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At Mannington, all we make is flooring – and we’ve been doing it since 1915, so we have a pretty good perspective on it, too. 

RESILIENT flooring is also known as ‘sheet vinyl’and has been around for decades.  But it’s certainly not your grandmother’s floor!  Today’s technology allows for extremely realistic replication of natural looks and textures like stone, slate, and wood.  It’s easy to clean and maintain, budget-friendly, and only Mannington resilient contains recycled content, too. 

LAMINATE flooring is best known for its durability.  It’s practically indestructible, and is a snap to keep clean.  And as for style, it also uses advanced technology to achieve realistic wood and tile looks and textures that install by just ‘clicking’ together. The wood looks are even more realistic now that they come in single planks, with texturing and beveled edges – just like real wood.

HARDWOOD flooring offers natural beauty and warmth.  It comes in a variety of domestic and exotic species, as well as a variety of widths and thicknesses.  And Mannington manufactures only engineered hardwood floors, which offer greater dimensional stability than regular wood floors, so they can be installed on, above, or below grade.

Mannington Mills was founded, and is still headquartered, in Salem, New Jersey.  In business since 1915 and family-owned for four generations, Mannington and its associates still operate under the same mission and values set forth by its founders:  To be the best people to do business with in the flooring industry. 

In 1915 John Boston Campbell and his sons Neil and Kenneth started a little floor covering company in Salem, New Jersey and operated under the values of hard work, honest dealing, faith, family and community.

Over the years they built a solid reputation for being good people to do business with.  So from a small vinyl flooring manufacturer, the company grew, expanded, and innovated into a multi-national corporation, producing and marketing hardwood, laminate, porcelain tile and commercial carpet floor coverings, in addition to vinyl. 

But it wasn’t always easy.  Mannington survived two catastrophic fires in Salem, NJ; a blizzard-related roof collapse at the Mannington Commercial headquarters in Calhoun, GA; two World Wars, the Great Depression, and several other major economic downturns. 

In all the years since its founding, the values of hard work, honest dealing, faith, family, and community that motivated John Boston Campbell still drive daily life at Mannington, as the company enters the 21st Century still under the Campbell family’s ownership.

In 2008, Mannington acquired Burke Industries ( www.burkeindustries.com ), a manufacturer of high-quality resilient products including rubber flooring tiles, wall base, treads, and accessories.  This acquisition expands and enhances Mannington’s presence in the commercial flooring marketplace. 

Today, Mannington continues successfully to produce high quality flooring products that have received numerous awards for their outstanding style and design. Mannington has also won awards as best flooring manufacturer for many years, and the two business units of Mannington - commercial and residential - work together as "One Mannington" to produce top quality flooring products at four plant locations in Alabama, Georgia, New Jersey, and North Carolina; and at Burke Industries facilities in Eustis, Fla., and San Jose, Calif.

Third party certifications, recognitions for environmental leadership and contribution to green building credits matter to us, as a manufacturer, because they confirm that our investment in making better products, with better processes, is working.   But they matter to you, too.

First, because they offer reassurance from independent testing facilities that our claims are true. We welcome these highly regarded associations and government bodies into our facilities – in the name of truth and transparency. They look closely at our products, programs and practices. And when they certify a Mannington product or reward a program for environmental leadership, it confirms that our environmental commitments line up with what you expect from us.

The second is because it can benefit your projects, both commercial and residential. Thanks to rating systems like the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED rating systems, you can be recognized for your actions, your environmental leadership and the responsible design and construction of your project.

We are proud to have a products and programs that contribute to environmental rating systems, have been recognized for environmental innovation and leadership, and are third-party certified.

ISO 14001 and 9001 Certified

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) develops various standards that are recognized worldwide.  Mannington has a variety of operations certified to two of these standards. ISO 14001 is an environmental standard that provides a system for continual improvement in environmental performance.  ISO 9001 is a quality standard that provides a system to continually improve quality to enhance customer satisfaction.  Click here to read more about Mannington's ISO certification.

Society of Plastics Engineers – Environmental Stewardship Award – 2010
The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) at its Global Plastics Recycling Conference recognized Mannington’s environmental leadership & excellence for VCT n2 VCT efforts.  In an industry first, massive quantities of VCT are being reclaimed and recycled back into product.

