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Program Overview

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About Expertise Headquartered in Hong Kong with 14 showrooms The techniques we utilize cover the entire across Europe, Asia and North America, including spectrum of carpet manufacturing, from hand- flagships in Paris, Hong Kong, and New York, the made to automated, including hand-tufting, House of Tai Ping covers every sphere of the pass-tufting, hand-knotting and weaving. From residential, corporate, boutique retail, hospitality, carding to spinning and dyeing to finishing, our aviation, and yacht markets. fully-integrated manufacturing process guarantees full control over the entire production Values process to ensure unrivaled quality. House of Tai Ping extends our cultural legacy into the present, continuing an exceptional tradition of Service craft and dedication to innovation in every facet of Our expert design and sales teams closely carpet design and manufacturing. This spirit of oversee the entire process of creation, advising excellence is evident in each of our products and our clients at every step from conception to every aspect of our customers’ experience. installation in order to ensure an efficient, satisfying collaboration and the most successful Our foundational values of craft, respect, end product. preservation and collaboration are further expressed by our substantial investment in environmentally sustainable practices and in our commitment to positive workforce development at the heart of our corporate planning.

Our Platforms Our diverse range of proficiencies, wide breadth of service offerings and vertically-integrated production enable the House of Tai Ping to effectively manage the unique demands of virtually any type of project.

Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona Lobby corridor, Custom-tufted (Patricia Urquiola)

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Introduction Interior Design Market Sectors Specifically aimed at the contract market, Tai Ping Contract leverages the same high quality design Corporate Executive offices and material that is expected from our clientele Reception areas across a broader range of constructions, to serve Boardrooms an expanded range of high-end interior design Auditoriums sectors. Retail Boutiques Products Flagship stores • Custom-tufted Department stores • Pass-tufted Showrooms • Machine Tufted Wool Carpet Tile • Machine Tufted Wool Broadloom Hospitality Palace hotels Boutique hotels Serviced apartments Exclusive resorts Spas Casinos Restaurants Lounges Clubs

Institutions Royal & Presidential palaces Government buildings Theaters Museums Concert halls University campuses Places of worship

Le Meurice, Paris, Custom-tufted (Philippe Starck)

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Custom-tufted carpets are a part of the Tai Ping MATERIALS brand and reputation. During Tai Ping’s early Wool years in Hong Kong we developed the first Nylon motorized hand tufting gun. Over the decades, Steele our technicians and hand tufters have perfected Glosilk a wide range of new techniques and Lurex technologies that have enabled them to Field interpret our designers’ visions to create amazing three-dimensional effects. Teams of tufters work on different categories of designs. Only the most experienced artisans, with the highest level of training and experience, work on the most complex carpet patterns.

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Like other custom-tufting, tufts are inserted into a MATERIALS backing material, but instead of using a single Wool needle to stitch one tuft at a time, the pass machine Steele has an 18-inch row of needles (usually about 8-10 Lurex needles per inch). The backing material is fed through the machine to create a long strip or pass of tufted carpet, and the passes are built up side-by- side.

One pass of plain cut-pile or plain loop-pile carpet is 18 inches wide. Pass-tufted carpets are produced through a semi-manual process that works on the same principles as broadloom machine tufting. Pass-tufted carpet is built up in strips or ‘passes’, so it is especially suited to long narrow rooms, corridors or irregular shaped rooms or spaces.

However, it is also a good choice for making very wide carpet, up to 19m in width. The pass machine can be programmed to leave spaces during the tufting process, so carpet can be made to fit around pillars or odd shapes; this reduces the need to join pieces of carpet together and minimizes yarn wastage.

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12 High-end Wool Broadloom carpet is produced by 13 machines that insert thousands of yarn tufts per minute into a mesh of non-woven primary backing. The machines are similar in size to a woven-jacquard loom, but they work like a domestic sewing machine. Across the width of the machine there are horizontal bars with hundreds of needles, MATERIALS each threaded with one end of yarn. The needles are Contract blended wool fed yarn from creels or from a beam located behind the machine.

