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ARMSTRONG’S MIGRATIONS BIOBASED TILE HONORED WITH TWO 2008 SYMPOSIUM DISTINCTION AWARDS

MIGRATIONS™ BioBased Tile™ by Armstrong Commercial Floors took top honors in the 2008 Symposium Distinction Awards sponsored by FacilityCare Magazine, winning both Architect's Choice and Best in Show.

The awards were presented during the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo held in Chicago from September 9-11, 2008, with a total attendance of 2,274 and an exhibit floor that offered the largest selection of exhibitors in the show’s history with 230 different companies on display.

The highly esteemed competition honored design teams and individuals who have made a profound contribution to the healthcare design industry and also recognized the best and most innovative new products exhibited at the Symposium.

“We are delighted with this prestigious honor. It’s reflective of the opinions of the members of the healthcare industry who chose Armstrong for its commitment to value, durability and design,” says Gwen Bogle, marketing manager, Healthcare, who accepted the awards on behalf of Armstrong.

Armstrong MIGRATIONS™ BioBased Tile is made from limestone and a binder that uses Armstrong’s proprietary polymer BioStride™, made from domestically grown corn, a rapidly renewable resource. Developed at Armstrong’s Technology and Innovation Center in Lancaster, PA, the BioStride polymer replaces petroleum polymers, made from limited natural resources with polymers made from rapidly renewable ingredients. Armstrong BioBased Tile also uses 10 percent pre-consumer recycled material, diverting waste that would otherwise go to landfills. In addition to its environmental attributes, MIGRATIONS BioBased Tile features enhanced performance traits. In tests comparing it to standard composition tile, MIGRATIONS tile demonstrates five times more impact resistance and two-and-a-half times more crack resistance.

Like all Armstrong resilient floor products, MIGRATIONS BioBased Tile is FloorScore™ certified to meet or exceed the nation’s most stringent indoor air quality requirements for low emissions of volatile organic compounds. It also contributes to the U.S. Green Building Council’s credits for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED.

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About Armstrong

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of floors, ceilings and cabinets. In 2007, Armstrong’s consolidated net sales totaled approximately $3.5 billion. Based in Lancaster, Pa., Armstrong operates 40 plants in 10 countries and has approximately 12,700 employees worldwide. For more information, visit www.armstrong.com.

Armstrong Floor Products and its powerhouse family of brands – Armstrong, Bruce® Hardwood Floors, Armstrong™ Hardwood Flooring and Robbins® Fine Hardwood Flooring – offer the most extensive portfolio of flooring products available, including branded vinyl, laminate, Genuine Linoleum™, hardwoods and ceramics for residential and commercial applications. Armstrong resilient products are recognized for contributing to indoor air quality through FloorScore™, a new voluntary certification program administered by the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) that identifies flooring products that meet stringent air quality requirements for low-emitting building materials. More information about Armstrong is available on the Internet at www.armstrong.com.

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Contact: Michele Zelman Public Relations Consultant for Armstrong Flooring Products Cherry Leaf Communications mjzelman@armstrong.com phone: 717 396-4664 fax: 718 859-9200