SCS & RFCI Announces New Requirement for Assure Certification

Emeryville, CA, January 26, 2026-SCS Global Services (SCS) and the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) announce the inclusion of a new testing requirement for Assure Certified certification under the updated SCS-111 version 2.0 Certification Standard for Rigid Core Resilient Flooring. 

The newly added requirement is testing to ASTM F3781 – Standard Test Method for Measurement of the Fracture Resistance of a Modular Resilient Flooring’s Profiled Edge(s) to an Applied Vertical Force. Testing must be completed by an independent laboratory.

This additional performance criteria, based on an objective test method, provides customers with an added level of confidence in product performance.  It further strengthens an already strong and meaningful multi-attribute certification for Rigid Core Resilient flooring that also includes evaluating indoor air quality, rigorous performance testing for composition, size tolerance, product thickness, wear-layer thickness, as well as testing for heavy metals and ortho-phthalates content.  

To download a copy of the standard, visit the SCS Standards website: Certification Standard for Rigid Core Vinyl Flooring | SCS Standards.