Carpeting Futures
A look at one of the most important shows in the carpet industry. The DFCMA (Dalton
Floor Covering Marketing Association) sponsors a Carpet Technology Show every two year. This years
event will be held September 14-16 at the NorthWest Georgia Trade and Convention Center, Dalton,
Ga. This show allows carpet industry vendors to showcase their machinery, equipment, services and
supplies to the industry. What To Expect For ’99Wanda Ellis, executive director of the DFCMA,
said the 1999 Carpet Technologies show is sold out: We actually have less exhibitors than normal
this year but only because exhibitors are taking larger spaces. They realize the importance of
being where the action is to make the right contacts to do business with carpet manufacturers. We
expect to feature some new and updated technologies that are helping to drive the growth of our
industry.Ellis conveyed that kicking off the show will be a golf tournament held at the Barnsley
InnandGolf at Barnsley Gardens in Adairsville, Ga. Exhibitors and members will be supplying players
and this will be a charity tournament for the Red Cross.Some of the other planned activities at the
show include a round table discussion, a seminar by the British Wool Bureau, and other speakers who
will be covering changes in the rug market and carpeting branding (name recognition). There will
also be a technical speaker that will address backings being introduced into the industry. There
will be something for everyone, including many featured events focusing on education, knowledge and
a realm of other opportunities for carpet mills. ExhibitorsNew exhibitors this year include
Bruno Machinery, Southern Technical Specialties, Van De Wiele, American Schonherr, Frueden Spunweb,
General Design and British Wool Marketing Board. The show is appealing to a broader range of
business as it becomes better known.It has helped that we took flyers to the Asia Floor Show and
Domotex in Germany. New contacts and other referrals are now wanting more information. Weve been
having at least one international visitor each month, Ellis said.Today, most manufacturers think in
terms of efficiencies and make use of resources to help maintain and grow profitability. The Carpet
Technologies Show allows the opportunities for diversity of products for the industry.Mahlo of
America, Germany, represented in America by Bob Harrell, Harrell Machinery Sales, has developed a
beta ray gauge which measures the precise amount of latex to go on carpet backings, proportional to
the amount of beta rays measured on the receiver end which is based on the thickness of the carpet.
Mahlo of America has another machine that electronically sees carpet patterns to make sure they go
through tufting and coating processes as straight as possible.Advanced Bio Systems, a wastewater
treatment company, has recently begun offering its services to textile companies.Representative
Harry DeLoach said the company uses the same technology that has been used to treat wastewater in
the pulp and paper business for 18 years. The reasoning behind this is because plants have
tremendous costs associated with treatment of wastewater or sludge disposal, and he noted this
technology should save money.Carpet Tech ExhibitorsAB Carter Inc.Gastonia, N.C.Booth #
250Accu-Cut/Brockie InternationalClermont, Fla.Booth # A1-33Advanced BioSystems, LLCRoebuck,
SC.Booth # 902Aircond Corp.Dalton, Ga.Booth # 148Alcon Systems Inc.Dalton, Ga.Booth # A2
26.American FiltecoMachinery Corp. (AFMC)Marietta, Ga.Booth # A 3American Line Corp.Gastonia,
N.C.Booth # 512America SchonherrDuncan, S.C.Booth # 807, 809American Suessen Corp.Charlotte,
N.C.Booth # 301American Superba Inc.Dalton, Ga.Booth # 331/430Appalachian Electronic Inst.
