Home Textiles Today - August 18, 2003

As another step in its seven-year goal to produce fabrics using environmentally sustainable manufacturing processes, Interface Fabrics Group (IFG), an Interface company, has introduced two protocols. The company, which produces Terratex brand fabrics, is now using wind to fuel 10 percent of its electrical energy needs at its Maine and Massachusetts operations.

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