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Carpet and Rug Institute

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A non-profit trade organization, the Carpet & Rug Institute (CRI) is the science-based source for the facts about carpet and rugs & was established to represent the carpet manufacturers of America. It's job is basically to prove & supply with essential facts on how a particular environment for living, working, learning and health is better.

Founded in Dalton, Georgia, the CRI vast membership boasts of all the leading manufacturers, suppliers & their service providers which actually comes to 95%. Their main concern is to serve all its members & their customers by providing apt information after thoroughly consulting the science-based research, customer advocacy, environmental stewardship and consensus building. These apart from the association's other initiatives help protect carpet's life and beauty as well demonstrate the varied air quality benefits.

The association coordinates with distributors, retailers & installers as well to help increase consumers' satisfaction with carpet. It is applying every possible method to prove the fact that a good carpet can actually help in creating a pleasing environment.

CRI : Access to Research Data
With CRI being an extensive source of information for consumers, writers, interior designers, specifiers, architects, builders, installation contractors, retailers & many more, the main policy of the organization is determined by a board of directors which is composed of chief executive officers from member companies and is implemented by a full-time professional staff. The wide range of assembled information helps in providing a focal point for issue discussion and a voice for the industry. It even is equipped with varied intriguing materials which acts as source of information for others & these usually include :

 

  • Carpet benefits including aesthetic, functional & financial aspects
  • Carpet or rug selection process
  • Guidelines on installation process
  • Fiber characteristics
  • Carpet construction
  • Carpet's role in the environment as a whole
  • Long term care & maintenance criteria
In order top provide cent percent informations, the CRI constantly conducts primary research & gathers data from other sources which would ultimately aid its members to take the right decision based entirely on the facts.
 
 
Contact Address :

1064 Cadboro Road, Ottawa, ON K1J 8E1
Tel : (819) 684-8444
Fax : (819) 684-5444
URl : http://www.canadiancarpet.org/
 

 

 

Tags:- Carpet & Rug Institute Of America, CRI

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