Mohawk Now Offering Residential Carpet Tile

Dalton, GA, June 18, 2008--For the first time, Mohawk is offering carpet tile to Mohawk residential dealers.

Modular by Mohawk is part of the Aladdin Home and Office Collection.

The line features four styles and design options. The company sees residential tile as a growth area.

“Light commercial is still a strong market segment, and this lets dealers pursue business they couldn’t before, with a stylish, competitive tile product,” said Phil Stoner, Mohawk market development director.

“Not only can dealers build tile business now, but the availability of tile opens discussions for other types of commercial business.”

The tile line contains Mohawk's Encycle backing, which is produced in an ISO_14001-certified and Clean Air Class 1 facility. Encycle is the first and only non-PVC carpet tile that can be completely recycled back into itself in a single process, which Mohawk calls "thermal re-activation."

Encycle carpet that has reached the end of its useful life is melted down and made into new Encycle backing without ever separating the face fiber from the backing layers. Avoiding the separation process altogether reduces energy use and saves resources in the recycling process. The reclamation and recycling of Encycle tiles is all handled by Mohawk’s ReCover program.

Encycle is a 100% non-PVC thermoplastic modular backing technology. It uses a minimum of 28 percent less virgin raw materials than its previous generation PVC modular carpet tiles.