Virtual Mill Tour Narration
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Welcome to Interface, the world's leading producer of environmentally responsible modular flooring. We have a proud heritage of visionary leadership in innovation and sustainability. We think one of the best ways to truly understand our commitment to beautiful design, environmental stewardship and customer experience is to watch how are carpet is made. But before we take you behind the scenes at our mill, here's a quick overview of the manufacturing process. First, our designers conceptualize exquisite collections based on industry trends and customer needs. The patterns are then programmed into intricate tuft ing machines, which so hundreds of strands of yarn from Creoles into a primary backing, creating a roll of UNB act carpet. Then especially formulated. Vinyl backing is layered onto the roll, creating our patented glass back backing system. Once the carpet has cooled, cutting machines break the long run of carpet into its intended modular form, and it's ready to be sent out, configured in countless ways and enjoyed by our customers. Now let's take a closer look at each step. Leading edge style starts with innovative design with our customer at the heart of our design process. Not only do we stay at the forefront of style and trends to anticipate market demands. We also offer custom and personalized design services. Ensuring every flooring solution we provide is a perfect fit when creating new collections. Are designers work with countless variables, including yarn type, color pattern pile height and shearing techniques to create a stunning line of carpet tile at a variety of price points. Prototypes are then subject to intense quality Testing before being approved for production are proprietary. Appearance, retention, testing or art machine allows us to submit our products to real world stresses, including where soiling and maintenance procedures at the mill. Our manufacturing processes are guided by our company values. We operate with extreme efficiency and nimble flexibility in order to pass on value to our customers. And our sustainability mission informs every stage of production. All nylon fiber that goes into our carpet contains both pre and post consumer nylon sourced from a variety of recycling streams with many of our products containing 100% recycled content. Nylon. One source. Our network's program empowers coastal communities in the developing world to collect discarded fishing nets, which we purchase and turn into yarn. We avoid waste by Koning Onley the amount of you are needed for each production run to maximize efficiency and producing long runs of our most popular products are fixed. Creoles are specially designed to limit changeover times for shorter runs or custom styles. We've invented a revolutionary system off portable Creoles, which makes it possible to prep multiple Creoles at the same time and quickly swap out the yarn in our toughing machines. We don't waste time re threading because machines are able to fuse one run of yarn to the next, maximizing toughing efficiency. As for backing all of our glass, back products have a minimum of 68% recycled content, and we have in house capabilities to produce a 100% recycled content vinyl backing. This product, known as glass baccari, is currently utilized on approximately 20% of our products. Our goal is 100% and we can achieve that with your help. The more product returned to us after its useful life. More glass baccari we are able to produce, ultimately reducing our dependency on raw materials are proprietary. Reentry reclamation and recycling program and cool blue process have a huge impact in allowing us to close the loop. Here's an inside look at how we take back and recycle carpet. We accept vinyl backed carpet from any manufacturer, including our competitors, as long as it passes a rigorous screening protocol. Our rodeo planing machine's separates the face fiber from the backing that backing will go straight to our cool blue machine. Cool Blue is our process that turns old backing crumb into glass. Back Ari Post consumer backing. Our Glass baccari was recognized in 2017 as the industry's 1st 3rd party certified closed loop product. We also shred any manufacturing scrap that is produced during the production process and run it through a machine called the Glom aerator to break it down and make it into usable backing. Our new line of luxury vinyl tile has been designed to be compatible with our reentry program. Our vision is a closed loop system in which all of our products are made from recycled materials and are brought back for recycling at the end of their useful lives interfaces. Devotion to environmental sustainability dates back to 1994 when our founder, Ray Anderson, set an ambitious goal for our company to eliminate any negative impact we have on the environment by 2020. This initiative is called Mission Zero and it drives everything we do. We've committed to get all of our factories to zero by 2020 0 Non renewable energy, zero waste and zero new water use were over 95% of the way to all of these goals and use 100% renewable electricity at all manufacturing sites globally. Now we've set our sights on a new mission one for the world climate. Take back. We recognize that doing zero harm is no longer enough. So we're leaving the industrial re revolution to view carbon differently and cool the earth, creating a climate fit for life. We're doing this by developing products that are not just climate neutral but also sequester carbon. The possibilities are endless as we forge this new path. But one thing is certain way will always be at the forefront of innovation, leading with our hearts and looking to find a better way. Thanks for visiting. We look forward to partnering with you leading industry toe love the world