Walk through most Indian factories and warehouses today, and you will find one of three things underfoot: bare concrete that has been patched so many times it looks like a repair-shop floor, ageing epoxy that has started to peel, crack, or lift in patches, or painted concrete that was meant to be a quick fix and is now a full-time maintenance problem. None of these are flooring strategies. They are flooring habits — inherited from an era when the primary criterion for an indu