ASSURE CERTIFIED™ establishes a uniform, North American standard for all rigid core vinyl flooring products manufactured globally. ASSURE applies to WPC or SPC flooring construction. Manufacturers of Rigid core flooring products can give their customers the highest level of confidence about the safety of Rigid core flooring for their homes through certification to ASSURE. Certification to the ASSURE CERTIFIED standard provides verification that the flooring product was manufactured to the highest standards and meets all the ASSURE CERTIFIED™ requirements for indoor air quality, rigorous performance, and low heavy metals & ortho-phthalates content. ASSURE CERTIFIED builds on the popular certification for indoor air quality in flooring, FloorScore®. Products that have already achieved FloorScore certification can easily obtain ASSURE CERTIFIED with supplemental testing and product review.
According to industry research, rigid core flooring is North America’s fastest growing segment of resilient flooring. As more manufacturers enter the market to capitalize on this popularity, SCS in partnership with the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) and its member companies felt the need to determine a uniform quality standard to ensure continued consumer confidence, trust and satisfaction with rigid core flooring solutions. SCS brings decades of flooring certification experience and we provide dedicated auditors and customer service managers for manufacturers. ASSURE certification answers the questions consumers have about rigid core and gives them the confidence they need to purchase.
1. Apply for Certification
2. Data Collection
3. Onsite Audit*
4. Product Testing
5. Audit Results
6. Reporting
7. Certification Decision
8. Certification Maintenance and Renewal
Timeline:
Private Label certification is available to customers of certified manufacturers to allow re-branding of SCS certified products under the customers’ company name. Customers will undergo a Private Label certification assessment to use the Assure Certified brand and logo.
To protect the confidential relationship between the manufacturer (supplier) and the private label holder, customers receive a unique SCS certificate for their products upon approval.
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