released a second collaborative collection in 2014 titled revive . 22 the collection features work from british graffiti artist moose . 23 reflecting the artist s typical method of working by subtraction the axminster carpet designs consist of a foundation layer and two overlay finishes . the resulting designs have a 3 d effect . 22 23 products edit tai ping s hand tufted pass tufted axminster and wool carpet tile products are manufactured in proprietary factories in china and thailand . the company s hand knotted carpets are handwoven in independent factories in china and nepal . sustainability edit tai ping holds both gold and platinum nsf 140 certifications 24 25 from the american national standards institute ansi as well as leed leadership in energy and environmental design certification . internally tai ping has implemented tai ping towards sustainability tpts 26 a program dedicated to sustainable practices and achievements . references edit hong kong hke hkex stock code 146 tai ping carpets exciting moments with tai ping proud magazine august 10 2012 tai ping carpets edward fields la manufacture cogolin gwyneth roberts from cottage industry beginnings tai ping has been at the forefront of innovation in its rise to regional heavyweight south china morning post topics september 30 2001 tai ping carpets international ltd. 146 hong kong executive profile y.c. yeh bloomberg businessweek claire wilson celebrating a chinese heritage with nods to new york the new york times january 14 2007 hong kong based tai ping purchases custom rug maker edward fields rugnews.com april 5 2005 company overview of manufacture des tapis de cogolin sarl bloomberg businessweek recherce thematique manufacture des tapis journ es europ ennes du patrimoine 15 16 septembre 2012 blog de jean pierre notre showroom paris est ouvert manufacturecogolin.com tai ping hotel de livry homebuildlife 15 june 2012 tai ping hotel de livry paris wallpaper design tl.mag 16 tai ping carpets in paris x ramy fischler tlmag trendsliving international september 28 2012 hd expo preview . hospitality design . march april 2013 122 . access date requires url help 2013 flooring buying guide . floor trends . may 2013 65 . access date requires url help a b wroblaski kylie august 2013 . collaborative collective effort . interior & sources 28 . access date requires url help art revealed . hospitality design . august 2014 . retrieved 12 september 2014 . a b rising artists . lodging . august 2013 79 . access date requires url help a b starr joseph april 28 2014 . new hospitality collection from 1956 by tai ping . designer pages media . retrieved 12 september 2014 . a b dick agnew david may 14 2014 . 10 great hospitality furnishings at hd expo . azure . retrieved 12 september 2014 . tai ping achieves nsf 140 gold platinum certifications green lodging news 10 17 2011 tai ping carpets certification palooza 20 february 2012 findanyfloor.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tai ping carpets & oldid 724053045 categories carpet manufacturing companieshidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urlpages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views 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