Mannington First To Meet NSF Resilient Standard

Ann Arbor, MI, June 15, 2010--NSF International said that Mannington Commercial is the first company certified to NSF’s new American National Sustainability Assessment Standard for resilient floor covering.

Certification against this standard provides a means to evaluate the environmental performance and sustainability attributes of a range of floor products.

The new standard, NSF/ANSI 332 Sustainability Assessment Standard for Resilient Floor Coverings (NSF/ANSI 332), was developed to help the floor covering industry recognize and promote sustainable manufacturing practices.

Mannington Commercial has met the environmental and sustainability criteria and provides proven assurance to the public regarding these products.

NSF/ANSI 332 establishes a point-based system in which manufacturers achieve one of four levels of certification: Conformant, Silver, Gold and Platinum.  Mannington’s Inlaid and Premium Tile products have earned Gold level certification.

Six key criteria are used to determine when a product meets the NSF standard:

   1. Product design
   2. Product manufacturing
   3. Long-term value
   4. End-of-life management
   5. Corporate governance
   6. Innovation

Mannington’s Premium Tile products are the only 25% post-consumer vinyl composition tile (VCT) in the industry. VCT and drywall are recycled from demolition and renovation projects to keep waste out of landfills.

Mannington’s Inlaid and Premium Tile products are used in commercial healthcare, education and retail flooring.

“These products are the first certified to the new standard, and we are already working on others,” said Dave Kitts, Mannington’s vice president of environment.

“One of the benefits of the NSF standard is that everything is measurable, documented and proven.”

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