GA DNR – Partnership for a Sustainable Georgia, 2008
The Georgia DNR acknowledged Mannington's environmental work through their Partnership for a Sustainable Georgia Program as a Gold Level Partner accentuating accomplishments to operate more efficiently and, at the same time, help protect Georgia's precious natural resources.

NJDEP Environmental Stewardship, 2008
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection recognized Mannington for its exemplary efforts focusing on environmental responsibility. The Environmental Stewardship Program, developed by the NJDEP, publicly acknowledges the efforts of a few specific companies in the state whose practices routinely exceed requirements and regulations. Mannington was one of three New Jersey companies praised for their achievements at a ceremony hosted by DEP Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson.

NJBIA Environmental Quality Award, 2005
The New Jersey Business & Industry Association again recognized Mannington with its 2005 Award for Excellence in the environmental quality category due to our continual environmental improvement and success in accomplishing significant pollution prevention projects.

CCNJ Chairman's Award 2005
The Chemistry Council of New Jersey again recognized Mannington's outstanding level of safety, health, environmental performance based on our continual improvement in these critical areas.

MVP2 Award, 2004
The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable 8th Annual Most Valuable Pollution Prevention Award, for decreasing volatile organic compound and hazardous air pollutant emissions through our conversion to water-based ultra-low VOC inks.

NJDEP Environmental Excellence Award: Clean Air Category, 2004
Received from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology (NJCAT), and the NJ League of Municipalities for a number of clean air initiatives at our Salem printing operations including switching from solvent-based to ultra-low VOC/water-based inks.

NJDEP Environmental Protection Award, 2003
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Award for Source Waste Reduction and Resource Management, for our consistent, significant reductions in a variety of waste streams, and our innovative recycling successes.

CCNJ Chairman's Award, 1998
The Chemistry Council of New Jersey 1998 Chairman's Award of Distinction for outstanding environmental programming and the diligence required to achieve success in our programs. Mannington was CCNJ's first non-chemical manufacture to be recognized in this way.

SCUA Environmental Management Award, 1997
Environmental Management Award from the Salem County Utilities Authority, the SCUA's first-ever award for environmental management, recognized 3 years of drastic reduction in solid waste requiring off-site disposal at the county landfill.

NJBIA Excellence in Environmental Quality Award, 1997
The New Jersey Business & Industry Association's 1997 Award for Excellence in the Environmental Quality category for our outstanding work to preserve and enhance the quality of the natural environment in the state.

ANJR/NJRF/NJDEP Large Business Award, 1997
Large Business Award from the Association of New Jersey Recyclers in cooperation with the New Jersey Recycling Forum and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in 1997 for implementing an innovative recycling program that achieves a high recycling rate for materials and for reducing our solid waste through recycling.

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At Mannington, we believe that how we manufacture is equally important to what we manufacture.

Conservation has many faces at our company. It begins with the wise use of energy, water and the habitat surrounding our manufacturing facilities. And conservation continues with smarter use and reuse of materials, helping us toward becoming a Net User of Waste.

Energy, Water & Habitat
Read about our industry-leading use of solar energy and cogeneration to power manufacturing, our water reduction and cultivation of bird habitats, and landscaping to benefit the land around our facilities.

The industry’s largest solar array
We have installed more than 2 acres of solar arrays on the roof of our New Jersey warehouse, and were pleased to learn that this is the largest solar array in the flooring industry – more than seven times over. More than 700 megawatt hours of clean energy are generated by these solar panels, helping power our Salem site...we didn’t expand in 2009 as hoped for, but we will in 2010.  Click here to see how much clean energy Mannington Mills is generating.

Cogeneration
We have also invested in a high efficiency cogeneration system for our Salem site, using state of the art natural gas-fired engines to generate electricity for the plants and offices. Using this and other processes such as rerouting heat generated by compressing air into ductworks helps keep the power and heat on, while lowering our energy consumption.   

Biodiesel and rail shipping – reducing the use of fossil fuels
We use B5, 5% soybean biodiesel, in our fleets because it burns cleaner and helps reduce dependence on foreign oil. We also added a spur to a rail line near our New Jersey plant, to reduce the environmental impact of shipping heavy limestone for use in our VCT, resulting in an annual fuel savings of several hundred thousand gallons.

Water use reduction
Water is a key component in manufacturing every product in our portfolio. We know that it is a precious natural resource, and so we have worked to reduce its use in our processes. In 2008 alone, our Calhoun, GA, carpet manufacturing facilities reduced water consumption by 30% versus previous years.

