Universal Fibers Wins Green Design Award

Bristol, VA, June 4, 2009--Universal Fibers is a winner of the New York House magazine Innovative Green Design Award in the Flooring/Floor Coverings Category for its ReFresh fibers.

Winners represent the greenest materials, most sustainable methods of manufacturing, highest energy efficiency, greenest innovation, minimal carbon footprint and best-looking design in each category.

The fiber is made from a multi-step process that takes post-consumer carpet and turns it back into usable nylon 6,6 fiber. Universal Fibers said it is the first in the industry to produce post-consumer nylon 6,6 fiber.

The complete list of winners will appear in the June issue of New York House magazine. An excerpt from the issue says: "Universal Fibers has made reuse and recycling an art form in its innovative ReFresh Fiber carpet fiber, the winner in the flooring/floor coverings category. Universal diverts literally tons of post-consumer Nylon 6,6 carpet from landfills, separates the face fiber and conducts multi-step cleaning processes, making the fluff suitable for making more than 70 designer shades of carpet yarn. No toxic or heavy metals are involved; no effluent streams are created from traditional dyeing; all polymeric manufacturing waste is recovered and reused. This domestically-made product reduces oil consumption, clearly saves energy, and won over the panel of judges for its solving of a real environmental problem."