After a year of slight contraction in 2018, the overall consumption figures of parquet in Europe upturned for 2019. The consolidated data provided by the FEP - the European Federation of the Parquet industry - member companies and affiliated national associations are showing an increase by 1.2% of the global European market in 2019 compared to 2018. The revised figures for 2018 are now pointing to a market contraction of less than 1% in 2018 compared to 2017.