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Armstrong Brings Value to Commercial Flooring Installation & Maintenance

Armstrong Commercial Flooring now offers improved installation through unique seaming technologies, product backing options and lower maintenance costs with new ultra-violet (UV) cured urethane coating.  

Faster, Lower Cost Installations

Armstrong’s patent-pending S-761 seam adhesive, a new, patent-pending seaming system for commercial sheet vinyl and linoleum products, provides simpler, faster, and less expense seaming options.

“With S-761 Seam Adhesive from Armstrong Commercial Flooring, installing vinyl sheet
flooring is quicker and easier – bringing value to the installation process for both the building owner and
the contractor,” explains Dominic Rice, vice president, Product Management - Commercial. “Installing a
floor with S-761 Seam Adhesive saves time and money over traditional heat welding, because an installer
can go from almost 11 hours of seam installation time with heat welding to just minutes with S-761.”

• Other benefits include:
  
• Heat welding can cost $3 to $5 per lineal foot while patent-pending S-761 Seam Adhesive
• costs pennies per seam.
• No complex installation necessary.
• No extra equipment is needed. (Heat weld tools can cost anywhere from $1,500 to $2,000.)

Armstrong has put the patent-pending S-761 Seam Adhesive through rigorous testing to ensure
that the adhesive provides optimal performance and durability. Armstrong commercial vinyl sheet seams
sealed with S-761 Seam Adhesive have been exposed to a number of punishing, high-traffic, commercial
simulations including seam strength, caster wheels, stiletto heels and seam rolling.

• S-761 Seam Adhesive Product Recommendations
  
• Living Colors of Linoleum Collection
• MEDINTECH homogeneous & MEDINTECH Tandem inlaid vinyl sheet
• ROYAL homogeneous vinyl sheet
• POSSIBILITIES Petit Point inlaid vinyl sheet

 

Better Installations from the Bottom Up

Armstrong has introduced a fiberglass backing on several resilient sheet products to provide
increased flexibility for easier handling. The products also are more dimensionally stable to minimize
curling. Like felt backings, the new fiberglass backing is ideal for installation over concrete slabs.

 

• New Fiberglass Backings
  
• POSSIBILITIES Petit Point inlaid vinyl sheet

 

More Low Maintenance Options

Commercial floors by their very nature are subject to the toughest demands in any building.
Keeping them good-looking is part built-in durability and part maintenance. Armstrong is now
manufacturing its most popular resilient floor products with a UV- (ultra-violet) cured urethane coating
for floors that look as good over time as they do the day they’re installed. Polyurethane finishes create
low maintenance options, including cost-effective, no-polish methods. The UV-cured coating is available
on multiple Armstrong product lines. Since the new urethane UV-cured coating lessens the need for
routine maintenance, it saves money and cannot be easily stripped. Plus, it is tougher, harder and
therefore longer lasting.

• UV-Cured Urethane Products
  
• NATURAL OPTIONS luxury vinyl tile
• NATURAL CREATIONS luxury vinyl tile
• MEDINTECH homogeneous & MEDINTECH Tandem inlaid vinyl sheet
• ROYAL homogeneous vinyl sheet
• POSSIBILITIES Petit Point inlaid vinyl sheet
• TRANSLATIONS heterogeneous vinyl sheet
• PERSPECTIVES heterogeneous vinyl sheet & tile
• TIMBERLINE heterogeneous vinyl sheet
• COMMISSION Plus light commercial sheet

 

For more information and tips, visit www.armstrong.com or call 1-800-527-5903.

 

About Armstrong

Armstrong Holdings, Inc. is the parent company of Armstrong World Industries, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of floors, ceilings and cabinets. In 2004, Armstrong's net sales totaled more than $3 billion. Based in Lancaster, PA, Armstrong operates 41 plants in 12 countries and has approximately 14,900 employees worldwide.  Armstrong Floor Products and its powerhouse family of brands – Armstrong, Bruce® Hardwood Floors, Armstrong™ Hardwood Flooring by Hartco® 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.

                                

Contact: Michele Zelman Cherry Leaf Communications mjzelman@cherryleaf.net phone: (718) 859-6766

Contact: Carlene Moloney General Manager - Direct Consumer & Trade Marketing cfmoloney@armstrong.com phone: 717-396-5579 fax:  717-396-5029

All trademarks owned by AWI Licensing Company or Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company.  FloorScore is a trademark of The Resilient Floor Covering Institute.