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Shaw Industries, Inc. Company Profile
Go ahead, walk all over them. Shaw Industries is one of the world's largest carpet manufacturers. The company sells woven and tufted broadloom carpet and other flooring products including laminate, ceramic tile, and hardwood in North America, and exports worldwide. Its carpet brand names include Cabin Crafts, Queen, Designweave, Philadelphia, and Sutton. The company also rolls out a line of both continuous filament fiber carpet and hardwood flooring containing recycled content. Shaw sells its residential products to distributors and retailers and offers commercial products directly to contractors through Shaw Contract Flooring. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns Shaw Industries.
Contact Information
Address: 616 E. Walnut Ave.
Dalton, GA 30722
Phone:706-278-3812
Fax:
Financial Highlights
Fiscal Year End:December
Revenue (2008):5052.00 M
Employees (2008):28,000
Key People
CEO: Vance D. Bell
President: Randy Merritt
EVP: Julius C. Shaw
Industry Information
Sector: Industrial Goods
Industry: Textile Industrial
Top Competitors
Beaulieu Group, L.L.C.
Interface, Inc. (ifsia)
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (mhk)
 


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