Back in 1973, Ray Anderson founded Carpets International, a new company that would offer free-lay carpet for commercial office spaces in the United States. 38 years later, we’ve grown into a global company with a sustainability mission recognized across the globe.

InterfaceFLOR has always been about the future. When Ray Anderson staked his career on the idea of modular carpet tile in the ’70s, it was a square idea in a broadloom world but even he didn’t realize how dramatically we would shape the future of the industry.

Over the years we’ve evolved our approach to design and developed innovative manufacturing processes to reduce waste and eliminate toxins from our products and facilities. And we’ve pioneered new ways to reuse valuable resources. We see the infinite design possibilities of carpet tile and they’re inherently tied to our Mission Zero^TM promise - to completely eliminate any negative impact we may have on the environment by 2020.

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