ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. is a Pennsylvania corporation incorporated in 1891. The Company designs, manufactures and sells interior finishings, most notably floor coverings and ceiling systems, around the world. The Company’s products are sold primarily for use in the finishing, refurbishing and repair of residential, commercial and institutional buildings. The Company also designs, manufactures and sells other products, including kitchen and bathroom cabinets and pipe insulation.


Floor Coverings

The Company is a worldwide manufacturer of floor coverings for the interiors of homes and commercial and institutional buildings, with a broad range of resilient flooring together with adhesives, installation and maintenance materials and accessories. Resilient flooring, in both sheet and tile forms, together with laminate flooring and linoleum, is made in a wide variety of types, designs, and colors. Included are types of flooring that offer such features as ease of installation, reduced maintenance (no-wax), and cushioning for greater underfoot comfort. Floor covering products are sold to the commercial, residential and institutional market segments through wholesalers, retailers (including large home centers and buying groups), contractors, and to the hotel/motel and manufactured homes industries.


Building Products

As a major producer of ceiling materials in the United States and abroad, the Company markets both residential and commercial ceiling systems. Ceiling materials for the home are offered in a variety of types and designs. Most provide noise reduction and incorporate features intended to permit ease of installation. These residential ceiling products are sold through wholesalers and retailers (including large home centers). Commercial suspended ceiling systems, designed for use in shopping centers, offices, schools, hospitals, and other commercial and institutional settings, are available in numerous colors, performance characteristics and designs and offer characteristics such as acoustical control, accessibility to the plenum (the area above the ceiling), rated fire protection, and aesthetic appeal. The Company sells commercial ceiling materials and accessories, along with acoustical wall panels, to ceiling systems contractors and to resale distributors.


Wood Products

Armstrong, through its Triangle Pacific subsidiary, manufactures and sells hardwood flooring and other flooring, kitchen and bathroom cabinets and related products. These products are used primarily in residential new construction and remodeling, with some commercial applications such as retail stores and restaurants. Flooring sales are generally made through independent wholesale flooring distributors and retailers (including large home centers and buying groups). Cabinets are sold through both independent or company owned distributors.


Insulation Products