Some actions are as simple as converting mowed lawns at our facilities to natural landscaping. Creating wildlife habitats with wildflowers and native grasses reduces water use and eliminates the need for chemical fertilizers as well as the wasted energy and pollution created by mowing. The results are both smart and beautiful. 

“The Purple Martin Project”: Cultivating bird migration for pest control
How are the habitat and housing of birds directly related to product manufacturing?

Our headquarters in southern New Jersey is located in one of the region’s largest tidal wetlands. As a result, there are insects, some of which are attracted to our product components and become easily trapped in the wet ‘wearlayer’ of the product, possibly resulting in product defects.

In the mid-1980’s, a few associates were convinced that there was a more natural option than pesticides. Thus, we installed houses for Purple Martins, birds that migrate from Brazil to the United States for the summer months – and that eat massive amounts of insects.

This “Purple Martin Project” has proven to be the most environmentally friendly and cost effective way to deal with the insects. Today, Purple Martins east of the Rockies are entirely dependent upon man-made houses – which on our property are found adjacent to the manufacturing buildings. With the help of our birds, and the continuing use of screens and bug-proof entries, our insect problem is now more manageable.  Creating natural landscape buffers to stop erosion and runoff
A few years ago, the wetlands adjoining our New Jersey location lacked a transitional area between land and water, also called a ‘riparian buffer,’ In nature, these overgrown areas next to a stream or estuary stop erosion and sediment runoff, provide cover, and offer needed food and shade to fish and animals.

Along with the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, the US Fish & Wildlife Service, and local schools we planted more than two hundred native shrubs and trees alongside Mannington facilities. More recently, Mannington volunteers, together with the NJ Audubon Society, planted over 400 trees along Mannington’s property as Phase II of the riparian buffer project, and there’s more to come this fall!

A Commitment to be a Net User of Waste
We are committed to being a Net User of Waste, taking in more waste than we output for disposal. This is not a magic formula, it’s an absolute commitment to make great products, while using more waste than we dispose. To reach this goal, we claim waste from other manufacturers and landfill diversion initiatives. We then increase the amount of recycled materials in our products – particularly post-consumer waste – by investing in new technology, developing product designs that can incorporate recycled content and building infrastructure to capture and recycle post-consumer waste.

We also decrease the amount of waste that we produce, continually improving our product formulations and practices to produce flooring as cleanly and efficiently as possible.

Drywall to Flooring
When we learned about the massive amounts of drywall choking landfills, we redesigned our Premium Tile to incorporate pulverized gypsum which is claimed from regional construction sites. We are the only flooring manufacturer incorporating drywall into flooring.

Sample return is simple reuse
A simple action can add up to big impact. We offer a postage-paid return label for every commercial product sample that we ship. So when you are finished with your project, rather than throwing it into the dumpster, drop that sample in the mail. We will send it on to the next user; and at the end of its useful life, we donate samples to local charities, churches, schools and civic groups.

Dematerialization of packaging
We reuse twelve foot cardboard core tubes from our New Jersey facilities for our operation in Georgia where they are cut in half and used as shipping cores for carpet, then eventually recycled. And when shipping tiles and other product, we have reduced packaging to ship our carpet and hard surface products through using shrinkwrap – using 90% less materials by weight.

CARE: the Carpet America Recovery
As commercial carpet manufacturers, we are long-time members of the Carpet America Recovery Effort, a joint industry and government effort working to reduce carpet going to landfills through better collection infrastructure and serving as a resource for technical, economic and market development opportunities for recovered carpet.

What we make matters.
Where others say, “It can’t be done,” we invest in innovative product design and manufacturing processes that keep waste out of landfills, improve closed loop recycling and reduce environmental impact. Enabling you to stand on a better world and find choices that work for your residential and commercial projects.

VCT Reclaimation
Mannington’s innovative environmental initiative to reclaim and recycle post-consumer vinyl composition tile (VCT). Partnering with a regionally based reclamation company, Mannington is reclaiming post-consumer tile recovered during the renovation of major regional facilities that are large end-users of VCT. As part of Mannington’s LOOP program, the construction waste is delivered to Mannington’s manufacturing facilities in Salem, New Jersey, where we recycle the tile and incorporate it as post-consumer content into new premium tile. During the first year, more than 19 million pounds of VCT will be recycled.

Drywall to Flooring
When we learned about the massive amounts of drywall choking landfills, we redesigned our Premium Tile products to incorporate pulverized gypsum which is claimed from regional construction sites.

