Beaulieu Announces Departure of Executives

Dalton, GA, Nov. 18, 2011 -- Carpet manufacturer Beaulieu of America has announced additional management changes as it prepares for 2012.

CEO Ralph Boe said that chief marketing officer Jeff Meadows and chief operations officer James Lesslie have left the company effective immediately.

The announcement follows stories about three facility closings in the last several weeks.

“It’s very important that people don’t read anything into all these recent events,” Boe said.

“These moves were necessary to adjust capacity with the market demand. Beaulieu now enters 2012 well positioned. We announced securing a $230 million loan refinance in October and we’re showing strong performance in several areas.”

Beaulieu said its new HealthyTouch and CCA Global Resista Refresh lines placed into almost 6,000 dealers has the highest rate of sales for any launch in Beaulieu’s history. Also, its Stainmaster with Magic Fresh odor reducer is out-performing its previous Stainmaster collection 2 to 1.

On the commercial side, Beaulieu said it is also seeing growth with both its Nexterra-backed modular tiles and Aqua in hospitality.
 

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