Shaw Celebrates its 50th Anniversary

Dalton, GA, March 7, 2017—Shaw commemorates its 50th anniversary in 2017.

With deep roots in the textile industry of northwest Georgia, the company was founded in 1967, the year it formed a holding company to purchase Philadelphia Carpet Company.

Over the past 50 years, the company’s products, services, technology and manufacturing practices have advanced dramatically, while maintaining a keen focus on meeting and exceeding customer expectations and innovating for the future. Central to that success is Shaw’s 20,000-plus associates.

Shaw’s year-long celebration includes an associate-focused event that took place in Dalton, Georgia on March 3 that was attended by more than 4,000 people who work throughout Shaw’s expansive operations, from manufacturing and product development to sales and distribution, and the countless other roles required to conceive, create, and market the products of the future.

The day-long event featured: presentations from Shaw leaders about the leadership characteristics needed to take the company into the future; a retrospective of Shaw’s history told through the personal stories of Shaw associates with the opportunity for attendees to contribute their own stories on-site; interactive activities to promote collaboration, future thinking, and engagement; and a 360-degree tour of Shaw representing the company’s showrooms, manufacturing operations, and distribution facilities through a virtual reality experience.

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