This year’s NeoCon saw Milliken and Constantine together as one company in the 11th floor Merchandise Mart showroom and at 444 N. Wells Street. With a theme of ‘Combined to Create’, the company presented its largest ever introduction of new products. The results were phenomenal and the show ended with two “Best Of” awards as well as many interested visitors entering the showroom.


The Gold was awarded to the Palisades™ Collection in the broadloom category. This collection embodies luxury with its plush weight and subtlety, created by the use of high-luster fiber that is super sheared to expose organically placed loops.


The Innovation award was given to the Nōtan™ Collection; the first product collection to combine Milliken and Constantine’s unique technologies. A finely textured, piece-dyed base from Constantine was patterned using Milliken’s latest print technology to create a design that showcases changes in opacity in a manner that is not possible through any other techniques.

Constantine Commercial won the silver Best of NeoCon award for John Doe™ channeled tile™ at the 2009 NeoCon trade show in Chicago. John Doe™ has sophisticated color and texture, but its true distinctiveness comes from the proprietary technology of channeling™. It is the first product from Constantine that showcases this new process for modular tiles, which enhances the overall visual by carving sheared bands into the interior of the tile. The bands give a very different visual with each installation type, whether in monolithic, quarter-turned, ashlar or combinations of various installations. The channeling™ process can be added to most modular products from Constantine.

Learn more about John Doe channeled tile™ by clicking here, or view the product in a room scene by clicking "CON-cepts" on the left navigation menu.

For the 10th straight year, Constantine Commercial has proudly won the highly-prestigious Doc Award sponsored by Solutia®. Winners of a Doc award were honored at a luncheon held in New York City on December 3, 2008. Constantine walked away with three separate Doc awards in hand. A Product award was won for the product Riviera™, as well as two Project awards – one for Landscape™ and another for Lindstrom™. The company is very proud of its accomplishments as it is one of the highest honors in the industry. This marks Constantine’s fourteenth Product award and tenth Project award.

The Doc Competition was established in 1988 as a means to recognize outstanding achievement in contract design. It has been conducted annually by an independent jury to honor superior achievement in contract projects that orchestrate color, space, form, function and materials with consummate finesse. It also honors carpet mills for outstanding achievement in product design.

To learn more about the awards, visit www.ultron.com

Take a video tour of Constantine’s manufacturing process and find out how a small, nimble mill can create superior products while maintaining a high environmental consciousness. Get an insider’s look into our process and evaluate for yourself how each step meets the challenges of smart and environmentally-friendly manufacturing. Think of it as a tour of the factory….without the drive!

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Gradation & Associates™ from Constantine Commercial had a stunning performance at this year’s NeoCon; winning the gold award in the broadloom carpet category and a silver in modular carpet.

This collection helped to reinforce the company’s motto that the “Best Product Wins,” by earning Constantine fifty percent of the total carpet awards given at the tradeshow.

Gradation & Associates™ is a unique toolbox of products that help build a story of scale and texture throughout an entire project, from the large open spaces to the smaller rooms or offices in a building.

The products are created using a patented technology dubbed MYI™ (Multiple Yarn Infusion) and can be coupled with the company’s other proprietary processes, such as frame tile® & SPF 40™ stain protector, allowing specifiers and designers to create completely unique installations.

Coming Fall of 2008

Revolutionary frame tile® technology from Constantine, receives trademark and is now patent-pending.

Constantine’s frame tile® technology is a proprietary technology that not only gives depth, richness and added dimensionality to the surface but creates a tile that seams better due to the ultra-sheared border.

A true showcase of creativity, indulgence and fashion, Product Runway drew 20 teams consisting of students and Seattle-area architecture and interior design firms to compete in a unique event with a cause. Seattle’s 7’2” Glamazonia emceed this year’s Product Runway competition with flare. Manufacturers of interior materials and finishes were partnered with professionals and students to create unique garments using each particular manufacturer’s products. Funds raised by the event benefited the Interior Design Coalition of Washington, promoting professionalism in the Interior Design industry.

Constantine was a sponsor of the event and was paired with the SkB Architects firm from Seattle for the competition. The team played on Constantine’s name and settled on a “Warrior/Warrioress” theme. An elaborate outfit constructed of Constantine’s resilient vinyl flooring, Sustillian, unbacked carpet and primary backing was readied to face the slings and arrows of the runaway.

Although the Constantine/SkB Architects team did not finish first, praise came abundantly from colleagues for the edgy and creative use of products and talent.

Lindstrom receives this year's Product Design Doc Award and the inaugural Designer's Choice Doc Award.