Tuftco Finishing Chairman Cresswell Dies

Dalton, GA, Oct. 9, 2013 -- Bob Cresswell, chairman of the board of Tuftco Finishing Systems, died Friday, Oct. 4.

He had been involved in the carpet industry for more than 50 years and had a hand in nearly all of the installations of finishing equipment in all major carpet manufacturing companies in the U.S.

Tuftco Finishing Systems produces carpeting finishing equipment. Its recent projects include the new equipment for Engineered Floors, as well as Shaw's tile backing line for its plant in Nantong, China.

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