MatWorks Brings Retail and Hospitality Flooring Expertise to Healthcare
Debuts at the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo, October 25–28, 2025
LaGrange, GA - For more than six decades, the MatWorks division of Mountville has helped the nation’s leading retailers, pharmacies, and hotel brands shape customer experience from the ground up, combining safety, comfort, and cleanability in the busiest commercial environments. This October, MatWorks brings that same expertise to healthcare with its debut at the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo (HCD), October 25–28, 2025, at the Kansas City Convention Center. Attendees can visit Booth #2144 to explore flooring innovations that enhance staff comfort, safety, and patient experience in healthcare settings, continuing MatWorks’ mission to ‘Protect Every Step.’
Flooring That Supports the Human Side of Care
In retail and hospitality, MatWorks has long understood that flooring isn’t just functional, it’s foundational to how people feel in a space. In healthcare, those same principles apply even more critically. Environments that are safe, quiet, clean, and comfortable support both quality of care and quality of experience for patients, families, and staff.
“Entering healthcare is a natural extension of who we are,” said Matt Meredith, Director of Sales at MatWorks. “We’ve spent decades helping major retailers and hospitality brands design environments where comfort, safety, and cleanliness define the customer experience. Now, we’re bringing that same depth of expertise to healthcare, protecting every step for the people who give care, receive care, and visit those they love most.”
MatWorks’ entry into healthcare builds on three core pillars:
- Human-Centered Design: Ergonomic flooring and anti-fatigue systems that reduce strain for nurses, lab technicians, and administrative staff who spend hours on their feet.
- Safety and Cleanliness: Surfaces engineered to capture dirt and moisture, improve traction, and support infection-control protocols.
- Sustainability and Longevity: Modular, durable products aligned with environmental impact goals including recyclable materials and closed-loop lifecycle design such as the REPP-Tile™ line.
Featured at HCD 2025: The Select Comfort Tile Collection
At the center of MatWorks’ healthcare offering is the Select Comfort Tile family, designed for the spaces that connect care, comfort, and experience.
Select Comfort Tile is engineered specifically for patient-visible, low-risk areas where comfort and aesthetics are essential but exposure to fluids or heavy equipment is minimal. These include lobbies, waiting rooms, reception desks, nurse and staff stations, and retail-facing zones such as pharmacies and gift shops. In these environments, flooring plays a crucial role in creating a calm, professional, and welcoming atmosphere while supporting staff who stand for long periods.
- Select Comfort Tile with LVT Top: A cushioned underlayer with a hard, easy-to-clean top surface, ideal for labs, diagnostic areas, and pharmacy counters.
- Select Comfort Tile with Crumb Rubber Top: Enhanced ergonomic cushioning for nurse stations, reception desks, and high-use administrative areas.
Each option balances anti-fatigue comfort, traction, durability, and cleanability, helping healthcare teams stay focused and productive while creating a more positive experience for patients and families.
From Concept to Care: A Turnkey, Vertically Integrated Partner
Unlike many providers, MatWorks designs and manufactures majority of its own products in the United States, controlling every stage from prototyping to production, finishing, and installation. This “start-to-finish” model ensures consistent quality, faster lead times, and reliable customization for healthcare systems with multiple facilities.
MatWorks also offers turnkey support, from site surveys and specification guidance to installation and maintenance, simplifying procurement and helping ensure smooth delivery in schedule-sensitive healthcare environments.
Why Healthcare Designers Should Visit Booth #2144
At MatWorks’ HCD 2025 booth, visitors can:
Experience the difference: Feel the ergonomic comfort and acoustic benefits of Select Comfort Tile firsthand.
Learn about cleanability: See how MatWorks surfaces support hygiene and cleanliness through facilities.
Explore applications: Meet with MatWorks design consultants to explore customized solutions for your spaces.
About MatWorks
MatWorks, a division of Mountville, is a U.S.-based manufacturer and designer of flooring and matting systems that enhance safety, comfort, and customer experience in demanding commercial environments. For over 60 years, MatWorks has partnered with the nation’s leading retailers, restaurants, and hospitality brands to elevate the built environment. Today, MatWorks brings that proven performance to healthcare, helping facilities create safer, more comfortable, and more human-centered spaces from the ground up.
Booth: #2144 | Event: Healthcare Design Conference + Expo | Dates: October 25–28, 2025
