2009

InterfaceFLOR opens the Aware House, a customer center and office space that allows visitors to experience InterfaceFLOR products in an exciting new way. The exposed ceiling of the open, two-story warehouse provides an industrial feel that works well with the clean lines of the hand-crafted (and locally created) office furniture and the contemporary modern furniture in the general seating areas. Sizable vignettes showcasing InterfaceFLOR carpet tile run the length of the interior walls while geothermal HVAC technology heats and cools the space with the expectation of saving an average of 30-33% more energy than standard units the same size.

InterfaceFLOR is the first in our industry to receive an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for our Convert™ design platform styles made with post-consumer content type 6,6 nylon and our GlasBac®RE non-virgin PVC backing.

InterfaceFLOR named to the prestigious Companies That Care 2009 Honor Roll. Each of the recognized organizations sustain a work environment founded on dignity and respect for all employees, cultivate the full potential of all employees, and actively support the community. To view the complete list of Honor Roll recipients go to http://www.companies-that-care.org.

2008

InterfaceFLOR introduces the Convert™ design platform. Convert styles are designed and manufactured with a full spectrum of post-consumer content type 6 or 6,6 nylon fiber and non-virgin PVC backing resulting from ReEntry® 2.0. They currently feature 64-73% total recycled content, including 32-35% post-consumer

InterfaceFLOR receives the MAX Award for Marketing Excellence from the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University and the Atlanta Business Chronicle for its ReEntry 2.0 / Reprise™ Collection launch at Greenbuild 2007

InterfaceFLOR receives award for “Emerging Technologies in Materials, Processes and Applications” at the Society of Plastics Engineer’s annual Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC) 2008 Achievement Awards for its technology to separate and recycle type 6,6 nylon fiber through ReEntry 2.0

InterfaceFLOR receives “Most Innovative Use” Award from RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Journal for IntelligentFLOR Concept

InterfaceFLOR receives Peoples Award from United Way of West Georgia for having the most contributions from employees from a single company

2007

InterfaceFLOR is closing the technical loop with the introduction of ReEntry® 2.0. The ability to efficiently recycle post-consumer type 6,6 nylon, the most prevalent carpet fiber, has long posed a challenge toward reusing all carpet materials. Through a new patent-pending technology, we are able to recycle - or "reinyarnate" – reclaimed and separated type 6 and 6,6 nylon into new 6 and 6,6 nylon, and separated GlasBac® and similar competitor backings into new non-virgin PVC carpet tile backing using our Cool Blue™ technology. We've also identified streams of use for other reclaimed materials, and the entire process utilizes lower embodied energy than any other.

InterfaceFLOR Canada received a Platinum Award in the Business Category from the Recycling Council of Ontario for waste reduction on a provincial level.

InterfaceFLOR named 2007 Recycler of the Year by CARE (Carpet America Recovery Effort)

InterfaceFLOR received Keep Troup Beautiful Award for naturalized landscaping at RCA - Troup County Industry - Beautification category

2006

TacTiles™ - Next Generation Installation - is introduced, reducing the environmental impact of adhesives in carpet installation. The 3 X 3 inch squares join InterfaceFLOR modular carpet to itself creating a permanent installation without permanently attaching the carpet to the substrate.

After 12 years, Interface reinvigorates its sustainability journey with the mantra “Mission Zero,” a more simplistic and humanistic way to voice our commitment to “Doing well by doing good.” Our global drive to leave a zero environmental footprint by 2020 isn’t new – but the mission zero symbol is. It reminds us all that with every creative, manufacturing and product decision, we can offer beauty, performance, and integrity – leaving minimal-to-no environmental impact.

Interface Flooring Systems, LLC, becomes InterfaceFLOR, LLC, to communicate in name what we have always been in practice – the worldwide pioneer in modular flooring. More than 30 years ago, InterfaceFLOR introduced FLOR tile to North America. With this name change, we embrace our heritage and celebrate what we do best – beautiful, high performance modular FLOR delivered with integrity and environmental responsibility.

Entropy® becomes standard with Blue Chip™ yarn and GlasBac^® RE run on Cool Blue™, increasing total recycled content to 62-74%.

Interface joins Medinge Group’s “Top brands with a conscience” list.

Interface climbs to #24 on the 2006 Business Ethics Top 100 Corporate Citizens list.

InterfaceFLOR wins Environmental Business Journal’s Technology Innovation Award for Cool Blue™.

InterfaceFLOR Canada wins the GLOBE Award for Corporate Competitiveness.

2005

InterfaceFLOR Canada ranked #8 on the Best 50 Corporate Citizens List compiled by Corporate Knights.

