April 16, 2004—In a move to more efficiently manufacture and market their combined hospitality flooring products, ModaVation by Lees will be merged into The Mohawk Group’s Durkan Patterned Carpets division.
“Merging the ModaVation capabilities into the Durkan line was a logical progression to expand market presence, considering Mohawk’s infrastructure that lends itself to the design, servicing, marketing and distribution of custom Tapistron-type programs,” said Allen Parker, vice president of custom design for Lees. “ModaVation was focused on the high-style public space sector of the hospitality market, utilizing the unique patterning capabilities of Tapistron CYP tufting technology. Combining ModaVation’s CYP capacity with Durkan’s will produce, by far, the most CYP capacity in the industry.”
In 1999 Mohawk Industries acquired Durkan, a company with a 25-year history of quality carpet products and custom support services and programs.
