About Desso and Tarkett

Desso is a leading brand in sustainable and innovative carpet flooring, with strong positions in corporate offices, education, healthcare, government, homes and also hotels, cruise liners and airlines. Desso’s brand mission is to develop unique products that deliver a much improved indoor environment, helping to maximise people’s health and wellbeing. This is driven by its innovation program based on the three pillars of Creativity, Functionality and Cradle to Cradle® (C2C) design which underpins the shift to the regenerative circular economy.

Since 31st December 2014, Desso has been part of the Tarkett Group. With net sales of 2.7 billion euros in 2015, Tarkett is a global leader in innovative and sustainable solutions for flooring and sports surfaces. Offering a wide range of products including vinyl, linoleum, carpet, rubber, wood and laminate and synthetic turf and athletic tracks, the Group serves customers in more than 100 countries worldwide. With 12,000 employees and 34 industrial sites, Tarkett sells 1.3 million square meters of flooring every day, for hospitals, schools, housing, hotels, offices, stores and sports fields. Committed to sustainable development, the Group has implemented an eco-innovation strategy and promotes the circular economy.