Inc.Ronceverte, W.Va.Booth # 537Armstrong World IndustriesGreenville, S.C.Booth # 504BandJ
Machinery Co. Inc.Dalton, Ga.Booth # 542Babcock Textilemaschinen GmbHGermanyBooth # 507Barmag
AGGermany Booth # 710, 712, 714Belmont Textile Machinery Co.Mt. Holly, N.C.Booth # 417, 516Belt
Shop Inc.Blemont, N.C.Booth # 702BetacontrolBooth # 710, 712, 714BlakeandPendletonDalton, Ga.Booth
# 541, 543Blue Ridge PrintingKnoxville, Tenn.Both # 606Briggs-Shaffner Co.Winston-Salem, N.C.Booth
# 550British Wool Marketing BoardEnglandBooth # Lower ConcourseBruno Machinery Corp.Troy, N.Y.Booth
# B3-16Card-Monroe Corp.Chattanooga, Tenn.Booth # 205Carolina Specialty Inc.Sanford, N.C.Booth #
404Carolmac Corp. Greensville, S.C.Booth # 701Carpet and Rug InstituteDalton, Ga.Booth # Lower
ConcourseCarpet Industry Clearinghouse Inc.Dalton, Ga.Booth # 105Chattanooga Tufters
Inc.Chattanooga, Tenn.Booth # 131Chemfab Corp.Woodstock, Ga.Booth # 902Chiron Technology
Inc.Charlotte, N.C.Booth # 608CIMS Dalton, Ga.Booth # 117Cobble/Tufting Machine Co.Dalton, Ga.Booth
# 317, 416CommunicationsandElectronics Inc.Chattanooga, Tenn.Booth # 242Consolidated BalingMachine
Co. Inc.Jacksonville, Fla.Booth # 900Control Corp. of AmericaRichmond, Va.Booth # 810Cope Machinery
Co. Inc.Dalton, Ga.Booth # 245CORfine Inc.Muncie, Ind.Booth # 405Crosrol Inc./James H. Heal Co.
Ltd.Greenville, S.C.Booth # 503Daikin America Inc.Orangeburg, N.Y.Booth # 234Dawson Textile
MachineryGreensboro, N.C.Booth # A1 32Don Johns Inc.Lawrenceville, Ga.Booth # 521Dystar
L.P.Charlotte, N.C.Booth # 616Eagle PartsandMachinery Inc.Chatsworth, Ga.Booth # 150, 248Edwards
Technical Sales Co.Norcross, Ga.Booth # 600Electric System Inc.Dalton, Ga.Booth # 335, 434Eltex
U.S. Inc.Greer, S.C.Booth # 431EMS/ESIDalton, Ga.Entrelec Inc.Irving, TexasBooth # B2 8Epic
Enterprises Inc.Southern Pines, N.C.Booth # 605ErhardtandLeimer Inc.Spartanburg, S.C.Booth #
505Essex Inc.Winston-Salem, N.C.Booth # 349Etowah ChemicalChattanooga, Tenn.Booth # 249Euromac
Inc.Dalton, Ga.Booth # 305Excel MachineandSupply Kings Mountain, N.C.Booth # 348Exim Ltd./Tranoco
Inc.Greenville, S.C.Booth # A2 31FeilandDavidson Inc.Greensboro, N.C.Booth # 503Fi-Tech
Inc.Richmond, Va.Booth # 523Fiber ControlsGastonia, N.C.Booth # A2 27-30Fife Corp.Oklahoma City,
Okla.Booth # 801Fisher-RosemountRoswell, Ga.Booth # 530Fleissner GmbHandCo.Germany Booth # 613,
615Fletcher International Inc.Southern Pines, N.C.Booth # 412, 313Fortress TechnologyCanadaBooth #
443FranklandThomas Inc.Greenville, S.C.Booth # 517Freudenberg Spunweb Co.Durham, N.C.Booth #
901General Design Inc.Chattanooga, Tenn.Booth # B2 2-4Gilbos of AmericaCharlotte, N.C.Booth # 710,
712, 714GPL Plastics MachineryCharlotte, N.C.Booth # 710, 712, 714Grainger Industrial SupplyTucker,
Ga.Booth # 802Harrell Machinery Sales Dalton, Ga.Booth # 401Heatco Inc.Acworth, Ga.Booth #
610Hi-Tech ControlsandAutomationDalton, Ga.Booth # 439, 450, 548, 549Host/Racine Industries
Inc.Racine, Wis.Booth # A1 37ICBT Inc.Greensboro, N.C.Booth # 223Industrial BeltingandSupplyDalton,
