Interface Inc.

Interface Inc. ( NASDAQ: IFSIA ) is an American manufacturer of carpeting, based in Atlanta.

The company was founded in 1973 by Ray Anderson in LaGrange, Georgia under the name of InterfaceFLOR, modular flooring systems and since then has been in this area claims to be the world leader.

In 1994, under the influence of the book The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken and the demands of its clientele, placed under CEO Anderson, a transformation of the company Interface Inc. from a pure producer and seller to an operating one, which takes a product carpet service flooring system distributes. The system is not purchased as such by the customer, but leased. Interface is still waiting for his product and replaces damaged or worn parts. The objective of this business model, which is also known under the term service and Flow, is environmental protection and sustainability. The provider earns here, in contrast to all other forms of marketing, especially on the longevity and efficient manufacturing its product.

Not only that, it must be less reproduced by the exchange of only a few parts; the used carpet modules are fully recycled in the manufacturing process of new modules via an intermediate product called Solenium. This eliminates the disposal of this non-naturally degradable petroleum product and is determined by the type of carpet usually ever consumes no solvent based adhesive.

Ray Anderson announced in 2006 under the name Mission Zero goal of the interface, from 2020 to reach a completely closed product cycle without the consumption of new eco - capital.