06/17/2010
SUSTAINABILITY TAKES CENTER STAGE WITH HARLEQUIN

Company Showcases Commitment to Green Manufacturing Processes with Tap and Hip-Hop Floor

MOORESTOWN, N.J., June 17, 2010 – Dancers are going green with American Harlequin’s Tap and Hip-Hop Floor, a fully transportable high-performance and eco-friendly flooring system. Designed to provide dancers with the flexibility to practice at home, this mini, sustainable stage is manufactured from 100-percent recyclable bamboo.

An in-home, roll out, 6’ by 6’ mat made of bamboo wooden slats and held together by muslin backing, Harlequin’s Tap and Hip Hop Floor lays over virtually any hard or soft surface found in homes. Ideal for tap, hip-hop, Irish dance and other percussive dance, the Tap and Hip-Hop Floor is extremely durable, increasing the longevity of its useful lifecycle.

Harlequin’s sustainability story extends beyond its products, as social and environmental responsibility has been a core value within Harlequin for many decades. Through the utilization of environmentally compatible products and state-of-the-art processes, Harlequin ensures that each production stage minimizes its environmental impact. Engaging in responsible product sourcing that combines customers' preference for quality with care for the environment, Harlequin carefully selects suppliers that are environmentally and socially responsible.

Seeking to strengthen the environmental performance of its processes from manufacture through installation and ongoing maintenance, Harlequin efficiently uses raw materials and energy, recycles waste wherever possible, and keeps emissions to an absolute minimum.

Established in the United States in 1987, American Harlequin is a subsidiary of London-based British Harlequin, plc, which has supplied quality dance floors for more than two decades. Harlequin’s experience and reputation have been built on providing dance floors that offer low maintenance with a long trouble-free life. For stage, television and motion picture performers as well as exhibitors, American Harlequin also has a complete line of resilient display floors to suit every occasion. For more information, visit www.harlequinfloors.com. Connect with American Harlequin on Facebook and Twitter.