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Anso® nylon is GREAT

The Anso® nylon brand rests high atop five pillars of distinction that no other fiber brand could rest upon. Each pillar is stacked on a firm foundation of style, design, advanced technology and over 40 years of vested equity.

Anso Nylon Pillars of G.R.E.A.T
G stands for Green

G stands for Green

Feature: CARPET TO CARPET™ Technology—never needs to go to a landfill
Benefit to the consumer: It’s the right thing to do!

  • All Anso® nylon is designed to be recycled.
  • All Anso® nylon contains post-consumer carpet content.
  • Anso® nylon has been Cradle-to-Cradle™ certified. Anso® nylon is the only residential fiber that can literally be turned from CARPET TO CARPET.™
  • Green. It’s something we never forget.®
R stands for Resiliency

R stands for Resiliency

Feature: Strong—bounces back
Benefit to the consumer: Looks newer longer

  • Nylon is the most resilient carpet fiber.
  • Resilience is the ability of a fiber to bounce back and resume its original shape after being deformed. Think footsteps or furniture indentations.
  • Anso® nylon and nylon 6,6 fibers are widely recognized as having the highest resilience of synthetic or natural carpet fibers due to their excellent elastic recovery properties.
E stands for Experience

E stands for Experience

Feature: Over 40 years and over one billion warranted yards—unbeatable warranty coverage
Benefit to the consumer: Peace of mind

  • Warranted for over 40 years and over a billion of yards of Anso® nylon on floors throughout North America.
  • Anso® nylon was the first and holds the distinction of being the longest continuous fiber brand – over 40 years and counting.
  • All Anso® nylon styles are certified for performance with comprehensive warranties: transferable, labor included, non-prorated.
  • Consumer Help is always available on Smart Lines: 1-800-441-8185 or on this website, www.ansonylon.com.
A stands for Anti-Soil

A stands for Anti-Soil

Feature: Clean—resists soiling
Benefit to the consumer: Stays cleaner over time

  • Anso® nylon is unsurpassed as a soil resistant fiber.
  • Anso is an acronym for Anti-Soil, created over 40 years ago.
  • Nylon is inherently more soil resistant than other fiber types.
  • Shaw’s patented R2x® (Repellency times 2) combines stain and soil resistance to offer total fiber coverage. Protects after repeated cleanings.
T stands for Tough

T stands for Tough

Feature: Long lasting—shows less wear
Benefit to the consumer: Holds up longer and better

  • Toughness is directly related to carpet performance and specifically to abrasion resistance.
  • Tough and abrasion-resistant Anso® nylon shows far less wear and “pitting”.
  • Anso® nylon is, technically speaking, approximately 20% tougher—a significant difference.
  • We measure Toughness by testing the fiber itself to see how much energy it takes to break it. It requires approximately 20% more energy to break Anso® nylon.
 
 
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