Armstrong World Industries Partners with Tropical Forest Foundation
March 22, 2007
LANCASTER, PA -- Armstrong World Industries, Inc., (NYSE: AWI) the world’s largest hardwood flooring company, is partnering
with the Tropical Forest Foundation (TFF) to promote responsible forest management practices.
“At Armstrong, we are committed to protecting forests and to promoting responsible forest management practices,” said Frank
Ready, president and CEO -- Armstrong North American Floor Products.
Armstrong requires its wood suppliers to adhere to all applicable laws and regulations, including those covering raw materials
and labor. Less than five percent of the Company’s wood purchases come from tropical forests. In those instances, Armstrong
requires suppliers to produce documentation verifying their adherence to national and international rules and regulations
governing specific tropical wood species.
“By working with the Tropical Forest Foundation, we will further ensure, through third-party verification, that Armstrong
wood flooring products meet the highest standards of sustainable forest management,” Ready said.
Armstrong will work with TFF, a nonprofit educational organization, to further strengthen its wood purchasing policy by having
TFF manage independent third-party verification that the Company’s wood products suppliers obtain lumber legally. In addition,
Armstrong and TFF will work together to identify ways that the tropical timber companies with which Armstrong’s suppliers
do business can use Reduced Impact Logging, an internationally recognized system to minimize the ecological impact of logging
and ensure healthy forests. “As a TFF patron, Armstrong is an integral part of an important international leadership effort
to preserve and protect precious ecological systems, benefit the environment and promote the responsible use natural resources,”
says O. Keister Evans, executive director of the Tropical Forest Foundation.
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Contacts
Carlene Moloney at Armstrong, (717) 396-5579, cfmoloney@armstrong.com
Michele Zelman at Cherry Leaf Communications, (718) 859-6766, mjzelman@cherryleaf.net
About the Tropical Forest Foundation
The Tropical Forest Foundation is a non-profit, educational institution dedicated to the conservation of tropical forests
through sustainable forestry. TFF has become widely recognized for establishing demonstration models and training schools
to show the advantages and teach the principles of sustainable forest management/Reduced-Impact Logging. The Foundation's
Board of Directors includes representatives from industry, government, science, academia, and conservation. Each member has
an interest in seeing tropical forests renewed and sustained. More information about the
Tropical Forest Foundation is available on the Internet at www.tropicalforestfoundation.org.
About Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of floors, ceilings and cabinets. Based
in Lancaster, Pa., Armstrong operates 42 plants in 12 countries and has approximately 14,000 employees worldwide. 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 lowemitting
building materials. More information about Armstrong is available on the Internet at www.armstrong.com.
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