nasdaq tile industry textile industry founded lagrange georgia 1973 founder ray c. anderson headquarters atlanta georgia number of locations 33 manufacturing plants area served americas europe asia pacific key people daniel t. hendrix chairman president ceo 1 products carpets revenue us 932.02 million 2012 2 operating income us 64.6 million 2012 2 net income us 5.9 million 2012 2 total assets us 789.36 million 2012 2 total equity us 295.70 million 2012 2 number of employees 3 146 2013 divisions heuga home flooring subsidiaries flor website www.interface.com interface inc. is the world s largest manufacturer of modular carpet for commercial and residential applications . it was founded in 1973 and is based in atlanta georgia . 3 contents 1 historical 2 products 3 3 company information 4 interfaceflor 5 heuga home flooring 6 references 7 external links historical edit in 1973 carpets international was founded by ray anderson . in the same decade interface introduced glasbac a patented structured backing system that has become the industry standard for high performance modular backings . they also introduced intersept a proprietary antimicrobial preservationsless . in 1982 carpets international becomes interface flooring systems inc and compact carpet of canada was acquired and named interface flooring systems canada inc. in 1994 interface began designing products utilizing a less is more philosophy and reduces average consumption of fiber by 10 % per square yard in just 12 months . that year founder ray anderson read paul hawken s book the ecology of commerce and then delivered his first environmental speech which began interface s journey to sustainability . interface then launched reentry a carpet reclamation program . in 1998 interface introduced a carpet tile product made with 100 % recycled nylon face fiber and a layer of 100 % recycled vinyl material in the backing . the company also introduced nexstep polyurethane cushion backing . interface introduces the portable creel system resulting in yarn savings of one million dollars per year . in 1999 interface introduced the first online product catalog for carpet thesamplecenter.com . in 2003 interface becomes the first carpet company to receive environmentally preferable product epp certification for its products and the first company to introduce climate neutral product offering through its cool carpet program . the company also announced a partnership with tricycle inc. to dematerialize their product development and sampling processes on a global basis . in 2008 interface sold its commercial upholstery fabrics division and took a huge write down . products 3 edit this section is empty . you can help by adding to it . july 2013 company information edit interface sells commercial and residential carpets . its founder and chairman ray anderson was featured in the documentary film the corporation discussing environmental sustainability in modern business . interface s initial innovation was manufacturing the first free lay carpet tiles in america .2 then starting in 1994 interface focused on environmental sustainability especially in reducing the use of petroleum . 4 since 1996 interface chose to adopt an innovation based green strategy . 5 in a short period it managed to reduce its impact on the environment by one third citation needed . in 2006 interface announced a program called mission zero with a goal of eliminating any negative impact the company may have on the environment by 2020 . 6 on may 9 2007 interface was recognized as recyclers of the year by the carpet america recovery effort care . 7 interface was voted number one in globespan s survey of environmentally sustainable businesses . 8 they are also the recipient of a queen s award for sustainable development . 9 consumer advocate ralph nader has heralded ray anderson and interface for their sincere commitment to sustainability and protecting the planet s natural resources . 10 interfaceflor edit interfaceflor manufactures carpet squares or carpet tiles . the squares are unlike conventional rolled carpeting as they can be easily removed or replaced . 11 heuga home flooring edit heuga home flooring is a european carpet company and a division of interface . the company is headquartered in scherpenzeel gelderland . 12 references edit interface inc. board of directors a b c d e selected financial data . interface inc. a b interface americas . interface . cite error invalid ref tag ; name interface defined multiple times with different content see the help page . http www.interfaceglobal.com sustainability.aspx lampikoski t 2012 green innovative and profitable a case study of managerial capabilities at interface inc. technology innovation management review november 4 12 embedding sustainability pdf . interface . press release carpet cycle interface flor named care recyclers of the year moot honored as care person of the year annual report released . carpet america recovery effort . may 9 2007 . retrieved july 15 2009 . ellis tania 2010 . the new pioneers sustainable business success through social innovation and social entrepreneurship . john wiley & sons . p. 41 . isbn 9780470971314 . interface appoints ramon arratia as european sustainability director . interfaceflor.eu . seeking sustainability . carpet america recovery effort . may 10 2013 . retrieved june 7 2013 . who we are . flor . about heuga . heuga home flooring . external links edit interfaceglobal interfaceflor interface s commercial brand site flor interface s residential brand site interface inc s sustainability website interface inc. corporate website interfaceflor europe corporate website industry leader shares vision for the greening of corporate america interface annual reports retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title interface inc. & oldid 743264575 categories manufacturing companies based in atlantacompanies listed on nasdaqtextile companies of the united stateshidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference namesuse mdy dates from november 2014articles to be expanded from july 2013all articles to be expandedarticles with empty sections from july 2013all articles with empty sectionsarticles using small message boxesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 21 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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