CEO STATEMENT

Armstrong has a history of environmental stewardship.  Our flooring business began by using cork waste to manufacture linoleum flooring.  More recently we introduced the Armstrong Ceiling Recycling Program that has recycled over 45 million pounds of material that otherwise would have gone into landfills. 

Now we are broadening our environmental stewardship efforts in four areas – energy, greenhouse gases, water and forest management.  These are the areas in which our company has a significant impact.  
We are the largest wood flooring company in the world.  Our ceiling operations are water-intensive and use a significant amount of energy.  We are measuring our impact on the environment in the four focus areas.  2007 will become our baseline year for measuring progress towards meeting our improvement goals.



Mike Lockhart, CEO & Chairman