If i didn t get out soon my boys would retire before i did.
Bob shaw carpet.
A teenage bob shaw drove a truck for his father s company.
Actually bob shaw is king of the carpet industry.
In 1958 robert shaw became ceo of the company which was then jointly owned by the two brothers.
Grow by acquisition invest in technology and branch out into virtually every facet of the industry s production to delivery system.
And then we throw in something extra like lifetime warranties against stains and soils and warranties for wear up to 20 years.
Shaw carpet warranties we start with the most durable carpet fibers ever made.
When it comes to carpet and housing starts businessman bob shaw likes to say there has been a depression over most of the past decade or so.
Shaw then spent four years at the university of the south across the mountains in sewanee tenn without earning a degree.
Engineered floors expects to open a new 500 000 square foot carpet tile facility on old dixie highway in southern whitfield county in 2018 and that s not even the biggest construction project the company has underway according to founder and chairman robert e.
Shaw organized a holding company to acquire philadelphia carpet company founded in 1846.
Bob shaw dalton ga.
Just as silicon valley is home to the tech industry detroit is home to the auto industry north georgia between calhoun and chattanooga tennessee is home to the carpet industry.
Our founder bob shaw doesn t do things halfway when he set out to re imagine the carpet industry he did so with the intent of creating the best possible product.
Golf got boring for bob shaw godfather of the carpet industry after he sold the company that.
A pattern was set.
The shaws began making carpet in 1967 with the acquisition of the philadelphia carpet company in cartersville.
With 300 000 in sales the company expanded dramatically and soon started finishing carpet as shaw industries.
He stepped down as ceo of shaw industries last month just after his 75th birthday and moved into offices in the old city hall building with his secretary elaine and a staff.
Shaw industries also moved into hardwood and vinyl flooring.
With his now retired brother j c.
Shaw bob shaw built shaw industries into the world s largest carpet manufacturer with sales of 3 billion.