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Products Qualify for 'Cradle-to-Cradle'

Sept. 21, 2006

Charlottesville, VA/PRNewswire/ – McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) recently announced 17 new products were awarded MBDC Cradle-to-Cradle certification. MBDC's Cradle-to-Cradle certification recognizes "significant, tangible progress in designing more environmentally sustaining products" and is widely recognized as a leading indicator of environmental excellence in product design.Awards were made to companies as follows: Gold Award * Acrylic Stucco, Enamo Grip S/B, HSC 300, Inner Seal, Omega 06, Rust Grip^®, Super Cleaner: Energy Barriers Inc. (surface coatings) * Celle™, Mirra^®: Herman Miller Inc. (office seating) * Eco Intelligent^® Polyester: Victor Innovatex Inc. Silver Award * Caper^®: Herman Miller Inc. (office seating) * Crypton^® Green: Hi-Tex Inc. (fabric coating) * FlexSeal^®, Heavy Weight Coupling Products: Mission Rubber Company * Icestone^® Durable Surface: Icestone®, LLC * Leap^®: Steelcase Inc. (office seating) * Mecho^®/5: MechoShade Systems Inc. (window shade) * Poly™: Metro (office seating) * Versawall^®: CENTRIA (building exterior) Biological Nutrient