Centiva Earns FloorScore Rating, Gets Greener

Florence, AL, Aug. 12, 2008--Centiva has achieved the FloorScore rating on all of its flooring products and has expanded its commitment to its green initiatives.

Centiva confirmed that it will spend over 20 percent of its operating profit on its green initiatives in 2008.

Centiva was notified of its successful completion of the floorScore testing process by Scientific Certification
Systemsin July.

“The rigorous testing processes prescribed by SCS were intriguing for Centiva,” said Garth Gaffney, Centiva’s technical director.

“It was important for us to have all of our products FloorScore certified. For us, offering a limited group or special green flooring product was not an option. Our customers need to be able to specify any of our floors and have the confidence provided by the FloorScore certification."

Centiva said it is supporting its green initiatives with senior management involvement as well. Rhonda Ross, the
company’s executive vice president, has taken on those efforts full time.

Centiva said its initiatives have infused every aspect of Centiva’s operations, including energy usage, product development, production processes, and packaging.

“When we started Centiva, I never dreamed we would have an engineer on our staff whose sole charge is to look at every aspect of our operations and review our product all the way to the molecular level to ensure we are stretching to achieve a truly green company,” said President Thomas Trissl.