SOLON, OH, SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 — Global flooring manufacturer Tarkett announced a new addition to its Commercial Strategy and Development team, welcoming Antonio Bucca as senior director, product management, soft surface. Having been with Tarkett in different capacities since 2013, Bucca has long been a key leader within Tarkett Commercial—most recently as senior director of sales operations.

In his new role, Bucca will leverage his in-depth understanding of Tarkett customers, commercial strategy and operational excellence to lead the team in developing and executing product strategies that will drive growth, innovation and increase customer satisfaction.

“With Antonio’s proven track record of empowering sales teams to operate more efficiently and effectively—consistently driving impact—we look forward to watching the significance he will bring to his new role,” said Michael Mathews, senior vice president, commercial strategy and development for Tarkett.

Bucca is currently pursuing an Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Replacing Bucca in his previous role as senior director of sales operations is Melinda Rutledge, who has served the last two years at Tarkett as the senior director of operations excellence.

In this new role, Rutledge will be responsible for driving growth in sales productivity and revenue. She will lead the sales operations team, handling both strategic and tactical functions, as well as identifying solutions, tools and systems to simplify and automate sales processes.

Rutledge brings over 20 years of experience driving operational excellence, performance analytics and continuous improvement across global manufacturing organizations. She holds a Six Sigma Black Belt certification and has a proven record of delivering sustained improvements in safety, service and cost through structured, people-centric change management.

To learn more about Tarkett, visit tarkett.com.

About Tarkett
With a 140-year history, Tarkett is a worldwide leader in innovative and durable flooring and sports surface solutions, generating net sales of 3.3 billion euros in 2024. The Group has close to 12,000 employees, 24 R&D centres, 8 recycling centres, and 35 production sites. Tarkett designs and manufactures solutions for hospitals, schools, housing, hotels, offices, shops, and sports fields, serving customers in more than 100 countries. To build “The Way to Better Floors”, the Group is committed to the circular economy and sustainable development, in line with its Tarkett Human-Conscious Design® approach. Tarkett is listed on the Euronext-regulated market (compartment B, ISIN: FR0004188670, ticker: TKTT). www.tarkett-group.com

Every Step Matters
For years, Tarkett has raised the sustainability standards of the flooring industry. The company designs floors with transparency you can trust as it creates healthy impacts on indoor spaces and protects our air, water, soil, and every living thing. Tarkett’s ReStart® take-back and recycling program will either repurpose or recycle every type of flooring from any manufacturer. Its near-term science-based carbon emissions reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and are fully aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement objective to limit global warming by 1.5 degrees Celsius. For more information, visit commercial.tarkett.com/sustainability.