InterfaceFLOR introduces Cool Blue^TM, a backing line that detaches our manufacturing process from the oil well for GlasBac^® RE raw materials and gives us the flexibility to search for new renewable and reusable raw materials.

Interface is first in the commercial interiors industry listed in GlobeScan's Survey of Sustainable Experts for commitment to sustainability.

Interface is first in the carpet industry to be listed in Business Ethics Top 100 Corporate Citizens List.

Landfill Gas Energy Project completed. InterfaceFLOR partners with the City of LaGrange, Ga., to convert methane gas from the local landfill into a green energy source.

2004

InterfaceFLOR Canada receives the environmental choice ecologo certification for InterfaceFLOR carpet manufactured in Canada.

InterfaceFLOR and FLOR consumer Atlanta Showroom is the first, and as yet only, project to receive USGBC LEED®-CI Platinum building rating.

Introduces Vertical Circles^TM Collection comprised of InterfaceFLOR's hybrid yarn system, a blend of nylon 6,6 and bio-based fibers made from PolyLactic Acid (PLA), a derivative of corn.

Aluminosilicate Glass (ASG) replaces virgin calcium carbonate (limestone), increasing the recycled content of InterfaceFLOR's GlasBac^® backing.

2003

InterfaceFLOR becomes the first carpet company to receive EPP (Environmentally Preferable Product) certification for its products.

First company to introduce Climate Neutral product offering through the Cool Carpet^TM program.

Introduction of i2^TM product category, designed by David Oakey using "biomimicry" - the philosophy that the natural world can teach and guide us in designing man-made products and systems.

InterfaceFLOR launches the Market, an enhanced online product catalog and project management tool, and Inspired Online, an online carpet visualization tool.

2002

InterfaceFLOR is registered to ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System.

View certificate for InterfaceFLOR's current ISO 9001:2008 registration.

First Cool Fuel^TM program implemented. Interface purchases carbon dioxide emission offsets from a blended portfolio of social and environmental projects verified by the Climate Neutral Network to help "zero out" the carbon dioxide emission caused by company car travel.

2001

InterfaceFLOR is registered to ISO 14001:1996 Environmental Management System.

View InterfaceFLOR's Significant Aspects for ISO 14001:2004.

View certificate for InterfaceFLOR's current ISO 14001:2004 registration.

2000

Launch of Entropy®, the first carpet tile design based on biomimicry - the philosophy that the natural world can teach and guide us in designing man-made products and systems - and the first carpet tile product designed for non directional installation.

1999

InterfaceFLOR introduces GlasBac^® RE recycled content backing, offering the highest post-consumer recycled content in the industry.

InterfaceFLOR introduces the first online product catalog for carpet - TheSampleCenter.com; including search criteria, product specs, installation methods, product and installation photos, color coordinates and sample order capabilities.

1998

InterfaceFLOR Canada is registered to ISO 9002:1994 Quality Management System.

InterfaceFLOR introduces a carpet tile product made with 100% recycled nylon face fiber and a layer of 100% recycled vinyl material in the backing.

InterfaceFLOR introduces NexStep® polyurethane cushion backing, a patented backing system designed with a "zipper" that allows the face and backing layers to be separated during reclamation for easier recycling in future recycling facilities.

InterfaceFLOR introduces the Portable Creel System, resulting in yarn savings of one million dollars per year.

1997

InterfaceFLOR Canada is registered to ISO 14001:1996 Environmental Management System.

Trees for Travel program launched to help offset the carbon dioxide emissions associated with business air travel. Interface plants trees to offset the emissions from the total air miles traveled.

1994

InterfaceFLOR begins designing products utilizing a "Less is More" philosophy, and reduces average consumption of fiber by 10% per square yard in just 12 months.

InterfaceFLOR introduces the concept of "letting tile be tile" with modular carpet products designed to be installed quarter-turn or parquet method.

Ray Anderson experiences his "epiphany" after reading The Ecology of Commerce - delivers his first environmental speech; the beginning of Interface's journey to sustainability.

ReEntry®, one of the industry's most aggressive, responsible and successful carpet reclamation programs, is launched.

1989

InterfaceFLOR offers releasable adhesives containing Intersept® antimicrobial preservative, specifically designed for use with Interface modular carpet products.

1982

Carpets International becomes Interface Flooring Systems, Inc.

Compact Carpet of Canada is acquired and named Interface Flooring Systems Canada, Inc.

1978

InterfaceFLOR introduces its proprietary antimicrobial preservative, Intersept®.

1974

InterfaceFLOR introduces GlasBac^®, a patented structured backing system that has become the industry standard for high-performance modular backings.

1973

Carpets International founded by Ray Anderson and introduced free-lay carpet tile to America.

1955

Huega, now an InterfaceFLOR brand in Europe, invents the carpet tile.