The North American Laminate Flooring Association
(NALFA) is pleased to announce that Wilsonart Flooring Commercial
Flooring and Red Label laminate products along with Fausfloor
Cosmopolitan Collection laminate flooring have earned the NALFA
Certification Seal.
“It is great to see the constant support from top manufacturers in
the laminate industry,” said E. C. “Bill” Dearing, president of
NALFA. “By continually submitting product lines for the rigorous
testing conducted by NALFA, Wilsonart Flooring and Fausfloor are not
only showing their support for industry standards, they are also
showcasing the quality of their brands. We applaud Wilsonart
Flooring and Fausfloor for their efforts to seek NALFA Certification
on their products.”
Laminate flooring products that successfully pass product testing
are outfitted with the NALFA Certification Seal. Builders and
homeowners can identify the seal and rest assured the laminate
product they are choosing meets and/or exceeds the highest level of
industry standards set forth by NALFA.
Other products certified in 2007 include: all Mohawk’s Unilin-manufactured
products, Shaw’s Versalock Handscraped Beveled Edge
Laminate-flooring line and Uniboard’s Activlife, Allegria, Lock‘N
Seal, Smartlife and the 7.8mm and 10mm options in the Multilock and
Unibest lines.
NALFA certified laminate flooring includes product lines made by
Mannington, Mohawk, Pergo, Shaw, TORLYS, Uniboard and additional
Wilsonart Flooring and Fausfloor product lines – look for the NALFA
Certification Seal to verify certification of the product.
The NALFA Certification Seal can be located on the manufacturer’s
Web site, marketing materials or promotional materials as well as
the product packaging itself. By identifying the seal, builders and
homeowners will know they are selecting a product that is long
lasting, durable and capable of meeting the highest level of
standards within the laminate flooring industry.
In 2000, NALFA created the voluntary performance standards for the
laminate flooring producers in the North American Market, which were
then approved by the American National Standards Institute in 2001.
Performance requirements for NALFA products include but are not
limited to: static load, thickness swell, impact resistance, light
resistance, clean-ability, stain resistance, wear resistance,
dimensional tolerances and castor chair resistance. Products are
approved in three categories: commercial, light commercial and
residential.
Formed in 1997, the North American Laminate Flooring Association is
an organization of U.S. and Canadian manufacturers and importers of
laminate flooring products. NALFA's mission is to encourage the
establishment and maintenance of high standards in laminate flooring
in North America, to recognize those that meet these standards and
to recognize Associate Members who provide products and services to
the laminate flooring industry. For more information, visit
www.nalfa.com.
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