Ga.Booth # 241Ingersoll-Rand Co.Chattanooga, Tenn.Booth # 140-146International Baler
Corp.Jacksonville, FlaBooth # 900International PressandShear Corp.Baxley, Ga.Booth # 900Interstate
Industrial Electronics Inc.Dalton, Ga.Booth # B2 9-11J. Zimmer Maschinenbau GmbHAustriaBooth #
804Jem PrintingRome, Ga. Booth # 135Kaeser CompressorsMarietta, Ga.Booth # 903, 904Keith
Manufacturing Co.Madras, Ore.Booth # 719, 720KustersBooth # 217/213Lawson-Hemphill Sales
Spartanburg, S.C.Booth # 703Lessco Inc.Dalton, Ga.Booth # 123M-tecBooth # 213, 217Mahlo America
Inc.Spartanburg, S.C.Booth # 401Marsh Micro SystemsChattanooga, Tenn.Booth # 612Mart Corp.Sanford,
N.C.Booth # 800MitterBooth # 213, 217Moisture Register ProductsTyron, Ga.Booth # 602MSS
ServicesDalton, Ga.Booth # 201Multi State Sewing SupplyandEquipment Corp.Haleyville, Ala.Booth #
815N. Schlumberger (USA) Fort Mill, S.C.Booth # 815N.C. Carpet Equipment Newark, N.J.Booth #
300National Carpet Equipment Inc.Brooklyn Park, Minn.Booth # 300Nedgraphics Inc.Chattanooga,
Tenn.Booth # 143NITTA Corp. of AmericaSwanee, Ga.Booth # 811Norville IndustriesDalton, Ga.Booth #
340PAF Sales, LLCGreensboro, N.C.Booth # 413Panda ProductsCartersville, Ga.Booth # 812Paragon
Plastics Inc.Union, S.C.Booth # B3 14, 15Perpetual Machine Co.Dalton, Ga.Booth # 323Pierret North
AmericaSpartanburg, S.C.Booth # 132Plantex Amchinery Inc.Dalton, Ga.Booth # 141Pleva USACharlotte,
N.C.Booth # 519Polyfil N.V.BelgiumBooth # A1 35, 36Praxair Surface TechnologiesCharlotte, N.C.Booth
# 715Precision LoopersDalton, Ga.Booth # A1 34Pruetts Supply Inc.LaFayette, Ga.Booth # 309Roden
Electrical Supply Inc.Dalton, Ga.Booth # 613, 615Saurer Textile SystemsCharlotte, N.C.Booth #
423Schoen Machinery Inc.Beverly, Mass.Booth # 403Sellers of AmericaDalton, Ga.Booth # 109Shell
ChemicalsVarnell, Ga.Booth # 441SMLAustriaBooth # 713SmythandCompanyMontgomery, Ala.Booth #
700Southeast Industrial Dev. Assoc.Chattanooga, Tenn.Booth # 611Southern Technical Specialties
Inc.Eastman, Ga.Booth # 817Stangdridge Color Corp.Social Circle, Ga.Booth # 400Scientific
Technologies Inc.Fremont, Calif.Booth # 701.SunbrandAtlanta, Ga.Booth # 435, 534Sybron Chemical
Inc.Wellford, S.C.Booth # 601Talladega MachineandSupply Co.Talladega, Ala.Booth # B1 1Tapistron
Internationals Inc.Ringgold, Ga.Booth # 231, 237Tex AmericaCharlotte, N.C.Booth # 713 Textile
Management Systems Inc.New Orleans, La.Booth # 803, 805TextileWeb Inc.Greensboro, N.C.Booth #
345Textube Corp.Greer, S.C.Booth # B2 7Trumeter Co. Inc.Deerfield Beach, Fla.Booth # 539Tuftco
Corp.Chattanooga, Tenn.Booth # 341, 440Universal Textile Sales Inc.Dalton, Ga.Booth # 618, 619Van
De Wiele of AmericaGreer, S.C.Booth # 818, 819W.T. Hollis Co./Bowman Dunn Mfg.LaGrange, Ga.Booth #
705Waring Products Inc.Dalton, Ga.Booth # 705Waste Technology Corp.Jacksonville, Fla.Booth #
900Baling presses.Whitfield Oil Company Inc.Chickamauga, Ga.Booth # 350, 438Whitin Roberts
Co.Sanford, N.C.Booth # 814Yesco Industrial SupplyChattanooga, Tenn.Booth # 800Zenith PumpsSanford,
N.C.Booth # 609Zima Corp.Spartanburg, S.C.Booth # 213, 217
August 1999
