CRI Seal of Approval Program Adds Vacuums

Dalton, GA, Nov. 8. 2010 -- Six new vacuums and one solution pre-spray have passed the testing and been certified by the Carpet and Rug Institute's Seal of Approval.

In the Solutions category, a new participant, Industrial Paper Products, Inc., of Burlington, N.C., has earned SOA status for its Encaptivate LMC. This brings the total in the SOA Solutions category to exactly 300!

In Vacuums, there were several first-time participants. Pacific Floor Care of Muskegon, Mich., has joined the SOA program with its Aura commercial wide-area model approved at the Bronze Level. Also joining the SOA vacuum category at the Bronze Level is Zep, Inc., of Atlanta with its Zep model commercial wide-area vacuum. New Entrant Brady Industries of Las Vegas has earned Bronze Level approval for its Brady Wide Area Vacuum.

Among veteran SOA participants: earning approval for its fourth vacuum model is Triple S of Billerica, Maine, which earned Bronze-Level certification for its Triple S LAV 30. The Hoover Company of Glenwillow, Ohio adds its Hoover Ground Command at the Bronze level - the company's eighth successful SOA entrant. Earning approval for its sixth model is the Clarke Company with its Clarke Carpet Master 30, which was approved at the Bronze level.

With these additions, the Seal of Approval vacuums category grows to 233 approved models.