Antron® Carpet Fibre Environmental Award.
September 30, 2005

United Kingdom – INVISTA, manufacturers of Antron® carpet fibre, are the first carpet fibre manufacturers to be awarded an Environmental Profile by BRE Certification.

Environmental Profiles from BRE Certification are an internationally recognised third party certification awarded for products that demonstrate exceptional levels of environmental consideration in their sector.

The Environmental Profile ENP 337 for Antron® fibres and yarns from the Oestringen Germany manufacturing site, demonstrates a significantly lower impact for Antron® than the European fibre industry benchmark.

The certification process for Environmental Profiles identifies and assesses the environmental effects of building materials throughout their entire life cycle, including extraction, processing, construction, use and maintenance, and their eventual demolition and disposal.

This universal measuring system for building products enables manufacturers to independently demonstrate the environmental impact their products. It also helps designers and specifiers to identify products that will best fulfill sustainability requirements incorporated in the client brief.

Carpet manufacturers using Antron® pile fibres will now also be able to take advantage of this lower environmental impact when their products are assessed and certificated by BRE Certification for Environmental Profiles.

The largest impact identified within the Environmental Profile ENP 337 is primary energy usage for melting and extrusion of the polymer, plus subsequent drawing, bulking, winding and cutting processes.

In INVISTA’s European production, primary energy for the production of Antron® carpet fibres has been confirmed by BRE to be 30% less than the industry benchmark for nylon fibre manufacturing.

Laurance Bird of Antron® carpet fibres, commented –

“We are delighted to be the first carpet fibre manufacturer to be awarded this prestigious environmental award”.

Our continual corporate strategy to reduce our environmental footprint in the production process of Antron® carpet fibre is now endorsed by another prestigious certification”.

Carpet manufacturers using Antron® will recognise the commitment by INVISTA to produce a fibre not only with exceptional performance attributes but also one which has a reduced environmental impact”.

For further information on ANTRON® carpet fibre, please contact the ANTRON® carpet fibre on 01296 663567.

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