Armstrong Cork Company begins recycling cork waste for use in the production of corkboard insulation. Later, cork waste is used to produce cork flooring tile.
Armstrong builds a linoleum factory in Lancaster, PA.
Armstrong national consumer advertising featuring linoleum appears for the first time in The Saturday Evening Post.
Armstrong applies for patents covering the manufacture of embossed molded inlaids.
Asphalt tile volume is booming. Armstrong builds a plant in South Gate, CA.
Post-war expansion is under way with new asphalt tile plants in Kankakee, IL; Jackson, MS.; Team Valley, UK; and Montreal, Canada. A new fiberboard plant is built in Macon, GA. The company expands plants in South Gate, CA; Fulton, NY; Lancaster, PA; Beaver Falls, PA.; Camden, NJ; Gloucester, NJ; Pittsburgh, PA; Keyport, NJ; and Pensacola
Armstrong opens a new Research & Development Center, the first of its kind in the industry.
Montina Corlon vinyl launches to commercial and residential markets, followed by Coronelle Corlon. Both are huge successes.
Armstrong introduces the world's first no-maintenance floor. Its surface, called Mirabond, is a urethane composition that eliminates the need for waxing.
Armstrong purchases the W.W. Henry Company, manufacturer of adhesives for all types of flooring installations.
Armstrong becomes a founding member of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Armstrong adds a polyurethane coating to all homogeneous sheet products, including ColorArt MEDINTONE Sheet and ColorArt MEDLEY Sheet lines. This addition addresses a recognized need in target markets for a floor that is easier to maintain.
Armstrong introduces BioBased Tile® bio-flooring with BioStride® polymer. This new composition tile is made with rapidly renewable materials, aiding in the conservation of precious resources.
Armstrong plants 500,000 trees in the United States -- more trees than used in the production of floors.
140,600 square meters of Armstrong product cover the floors and ceilings of the Beijing Olympic buildings. That’s equivalent to 112 Olympic-size swimming pools.
Armstrong reaches a milestone: 150 years in business.
Armstrong operates 31 plants in 7 countries and offers products domestically and internationally.
STRIATIONS BBT Bio-flooring joins MIGRATIONS BBT Bio-flooring in the Armstrong bio-flooring category.
Launched VCT Recycling Program which reclaims post-consumer material and incorporates it into new flooring products.
Armstrong Flooring becomes the exclusive floor supplier to Homes for Our Troops program.
The launch of Diamond 10 Technology
The birth of our new company Armstrong Flooring
