Tarkett Makes Changes To Lower VOCs

Chagrin Falls, OH, Feb. 2, 2012 -- To further improve the way Tarkett products affect indoor quality, the company said it is making several product advancements to have all products in North America under 10 micrograms per cubic meter for total volatile organic compounds.

The company said it has already begun to significantly reduce product emissions and several of its products – Johnsonite’s homogeneous sheet and tile flooring, SVT, VET, and VCT – are already at less than 10 micrograms per cubic meter.

Johnsonite’s heterogeneous and linoleum flooring, as well as vinyl and rubber wall base products, now have a TVOC emission of 100 micrograms per cubic meter or less. The goal is to bring these products to less than 10 micrograms per cubic meter by 2015.

Tarkett said it has changed both the chemistry of its products and the methods of production to ensure adherence to the strictest indoor air quality measurement standards.