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ATLANTA -- ICI Paints and The Home Depot will launch
the first, truly comprehensive and environmentally friendly paint nationwide
in April 2008. The Freshaire Choice™ Paint offers exceptional quality,
free of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and is backed by a lifetime
guarantee and GREENGUARD certification. Featuring a custom color palette
of 66 beautiful colors available through an innovative tinting system,
The Freshaire Choice Paint combines everything environmental to truly
improve your world, your home and your family - inside and out.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the air inside
a home is, on average, two-to-five-times more polluted than the air outside.
As the emphasis of environmental concern shifts from outside to inside,
paint is a large contributing factor to poor indoor air quality and can
emit harmful chemicals, such as VOCs, for years after application.
While many paint manufacturers have recently introduced products that
claim to contain "low" or even "zero" VOCs, the GREENGUARD
Environmental Institute (GEI), one of the most stringent independent test
laboratories in the United States, recognizes The Freshaire Choice Paint
as the industry's first residential, tinted paint product to be GREENGUARD
Indoor Air Quality Certified® and the only paint to be awarded the
highest level of certification for Children & SchoolsSM.
Furthermore, while the GEI supports The Freshaire Choice's environmental
claim to improve air quality indoors, The Freshaire Choice's no-VOC
formulation1 doesn't compromise in product quality, either. In addition
to its official third-party verification, The Freshaire Choice Paint is
designed and proven to be long lasting and equally durable with regard
to washing and resisting stains. Best of all, it's backed by a lifetime
warranty that will maintain its earth-friendly reputation for years after
application.
The Freshaire Choice Paint custom color palette consists of 66 brilliantly
selected shades across the color spectrum, all inspired by nature. The
rich, premium colors are arranged into four groupings - Waterscapes,
Atmosphere, Botanical and Earth. The palette is not only deep in the natural
beauty, but also goes on smooth, covers flawlessly and dries in minutes.
New Tinting System Provides Beautiful Colors without Chemical Odor or
VOCs
Although many consumers are aware of warnings regarding VOCs, what some
may not understand is how to accurately interpret the levels. The truth
is, some paints are free of these harmful chemicals, but the average paint
colorant adds up to 150 grams of VOC back into the paint once the color
is mixed. With the new colorant pouch technology of The Freshaire Choice
Paint, homeowners receive the perfect color and quality, with no VOCs.
The secret behind The Freshaire Choice Paint's eco-friendly status
is a new advanced colorant technology. The Freshaire Choice Paint features
an exclusive, pre-measured ColorFresh™ delivery system to ensure
the paint is perfect in color and consistency every time. This innovative
technology mixes a new no-VOC paint with a new no-VOC tinting system.
Best of all, the paint does not expel any chemical odor. By eliminating
the commonly associated "fresh paint" smell, homeowners can
now conquer indoor painting projects all year round without sacrificing
quality of the air inside their home or the safety of their family.
Environmentally Friendly Painting Program - Inside and Out and Top
to Bottom
From color to clean up, The Freshaire Choice Paint allows consumers to
do their part for the environment. With packaging made from 100-percent
recycled materials, this paint takes "green" to the next level
and provides a comprehensive home, family and earth-friendly product from
start to finish. The packaging, color chips and paint container were developed
to make the entire package the most environmentally friendly product possible.
The labeling on the paint can is made from 75-percent recycled fiber content
and printed in soy ink. The chips and brochures are not only made with
recycled materials, but can be recycled after use. Even the paint container
itself is made from 100-percent recycled material and can be recycled,
making The Freshaire Choice Paint the best choice for not just your home
and your family, but for our world, as well.
Smell the Difference
The Freshaire Choice Paint will be exclusively available at The Home
Depot nationwide beginning April 1, 2008. The one-gallon containers will
be sold at a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $35 - 38. The Freshaire
Choice Paint product assortment consists of flat, eggshell and semi-gloss
finishes, as well as drywall interior primer and ceiling paint.
About ICI Paints:
ICI Paints is part of the ICI Group (NYSE: ICI - News), one of the world's
largest producers of specialty products and paints. ICI Paints worldwide
has 49 manufacturing sites in 25 countries and more than 15,000 employees.
Headquartered in Strongsville, Ohio, ICI Paints' North American operations
were formed when the ICI Group acquired The Glidden Company in 1986. Today,
ICI Paints produces widely respected and tradition rich decorative coatings
brands such as Glidden™, Dulux®, Ralph Lauren®, Devoe®,
Fuller O'Brien®, C-I-L™, Color Your World™ and Liquid Nails®
caulks and adhesives. Products are sold through ICI Paints company stores,
national retail outlets and independent paint dealers in the United States,
Canada and Puerto Rico and are also exported internationally. ICI Paints
is an official corporate partner of Major League Soccer, and the Glidden
brand is the official paint of Major League Soccer.
About The Home Depot®:
The Home Depot® is the world's largest home improvement specialty
retailer, with 2,065 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. Through
its HD SupplySM businesses, The Home Depot is also one of the largest
diversified wholesale distributors in the United States, with more than
900 locations in the United States and Canada offering products and services
for building, improving and maintaining homes, businesses and municipal
infrastructures. In fiscal 2005, The Home Depot had sales of $81.5 billion
and earnings of $5.8 billion. The Company employs approximately 355,000
associates and has been recognized by FORTUNE magazine as the No. 1 Most
Admired Specialty Retailer and the No. 13 Most Admired Corporation in
America for 2006. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE: HD - News) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial
average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.
Source: ICI Paints
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