New Dedicated Health Care Division – Custom Flooring to be Featured at Starnet Commercial Flooring Show

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SelecTech, a vendor partner of Health Care Institute, has recently launched a dedicated Health Care Division. We will showcase our new custom flooring for health care at the Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring Partner Trade Show April 26th in Palm Desert, CA.

We are the creator of the top performing, 70 percent recycled content, 100 percent recyclable FreeStyle commercial flooring line, as well as the FreeStyle ESD flooring line, which is renowned as an interlocking conductive flooring powerhouse that is essential to health care organizations utilizing electronic data. FreeStyle and FreeStyle ESD have been customized and are now available in new styles and colors specific to heath care organizations.

Using the concept of evidence based design, we took a number of health care issues into consideration during the design phase – from medical waste and infection control issues to workplace safety issues, noise and injury reduction issues. Revenue stream is also a major consideration to many health care facilities, as they are unable to shut down for renovations. The unique interlock system on SelecTech’s flooring products enable floors to be installed quickly, at a much lower cost, without adhesives, and without a lot of costly downtime or disruption. For these reasons, our solutions provide significant value to many health care organizations including independent clinics, private medical practices, academic medical centers, hospitals, surgical centers and retirement facilities.

FreeStyle flooring can help contribute to LEED points and is 100 percent “cradle-to-cradle recovery”, meaning that SelecTech’s products are 100 percent recyclable back into new Freestyle flooring.

Health care industry clients that utilize SelecTech’s flooring include Kaleida Women’s and Children’s Hospital, GlaxoSmithKline and BC Biomedical Laboratories.

To learn more about our FreeStyle and FreeStyle ESD flooring for health care, visit http://www.selectechinc.com

It’s Easy. Simply Place N’ Go. New, Improved “Green” Residential Flooring

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Our Place N’ Go interlocking flooring solution has been improved!  Now it’s thinner, lighter and even simpler to install, resulting in a beautiful, seamless finish.  Homeowners can obtain a high quality, affordable, durable floor that can be installed in less than a day.

Place N’ Go flooring is a “green” solution that enables homeowners to easily install new flooring over a variety of problem subfloors, including old basement floor substrates.  Made with a resilient recycled plastic that resists moisture, Place N’ Go flooring tiles are most commonly used in laundry rooms, basements, game rooms, family rooms, home offices, kitchens, home gyms and bathrooms.  For homeowners with wet basements, Place N’ Go is an ideal solution as the tiles may be removed, allowed to dry out and replaced once the floor is dry.

No Glue, No Nails, No Underlayment

Place N’ Go flooring solution is now even easier to install and does not require messy adhesives, underlayment or padding.  Place N’ Go flooring provides a simplified and convenient installation process that translates into quicker project completion.

Committed to Changing the Flooring Industry & Helping the Environment

Place N’ Go has one of the highest recycled contents (78 percent) of any decorative flooring product, and it is 100 percent recyclable back into new Place N’ Go products. Better still, the interlocking system eliminates the need for adhesive and the VOC’s that come with them.

SelecTech’s Recycled PVC Flooring

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“Mack Tweaks Tool, Process To Mold Recycled PVC Flooring”

Read about us in The Molding Blog, by Doug Smock - http://www.themoldingblog.com/2013/03/01/mack-tweaks-tool-process-to-mold-recyled-pvc/

Innovative Flooring Solutions for Health Care Facilities

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As the creator of the top performing, 100 percent recycled FreeStyle commercial flooring line as well as the StaticStop ESD flooring line, we are proud to announce that we have become a vendor partner of Health Care Institute, an International Facility Management Association (IFMA) alliance partner.

The unique interlock system on our flooring products enable it to be installed at a much lower cost, without adhesives, and without a lot of costly downtime or disruption.  For these reasons, SelecTech’s solutions provide significant value to those that the Health Care Institute serves, including academic medical centers, community hospitals, retirement facilities, specialty hospitals and clinics.

Our innovative flooring is easy to install and does not require messy adhesives, copper foil, underlayments or padding. FreeStyle flooring can help contribute to LEED points and is 100 percent “cradle-to-cradle recovery”, meaning that the products are 100 percent recyclable back into new Freestyle Flooring.  StaticStop ESD flooring is manufactured with a minimum of 20 percent recycled materials and it is the only conductive flooring of its kind that can contribute to LEED™ points.

Health care industry clients that utilize SelecTech’s flooring include Kaleida Women’s and Children’s Hospital, GlaxoSmithKline and BC Biomedical Laboratories.

To learn more about SelecTech’s flooring, visit http://www.selectechinc.com.