Tai Ping’s high-end Broadloom carpet is a luxury product that offers clients a reliable level of durability and good acoustic insulation.

High-end Broadloom carpet can be cut-pile, loop-pile or a mixture of the two, but design options and color options are more limited than with woven or hand- tufted carpet.

Tai Ping's High-end Broadloom can be cut as carpet tiles. This is ideal for replacing carpet in occupied office spaces, as it is easy to transport and install.

Carpet tiles can be uplifted to access underfloor cabling or technology or to replace severely stained or damaged tiles. Tai Ping's wool carpet tile products have an attached cushion backing so there is no need to purchase underlay.

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As a member of the global business community, comply with European Union Directive 2002/61/EC Tai Ping upholds the highest internationally- (EU AZO Colorants). All our colorants comply with recognized standards and strives to minimize the Ecological and Toxicological Association of environmental impact in all of its activities. Dyes (ETAD) and Organic Pigments Manufacturer's recommendations on heavy metal Tai Ping's investment in the Zero Discharge Water impurities in organic dyestuffs and pigment Management System has substantially reduced the preparations. Company's environmental footprint for water use. This fully-integrated process provides the Tai Ping manufacturing facilities are certified ISO framework for effective management of 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and Labour environmental impact and guarantees Tai Ping's Standard TLS 8001. ability to adapt to new requirements and regulations while maintaining the highest level of quality in the industry.

ISO 14001 represents the core set of standards used by organizations for designing and implementing an effective Environmental Management System (EMS). This certifies that all our production processes conform to or surpass internationally regulated objectives for reducing environmental impact.

Tai Ping carpets and rugs are certified under the Carpet & Rug Institute’s (CRI) Green Label Plus program, an Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) program that tests for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), which is the most stringent IAQ testing available. All materials provided for manufacturing

Tai Ping Production Facility Xiamen, China

www.taipingcontract.com 16 Bertha Foundation, London (Jo Berryman) Offices 19 Hendrickson, Chicago (Wright Heerma Architects) MetLife, Global Offices Hines, Paris United Talent Agency, Los Angeles (Rottet Studio) Microsoft, Paris (Studios Architecture) Latham & Watkins, Global Offices Capital 8 Unibail-Rodamco, Paris (Saguez & Partners) Paul Hastings LLP Office, Chicago (Rottet Studio) Chloé Headquarters, Paris

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1 1- Gowlings, Calgary, Canada, Custom-tufted (MartensGroup)

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www.taipingcontract.com 1, 2 - Moncler, New York, Custom-tufted (Gilles & Boissier)

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1 - Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, Custom- tufted (Jouin-Manku) 2 - Agnès Comar showroom, Paris, Custom-tufted 2 3 - Montblanc, Vienna , Custom-tufted

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1 - Moreau, Paris, Custom-tufted (Agence Jeff van Dyck) 2 - Pucci, New York, Custom-tufted (Joseph Dirand)

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Restaurants Le Grand Restaurant, Paris (Gulla Jonsdottir) Park Chinois, London (Jacques Garcia) Le Plaza Athénée, Paris (Jouin-Manku) Château Les Carmes, France (Starck-Borrione) Ce La Vi, Singapore, Hong Kong (AB Concept) Motif, Hong Kong (AFSO) Louis XV (Hôtel de Paris) Monaco (Jouin-Manku) Le Taillevent, Paris (Pierre-Yves Rochon) Restaurant Walt, Disneyland, Paris

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1, 2, & 3 - Gotham Lounge, Peninsula Hotel, New York, Custom-tufted (Bill Rooney Studios)

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Baccarat Hotel, New York, Custom-tufted 1 (Gilles & Boissier)

