March 19, 2008—Bentley Prince Street, a leading commercial carpet manufacturer, is taking a significant step toward its goal of becoming a completely sustainable enterprise by the year 2020 by launching a new carpet tile backing line using next generation thermoplastic technology.
Through this technology, Bentley Prince Street says, it will dramatically decrease its environmental footprint by reducing energy use, decreasing raw material usage and increasing efficiencies in its carpet tile manufacturing processes.
Ultimately, this new technology will also improve the company’s ability to keep reclaimed and waste carpet in the technical loop and increase its use of recycled content materials.
In development for three years and launching in March at the company’s Los Angeles manufacturing facility, the $5.2 million custom-designed backing line puts sustainable commerce into action.
This new recycled-content technology eliminates the need for any latex and polycarbite laminate in carpet tile backing and decreases the overall product weight, a key factor in reducing its environmental footprint, notes the company. It also reduces the manufacturing process from a two-step operation to one, realizing energy, water and manufacturing efficiencies.
For more information, see the BPS Web site.
