Mullican Flooring officials announced Wednesday it will invest $15 million to expand its Johnson City operations and create 200 new jobs during the next five years.
The 31-year-old company, one of the nation's top five hardwood flooring producers, will acquire a 126,000-square-foot warehouse in Johnson City to store raw materials and finished products. The extra capacity will provide additional space at the company's Johnson City headquarters and production plant to meet increased manufacturing needs.
Mullican Flooring plans to hire 50 to 80 new employees during the next year. Over the next five years, the company will nearly double the company's current employment in Johnson City.
"Mullican Flooring has always found Washington County, Johnson City and the state of Tennessee to be exceptional partners to local businesses," said Neil Poland, president of Mullican Flooring. "The tremendous work ethic of our existing employees has created a successful foundation at our Johnson City plant to help make this expansion possible."
The company operates three other manufacturing facilities in Virginia, New York and West Virginia. Mullican Flooring manufactures and sells a variety of prefinished and engineered flooring products through an extensive retail and distribution network across the U.S. and Canada.
"Mullican Flooring is one of Tennessee's homegrown success stories and I applaud them for their commitment to provide another 200 jobs for Johnson City and Washington County residents," Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said.
This expansion marks Mullican Flooring's fourth expansion in Johnson City since the company moved to Johnson City in 2000. The company added prefinished flooring to its product line in 2003. In 2010, Mullican Flooring completed a $6 million expansion at its Johnson City facility that included additional production capabilities.