In 1946 Shaw Industries began when Clarence Shaw, the father of Robert and J.C. Shaw, purchased a small dye company. Originally named Star Dye Company, it produced scatter rugs and bedspreads. By 1958 Robert Shaw took on the role of CEO in the company, jointly owned by both brothers.

Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is one of the world's largest carpet manufacturers with more than $6 billion in annual revenue and approximately 22,000 employees worldwide. It is headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.

1967 Shaw Floors offers carpet, hardwood, laminate, luxury vinyl, tile and stone flooring and solutions for real life and real homes. Our legacy and expertise are founded in a culture of service, innovation and passion. Since 1967, our floors have been designed with you in mind. We believe your space should be comfortable.

We are proud to offer our commercial and residential customers around the world the option to enjoy beautiful sustainable products through our diverse brand portfolio that includes: Anderson | Tuftex, COREtec, Floorigami Patcraft, Philadelphia Commercial, Shaw Contract, Shaw Floors, Shaw Sports Turf, Southwest Greens, ...

3,000 B.C.: The Egyptians develop stone construction, and stone and brick floors begin to appear. 2,000 B.C.: Rugs are on the scene in one form or another. 1,000 B.C.: The Greeks create pebble mosaics for their floors. 400 A.D.: Wood floors were first used by people in the Middle Ages.

Flooring Fun Facts

• The oldest surviving carpet is called the Pazyryk carpet.
• Wooden floors are allergy friendly.
• The red carpet was not introduced to the world through celebrity events, like we would think.
• Vinyl and linoleum are often referred to as the same things however they are entirely separate products.

Also known as the “Carpet Capital of the World,” Dalton, Georgia is home to some major carpet manufacturers: Tarkett, Dixie, Engineered, Interface, Phenix, Mannington, Mohawk, Milliken and Shaw.

The name is of English and Scottish origin. In some cases, the surname is an Americanization of a similar-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish surname. In England and Scotland, the name is a topographic name for someone who lived by a copse or thicket.

The Mohawk Family Of The Mohawk Family Of Brands As the world's largest flooring company, we're proud to offer our customers flooring options in 30+ categories. The Mohawk family of brands provides an extensive selection of world-class products from some of the most trusted names in flooring.

Shaw Industries Group Inc: Overview The company carries out designing, manufacturing, and distribution of carpet and floor-covering products worldwide. It offers various products such as carpets, hardwood and laminate floors, synthetic turf, resilient flooring products, vinyl flooring, and tiles and stones.

Flooring is the general term for a permanent covering of a floor, or for the work of installing such a floor covering. Floor covering is a term to generically describe any finish material applied over a floor structure to provide a walking surface.

From Middle English flor, flore, from Old English flōr (“floor, pavement, ground, bottom”), from Proto-West Germanic *flōr, from Proto-Germanic *flōraz (“flat surface, floor, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂ros (“floor”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).