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1 - Peninsula, Paris, Custom-tufted (Affine Design) 2 - Peninsula, Shanghai Executive Suite, Custom-tufted 3 - Peninsula, Shanghai Executive Suite, Custom-tufted 1

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1, 2 & 3 - MS Koningsdom, Suites, Wool Broadloom 1 (Holland America Cruise Line)

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CitizenM Hotel La Défense, Paris, 1 Custom-tufted

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1 1 & 2 - Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin, Custom-tufted

www.taipingcontract.com 58 Locations 59 AMERICAS Los Angeles London ASIA Singapore For more locations Pacific Design Center Chelsea Harbour Etesse Private Limited houseoftaiping.com New York 8687 Melrose Avenue 406-407 Design Center East Hong Kong (Headquarters) 18 Sin Ming Lane, 26 West 17th Street Suite B400 London SW10 OXF No. 1803, 18/F #05-16 Midview City 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90069 United Kingdom 909 Cheung Sha Wan Road Singapore 573960 New York, NY 10011 T. +1 310 652 3058 T. 44 207 808 9650 Cheung Sha Wan T. +65 6908 0889 T. +1 212 979 2233 [email protected] [email protected] Kowloon [email protected] [email protected] Hong Kong San Francisco Milano T. +852 2848 7668 Taipei New York 111 Rhode Island Street Corso di Porta Romana, 6 [email protected] Shops 209-211, 2/F Edward Fields Suite 11 20122 Milano The Arcade, Mandarin Oriental 150 East 58th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Italy Hong Kong (Showroom) 166 Dun Hua North Road 11th Floor T. +1 415 431 4373 T.39 02 83 43 96 20 213 Prince’s Building Taipei 105 New York, NY 10155 [email protected] [email protected] 10 Chater Road, Taiwan T. +1 212 310 0400 Central Hong Kong T. +886 2 2718 0469 [email protected] EUROPE & MIDDLE EAST Dubai T. +852 2522 7138 [email protected] Jumeirah Lake Towers [email protected] Chicago Paris Mazaya Business Avenue 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza Hôtel de Livry Tower AA1, Level 38, Shanghai Suite 635 4-6, rue de Montalembert OBC Office 3805-3, No.753 YuYuan Road Chicago, IL 60654 75007 Paris P.O. Box 73045 Chang Ning District T. +1 312 644 0400 France Dubai-United Arab Emirates Shanghai 200050 China [email protected] T.33 (0)1 42 22 96 54 T. 971 (0) 4 278 4713 T. +86 21 6067 3791 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dania Beach DCOTA Hamburg Riyadh Beijing 1855 Griffin Road Steinhöft 11 Gallery Design Riyadh D107, 4th Floor Suite C228 20459 Hamburg N° 580 Takhassusi Street International Home Furnishing Dania Beach, FL 33004 Germany Mohammadia District Riyadh- Hall No. 308 Chengshousi Road T. +1 954 923 4888 T. 49 40 80 81 94 90 Saudi Arabia Chaoyang District, Beijing China [email protected] [email protected] T. +966 11 200 2360 T. +86 138 0106 9092 [email protected] [email protected] Dallas 1025 N. Stemmons Freeway Khobar Suite 310 Gallery Design Khobar Dallas, TX 75207 Prince Turkey Street Khobar T. +1 214 741 4215 34611 Saudi Arabia [email protected] T. +966 13 864 7667 [email protected]

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Éric Laignel: pages 2, 25, 28, 29, 30, 40, 41, 42, 46 But Sou Lai: pages 8, 15 Sébastien Siraudeau: page 24 Loretta Oberheim: pages 32, 33 MoreauParis: page 34 Matthew Mendenhall: pages 38, 39 Andrew J Loiterton: pages 44, 45 Fernando Javier Urquijo: pages 50, 51 Daniela Aebli: pages 52, 53 Evan Dion: pages 22, 23 Richard Powers: pages 48,49

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