Commercial Gym Flooring Rollout
Multi-location fitness chain — mixed-SKU 20GP containers with coordinated color fleck across branches.
Products
EPDM fleck rubber rolls, 6–8 mm
Project scale
Approx. 8,000 m²
Market
Vietnam (越南)
Project Overview
A fast-growing fitness chain in Vietnam was rolling out new branches across Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and needed one flooring partner who could keep color consistency across multiple shipments spaced over six months.
Scope of Supply
- EPDM fleck rubber rolls, 6 mm cardio zones and 8 mm strength zones
- Coordinated fleck blend (grey base, blue fleck) locked by signed sample
- Mixed-SKU 20GP containers — rolls balanced with matching gym tiles per branch
- Roll widths cut to 1.25 m standard, branch-by-branch packing lists
How We Executed
- Pre-production sample roll approved and archived as the color master
- Three staggered shipments matched against the master sample under D65 lighting
- Each container packed with branch-specific labels to speed up site distribution
- FOB Haiphong terms; shipping docs handled by buyer's forwarder
Outcome
All branches opened on schedule with visually consistent flooring. The chain now re-orders tiles for its maintenance cycle directly from our export team.
Why the Vietnamese Market Demands Color Consistency
Vietnam is one of the fastest-growing fitness markets in Southeast Asia, with new gym chains opening in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang every quarter. For a chain brand, the floor is part of the visual identity: members post photos of the training floor on social media, and franchise standards require every branch to look identical. The buyer told us that a previous supplier had shipped rolls where the grey base shifted noticeably between batches — members in the second branch complained the gym "looked cheaper". That is why our first step was not production but sample approval: we produced three trial rolls, the buyer signed one as the color master, and we archived a physical swatch in our Hebei factory so every later batch could be measured against the same reference under D65 standard lighting.
Browse EPDM gym rubber rollsPlanning Mixed-SKU 20GP Containers for a Multi-Branch Rollout
A multi-branch rollout has a logistics problem that single-site orders do not: different branches open at different times, and flooring shipped too early sits in rented storage, while flooring shipped too late delays the opening. We worked backward from the buyer's opening calendar and planned three staggered 20GP container shipments. Each container mixed 6 mm cardio-zone rolls, 8 mm strength-zone rolls and a reserve of interlocking tiles for free-weight corners, balanced so one container covered the branches opening in that window. Packing lists were branch-by-branch with carton labels matching each site, so the local installer unloaded exactly what each floor needed without re-sorting at the warehouse. On FOB Haiphong terms, the buyer's own forwarder handled the ocean leg, which kept freight control — and freight cost — in their hands.
Quality Control Across Six Months of Shipments
The biggest risk in a staggered program is batch drift: rubber flooring color depends on EPDM granule lots and curing conditions, and a six-month gap between shipment one and shipment three can produce a visible mismatch. To prevent it, we locked the fleck recipe (grey SBR base with 12% blue EPDM fleck), recorded the granule supplier lot numbers, and required every batch to be checked against the master sample before packing. Density, tensile strength and elongation were tested per batch with reports filed to the buyer. When the third container arrived, the buyer's installer laid a test strip of old and new roll side by side and confirmed the match on site — no re-ordering, no re-laying, no delay to the branch opening schedule.
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