Interface Breaks Ground on Kyle 2 Plant Expansion Project

LaGrange, GA, December 8, 2017-On December 5, Interface broke ground on the first phase of its Kyle 2 Plant Expansion Project.

Over the next three years, Interface is investing $40 million in its Troup County operations, which is estimated to provide Interface with an annualized cost savings of $30 million through higher efficiencies and material utilization.

The expansion is broken into 2 phases. Phase One, slated for completion in Q3 of 2018, will add 45,000 square feet of production space and create an enlarged tufting room with up to 14 tufters.

Phase Two, slated for 2019 completion, will transition the company’s 30,000 square foot warehouse operation to a new purpose-built 100,000 square foot facility.

Additionally, the investment will provide Interface the opportunity to implement its first Factory as a Forest design, which will mimic how an ecosystem conserves and utilizes water, stores and uses carbon and energy, and reuses food. To mimic this natural system, Interface will include the following sustainable elements in the design of Kyle 2: rainwater collection for use in operations, solar panels on the roof to generate enough electricity to cover most of the facility’s A/C and lighting, water features that will send water back into the atmosphere, and native and drought-resistant landscaping.