Wicanders Cork Flooring Gets Greenguard Approval

Hanover, MD, Nov. 14, 2008---The Greenguard Environmental Institute (GEI) has recently certified five product lines of Wicanders Cork Oak Floors.

"We are pleased to welcome Amorim Revestimentos, as a participating manufacturer in the Greenguard Certification Program,” said Marilyn Black, founder of GEI.  “With the Wicanders Cork Oak Floor product achieving this certification, Amorim Revestimentos continues to show its commitment to good indoor air quality.”

The cork industry takes a natural raw material, extracted cyclically from trees without ever harming them, and turns it into high value-added products. The CO2 retention capabilities of Portugal’s cork forests are estimated to be as high as 5%, or 4.8 million tons, of the country’s annual emissions per year.