Its unique characteristics of genuineness and naturalness make wood the most wholesome and proper material for both industrial and domestic flooring.
Before describing the technological characteristics of parquet and its benefits on health care, let us know the structure of wood.

By sectioning a tree trunk we may find a series of concentric rings, which indicate the quantity of wood produced during the tree lifetime.
Each ring has two different zones: the early zone developed in spring and summer time, and the late zone developed in autumn and wintertime.

The different colouring of those two zones forms the wood grain. Each ring is formed by different cells; the most important of which are the fibres, with supporting and mechanical resistance functions, and the vessels, which nourish the tree by means of the sap that flows through them.

The trunk section shows 8 elements:
* ZONA PRIMATICCIA
* ZONA TARDIVA
* PITH
* DURAMEN
* SAP-WOOD
* EXTERNAL BARK
* PHLOEM
* CAMBIO

Sapwood and duramen represent the real wood involved in parquet factory; they usually have different colour and characteristics.
Duramen is the most internal part of a trunk and is more resistant than sapwood, which is the external part and consists of living cells.
As its own peculiarity, wood always tends to equilibrate its humidity with the external one creating a natural relationship with the environment.
As it is a poor heat conductor parquet-flooring is warm in winter and cool in summer.
Its sound insulating and flexibility make it the ideal flooring for museums, art galleries, theatres, and gyms ...