Belgium, September 15th, 2022 – IVC Commercial has introduced a new product collection, Immersion, that delivers performance, beauty, and unrivalled sustainability by using Thrive® matter, a carbon-negative fibre from Universal Fibers®.
IVC Commercial, Immersion® featuring Thrive® matter by Universal Fibers®
Enriching spatial experiences with dynamic textures, Immersion is the new carpet tile collection from IVC Commercial. Transposing the impact of digitisation on human existence into three-dimensional textures, IVC Commercial’s Immersion carpet tile collection creates a more involving experience in work and living spaces. The carpet tile collection uses the world’s first carbon negative carpet yarn, Thrive® matter. Available in Alternate, Liberate and Animate; Immersion’s palette of smart tones enriches sculptural textures for a carpet tile that adds intrigue and sophistication.
“The Immersion collection underscores our long-standing commitment to smart sustainability,” says Vanessa Van Overmeeren, General Manager Commercial Carpet Tile at IVC Commercial. “By so dramatically reducing end-to-end carbon, we are responding both to what our customers want and to what the planet needs. Universal Fibers brought us an innovative solution that can meet the performance demands of commercial projects while helping our customers on their path to net-zero. We are excited to be the first company to bring this revolutionary fiber to market.”
Phil Harmon, President of Universal Fibers says, “We are incredibly pleased to unveil this first partnership with IVC Commercial. Our vision for Thrive® matter has always been to reduce the overall carbon footprint for design and construction. With these pioneering products, IVC Commercial shows that carbon-negative product is the future, and that the future will be both beautiful and sustainable.”
Thrive® matter is a nylon 6 fibre whose end-to-end production actually removes carbon from the earth’s atmosphere. The process begins with 100% post-industrial recycled resin which results in a total of 90% recycled content. Then, over 99.9% of the waste in production is captured and fed back into the manufacturing process. What results is the world’s lowest product to CO2 footprint in the industry at 1.45kg CO2 eq (as compared to 9.6kg CO2 eq for virgin nylon 6 material). This already low number is brought below zero by purchasing credits through Carbonfund.org to support their forest conservation and reforestation projects around the world.
Global demand is surging for design and construction products that can help builders achieve sustainability goals and support corporate commitments to environmental sustainability. Both IVC Commercial and Universal Fibers are meeting that demand through the Immersion collection launch, but also through both companies’ extensive portfolios of waste-, water- and carbon-reducing products and operational initiatives.
“This product collection meets the moment,” says Anna Plumb, Universal Fibers’ VP of Sales and Marketing for Europe. “Designers and their clients want to be able to take confident action, with documented, certified product.” Thrive® matter is independently 3rd party certified by GreenCircle™ and Carbonfund.org and is available in all of Universal Fibers’ solution-dyed nylon finishes globally, in both Nylon 6 and Nylon 6,6.
About IVC Commercial: As the commercial division of Unilin Group, IVC Commercial is focused on improving the productivity and wellbeing of users in spaces through innovative solutions that are easy to implement and affordable. Accountable for their actions, they design and make floors responsibly in Europe, developing a circular approach to the future of flooring. IVC Commercial is part of the Unilin Group. Unilin is a global leader in interior design and construction products, such as laminate flooring, luxury vinyl tiles, heterogeneous vinyl, engineered wood flooring, carpet tiles, wall-to-wall broadloom, wood-based and decorative panels, industrial flooring, wall and roof systems and insulation boards. With more than 8000 employees in 105 locations across the globe constantly working on innovative solutions, they are proud to bring the newest technologies and materials into your projects. For more information, contact info@ivc-commercial.com www.ivc-commercial.com.
About Universal Fibers: Universal Fibers, Inc. is a business unit within Universal Fiber Systems, LLC. Based in Bristol, Virginia USA with manufacturing facilities in Europe and China, Universal Fibers, Inc. is a global leader in the production of high quality, solution-dyed synthetic filament-based fibers for the flooring, transportation, and industrial fibers industries. We are leaders in technologies and practices that reduce water use and decrease emissions and embedded carbon. For more information, contact; +1.276.669.1161, info@unversalfibers.com www.universalfibers.com
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