Industry Companies Commit to Pilot Certification Program

The Multilayer Flooring Association (MFA) and SCS Global Services announced that Metroflor, Novalis, US Floors, and Karndean Designflooring have committed to the pilot certification for new resilient flooring products with rigid polymer cores in a multilayer format. The standard not only focuses on performance and sustainability, but will also protect flooring consumers and reassure them that the certified product is a high-performing and quality one, free of heavy metals and ortho-phthalates, and meeting indoor air quality standards. The motivation for developing the certification resulted from the increasing flood of self-defined multilayer flooring products entering the U.S. marketplace.

“We are moving with a sense of urgency because there is such a strong need for this certification,” said Harlan Stone, MFA president. “Having completed the standard in one year, we are now in the pilot phase to get real world experience applying the standard and feedback from the pilot companies.”