2.2.08 | Lancaster, PA | Armstrong Commercial Floors introduced several new collections of Commercial Hardwood Flooring including Premier Performance Hardwood, Armstrong Locking Hardwood, Heritage Classics Collection, Century Farm, Metro Classics, Beckford Plank Collection, and Valenza Exotics Engineered Hardwood. Armstrong’'s engineered floors, made of 100% hardwood, are high performance products.  They are made by bonding several wood layers together, with the feature species on the surface. Engineered wood flooring can be used virtually anywhere, even over concrete or below grade. www.armstrong.com/flooring

1.23.08 | New York, NY | TioxoClean Inc., announced that its TioxoFresh coatings for fabrics and its self-cleaning TioxoClean surface treatments for walls and other rigid surfaces were certified SCS Indoor AdvantageGold, becoming the first water-based, photocatalytic, air purifying surface treatment in the world to receive certification. TioxoFresh, for use on fabrics and textiles, is 99.5% water and 0.5% mineral  and contains no enzymes, solvents or perfumes. TioxoClean forms a mineral film that uses light to actively protect nearly all materials from buildup or any organic matter.  It creates a self-cleaning and odor-eliminating surface for reduced maintenance.

1.15.08 | New York, NY | –Material ConneXion added Cradle to Cradle(SM) Assessed and Certified materials to each of its four material libraries around the world. The addition of Cradle to Cradle materials to Material ConneXion’s libraries both on-site and online —provides greater global access to Cradle to Cradle materials, information and design. Material ConneXion independently juries 40 materials into its library monthly. From now on, Cradle to Cradle Certified materials will be automatically accepted into the library. www.materialconnexion.com