LOOP™ - what’s old is new again
Billions of pounds of used flooring finds its way to landfills each year. To help, we launched LOOP™, which recycles old flooring into new. We take used flooring (Carpet Tile, VCT…) and recycle hundreds of tons of it each year into brand new flooring products that contain post-consumer recycled content, such as Relay™RE, Infinity®RE , and VCT.

Residential Resilient with Recycled Content
We are the first – and only – manufacturer in our industry to offer residential (felt-backed) sheet vinyl with recycled content. And not just in one or two select products, but in our ENTIRE line. Manufactured using an innovative process that, in part, uses leftover magazines for its recycled content, the product will prevent more than 4 million pounds of waste to landfill per year.

Vinyl alternative carpet backing that does more than promise – it performs
rEvolve, our closed loop recyclable thermoplastic olefin modular carpet backing, contains over 40% recycled content including a minimum of 10% post-consumer. Designed to be fully recyclable without the enormous expense of energy required for other carpet backings, rEvolve also meets rigorous Mannington performance standards, which we ensured through extensive testing prior to launch.

Premium rubber flooring
Our premium rubber performs beautifully as floor tiles, wall base, stair treads and finishing accessories. Launched in 2009, we are already pursuing ways to incorporate recycled materials into this product line, as part of our goal to include significant recycled content in every Mannington Commercial product.

Engineered Hardwood – a more efficient use of resources
Our beautiful hardwood floors use less natural resources (and are more durable) than solid wood floors, because instead of cutting planks out of each log, we peel them into sheets, which are bonded together in cross-grained layers, making it less susceptible to warping, cupping, buckling, and other problems. Our wood floors are engineered to use half as many trees as solid wood floors, with more renewable species used for inner piles.

New, improved inks
Our chemists developed new ultra-low VOC inks that reduce energy and eliminate the use of solvents, yet outperform other inks. Other water-based inks can contain volatile organic compounds, so we knew there had to be a better way.

Dematerialized construction flooring
We have developed products with lower face weights, dematerializing the product and reducing shipping weight, while still performing to our standards. The tighter loop delivers the same amount of cushioning, noise-reduction and durability while allowing for easier maintenance.

Rapidly renewable bamboo
Few plants grow as fast as bamboo. This grass is ready to harvest in about five years, and needs little fertilization or pest control. Add in strength and durability, and Mannington Bamboo is a natural hard-surface flooring choice. The planks are similar to those of hardwood, and the bamboo comes in a vertical or horizontal pattern, and in dark and light color choices.

70% recycled content laminate
Laminate is a popular choice because of its great performance on the floor, but it also has superior environmental attributes. The core of laminate flooring is high-density fiberboard made from sawdust, wood shavings and other wood waste from saw mills and log processors – which is recycled and compressed into the dense fiber board core. Mannington’s finished laminate product is generally over 70% recycled content by weight. The visual for our laminate is printed with water-based inks; the durable finish coat and adhesives are low VOC content. In fact, our laminate has been certified for indoor air quality per California Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) guidelines, third party certified to the FloorScore IAQ program, and complies with California Air Resources Board (CARB) I and II.

8 Value Highlights
Value 1: We talk publicly about our environmental initiatives.
If our success can help another company succeed, so much the better. And by the same token, if our disappointments can keep other companies from wasting their time and resources, it will be better for all of us.

Value 2: We don’t "greenwash."
We don’t overclaim and we don’t mislead. We simply work hard to do the right thing.

Value 3: We invest in technology and resources to assure environmental improvement.
As far as we’re concerned, "good enough" isn’t good enough. Especially when it comes to the environment.

Value 4: We are good neighbors.
Our "Good Neighbor" policy is simple and clear: Mannington is committed to being a good neighbor by ensuring that our business has no adverse effects on the health and safety of our associates, our customers, local residents, and the environment.

Value 5: We are good people with whom to do business.
It's as simple as trust, respect, good faith and high standards.

Value 6: We make continual environmental improvements because it’s the right thing to do.
We've always taken the long view. And we’ll always try to do the right thing.

Value 7: We engage in constructive discussions on environmental issues. We then move from discussion to strategy to action.
We don't hesitate to speak our minds, create our plans, then roll up our sleeves and get to work.

Value 8: We meet or exceed all regulations.
When it comes to environment, safety and health standards, we're not afraid to be first. And we're not about to play catch-up.