Mohawk Industries announced plans Thursday for a $100 million expansion at the floor maker’s existing vinyl floor cover manufacturing plant in Dalton, Ga.
The expansion will increase Mohawk’s domestic hard surface production capacity, and create 200 new jobs.
The Dalton plant was formerly operated by Belgium luxury vinyl manufacturer IVC Group. Mohawk bought IVC last year for $1.2 billion and acquired IVC’s Dalton plant in the process, bringing the state-of-the-art production facility and technology into Mohawk’s hard surface portfolio.
Luxury vinyl flooring refers to nonwood, nonceramic plank and tile floor coverings which often mimic wood in terms of looks, and are increasingly tougher to distinguish from real wood flooring, thanks to innovations in design and production technology.
Luxury vinyl sales are the fastest-growing sector in the flooring industry right now, and Mohawk’s stakes in vinyl and ceramics helped carry the publicly-traded company to four record-earning quarters last year. Mohawk is set to release its first quarter 2016 earnings next month.