For more information about the Health Care Institute, visit http://hci.ifma.org.

Green and Grounded – New Improved StaticStop ESD Flooring

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Call Centers, conductive, connected, electronic manufacturing environments, ESD Flooring, food service providers, franchise renovations, Government Operation Centers, grounded, HUB, interlocking ESD floor tiles, leed, merchandising areas, mission critical environments, PBX, recycled materials, retail, retailer, schools, static control environments, static control flooring, StaticStop

We’ve improved upon our StaticStop interlocking ESD flooring.

SelecTech’s StaticStop ESD flooring tiles are the only ESD products available that have no disclaimersfor high-moisture, irregular and problem subfloors.  It is the first and only static control flooring system that is “conductive, connected and grounded”™.

Our unique and innovative interlocking flooring solution is now even easier to install and does not require messy adhesives, copper foil, underlayments or padding.  StaticStop ESD flooring provides a simplified and convenient installation process that translates into less down time for facilities, which further translates into reduced costs and an improved bottom line.

StaticStop ESD flooring is manufactured with a minimum of 20 percent recycled materials, and it is the only conductive flooring of its kind that can contribute to LEED™ points.

StaticStop interlocking ESD floor tiles are more robust and even simpler to install, resulting in a beautiful, seamless finish.  Benefits to the customer are high quality, overall savings and the fact that it’s a green product.  Our StaticStop ESD tiles are the densest at 7.94mm when compared to our competitor’s 5mm and ours have a built-in underlayment, which is key for a reliable, stable and durable installation.

StaticStop ESD flooring is versatile enough for a variety of static control environments from electronic manufacturing environments to mission critical environments such as Server Rooms and Data Centers; Federal and State Government Operation Centers and PBX, HUB and Call Centers.  It is ideal for retailers, commercial buildings, government buildings, food service providers, schools and more.

Additionally, a visual such as a company logo or a general pattern from SelecTech’s stock image collection may be printed on StaticStop ESD flooring.  We cater to a number of retailers that require a logo or pattern on StaticStop ESD flooring and use it in various merchandising areas.  It’s also perfect for franchise renovations.

Hurricane Sandy is No Match For Place N’ Go Flooring!

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When Hurricane Sandy dumped 5 feet of water in Loretta F.’s basement, she knew it would be the absolute verification of Place N’ Go’s durability.  After pulling up the tiles and drying them and the floor underneath off, Loretta tells us that Place N’ Go “…passed the ultimate test with Hurricane Sandy.  Five feet of water sat on the tiles and were later caked with sheetrock.  We power washed them and they are ready to be put down again.  On top of that, their customer service is wonderful.”  We are so happy to hear it!!

Massive Overrun Means FreeStyle Interlocking Tiles On Sale for an Incredibly Low Price!

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We’ve had a huge overrun of one of our most popular commercial colors, Cherry Block, and we’ve decided to make it available to our residential customers for the amazing price of $3.99 per square foot!

It has the same ease of installation and durability as our Place N’ Go flooring and this beautiful tile is slightly thicker than our Place N’ Go at 3/8″ thick.  It’s sold in boxes of ten and is in stock so you can have yours shipped to you within 1 week of placing your order!  Give us a call (508.583.3200) or drop us an email for samples!

Food Waste in America

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Photo Credit Toronto Public Library Special Collections

Consider your grocery budget…would you throw half of that money away?  Well, most of America does just that.  Acording to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Americans throw away 40% of their food.  That’s about 20 lbs of food per person per month!  Click on the link to see what the consequences of that waste are and how you can make the most of your money and your food.  And check out this post on TreeHugger to see how the government used to discourage food waste.

SelecTech Joins CARE

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SelecTech is committed to keeping post-consumer carpet waste out of landfills; last year we diverted half a million pounds of carpet by using it to make our Place N’ Go, FreeStyle, and SelecTile tiles.  Now we have become a member of CARE, Carpet America Recovery Effort.

CARE believes “Post-consumer carpet diversion and recycling are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable
for all stakeholders”.  Last year CARE members diverted 333 million pounds of post-consumer carpet from landfills and recycled 250 millions pounds.

SelecTech™ Announces “SelectAgain™” Take-Back Program

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SelectAgain is our way of keeping even more garbage out of landfills.  Any customer can send back any used or scrap FreeStyle, SelecTile or Place N’ Go tiles and we will grind them up and make new tiles (and give our customer a credit towards their next order).  This is why our tiles are 100% recyclable…they never have to sit in a landfill.  For more information,  read our press release in the Boston Business Journal.