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Mohawkpaperstore.com Wins Interactive Media Award

[Cohoes, NY] – Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc. is pleased to announced that Mohawkpaperstore.com has received a 2009 Best in Class Interactive Media Award for excellence in web design in the e-commerce category.

The Best in Class award is the highest honor bestowed by the Interactive Media Awards (IMA). It reflects excellence in planning, execution and overall professionalism. Mohawkpaperstore.com achieved very high marks in each judging criteria — design, content, feature functionality, usability, standards compliance and cross-browser compatibility — scoring 492 points out of a total 500.

Mohawkpaperstore.com, launched just over three months ago, is the embodiment of efficient online shopping. Designed by Overit Media and developed by Avatar New York, the e-commerce site features four different shopping methods — Shop by Project, Shop by Feature, Shop by Product Line and a product number search tool. The interactive homepage carousel and clean design let the papers speak for themselves.

This is the third web award Mohawk Fine Papers has received in the past year. Earlier this year, Felt & Wire, Mohawk’s blog for the paper-obsessed, also won an Interactive Media Award for “outstanding achievement” in the blog design category. Last November, Strathmore.com won a Shopping Standard of Excellence Web Award for outstanding achievement in website development.

For more information, visit www.mohawkpaper.com or call 1-800 the mill.

About Mohawk
Recognized for its technical innovation and environmental focus, Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. is the largest manufacturer of premium printing, writing and digital paper in North America. Signature grades include Strathmore®, Beckett®, Mohawk SuperfineTM, Via®, BriteHue, Carnival, Synergy, Solutions, Nekoosa Linen, Mohawk Color Copy® and proprietary Inxwell® products, Navajo® and Options®. Mohawk is also the exclusive marketer of Kromekote and Knightkote, premium coated brands manufactured by Smart Papers.

Mohawk engineers its papers to provide optimal performance for sheetfed, web and digital printing. Uses for Mohawk papers include corporate reports, corporate identity systems, brochures, packaging, invitations and announcements. Mohawk Digital Papers are also used in on-demand photo books, personalized direct mail and custom packaging. Mohawk offers reams and envelopes at mohawkpaperstore.com.

A certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise and leader in environmental stewardship, Mohawk is the first U.S. paper mill to match100% of its electricity with windpower renewable energy credits and the first U.S. premium paper mill to shift toward carbon neutral production. Also offered are recycled papers certified by Green Seal and papers certified to the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) standards by SmartWood, a program of the Rainforest Alliance. FSC certification ensures responsible use of forest resources.