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 Performance
Bamtex® has established strategic alliances with manufacturers who
meet our high, quality standards. These suppliers have established
quality criteria to achieve ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14000 performance
standards. Our bamboo flooring has been awarded certificates of compliance
for meeting these standards.
ISO9001:2000:
This standard establishes the requirements to be met by the factory’s
quality system in the design, development, production, and servicing
of bamboo flooring products.ISO14001
ISO 14000 is a series of international standards on environmental
management. It provides a framework for the development of an environmental
management system and the supporting audit program.
ISO 14001 is the corner stone of the ISO 14000 series. It specifies a framework
of control for an Environmental Management System against which an organization
can be certified by a third party. In plain language, this means what the
organization does to minimize the harmful effects on the environment caused
by its activities and products.
Finished Flooring Lacquers:
Our UV-Coatings comply with international standards (EN 71), with no migration
of hazardous elements.
Bamtex®, Inc. UV-Lacquers are certified to be free of:
• Formaldehyde
• Pesticides
• Herbicides
• Heavy Metals
• Insecticides
• Halogenated Hydrocarbons
• Any harmful emission
Adhesives:
While most bamboo flooring manufacturers use adhesives with urea formaldehyde,
our products fall below the most stringent global standards. These standards
are the European E1 requirements of 0.1 ppm (parts per million). Our factories
have been certified to meet or exceed this standard.
It is our goal to continue to push for additional reductions or the complete
elimination of formaldehyde for our products.
Bamtex®, Inc. utilizes a system free of:
• Components classified as hazardous to the environment
• Components listed on international lists of chemicals with restrictions
(Also called observations lists)
• Solvents (VOC), heavy metals, bactericides, halogenated organic
compounds
Our flooring consistently tests 0.05 ppm for formaldehyde emissions, which
is significantly under the U.S. standard of 0.2 ppm or the E1 standard
of 0.1 ppm.
Bamtex®, Inc. will continue to work with its factories to minimize
or even eliminate formaldehyde from its adhesives. However, it should
be noted formaldehyde occurs naturally in forests and in many of the everyday
products used by consumers throughout the world. Our products are well
below the most stringent limits established when new, and any outgassing
will diminish within the first few months.
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