How technology helps Hong Kong’s Tai Ping Carpets sell products to stars, casinos and airports

While some workers worry that robots may put them out of a job, those at Tai Ping Carpets can rest easy as the company believes skilled people will never be replaced by technology.

However, technology has helped the Hong Kong company lower costs, speed up production, and reduce pollution.

The 61 year old carpet brand counts movies stars like Tom Hanks and Brad Pitt as customers, as well as the British Royal family. It also supplies carpets for Macau casinos including big names such as Sands, Parisian, and Venetian, as well as for luxury hotels such as the Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental and The Peninsula.

Millions of international travellers have also walked on its products – the latest addition to Tai Ping’s client base is Hong Kong International Airport, where 85,000 sq metres of carpet was laid in Terminal One.

“As a Hong Kong company, we are very proud to be able to provide carpet for the Hong Kong International Airport. We won the contract for our price and technical knowledge,” said Stephen Wong Jor-yang, Asia Pacific managing director for Tai Ping Carpets.

Among the list of technical requirements for the airport job was fire resistant carpets to ensure the safety of travellers, Wong told the South China Morning Post in an interview at his office where carpet materials and colour samples were seen laying around.