DXYN vs TILE

Dixie Group Inc.

The Dixie Group, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells floorcovering products for residential and commercial applications in North America and internationally. It offers residential carpets, custom rugs, and engineered wood products under the Fabrica brand for interior decorators and designers, selected retailers and furniture stores, luxury home builders, and manufacturers of luxury motor coaches and yachts; and specialty carpets and rugs for the high-end residential marketplace, as well as luxury vinyl flooring products and broadloom carpet products under the Masland Residential brand name through the interior design community and specialty floorcovering retailers. The company also provides residential tufted broadloom carpets and rugs to selected retailers and home centers under the Dixie Home and private label brands, as well as luxury vinyl flooring products to the marketplace it serves. In addition, it offers broadloom carpets, luxury vinyl floorings, and rugs under the AtlasMasland brand name to architectural and specified design community, hospitality market, and commercial end users, as well as to consumers through specialty floorcovering retailers. The company was founded in 1920 and is based in Dalton, Georgia.

Interface Inc.

Interface, Inc., a modular flooring company, designs, produces, and sells modular carpet products primarily in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The company offers modular carpets under the Interface and FLOR brand names; carpet tiles under the GlasBacRE name for use in commercial interiors, including offices, healthcare facilities, airports, educational and other institutions, hospitality spaces, and retail facilities, as well as residential interiors; modular resilient flooring products; rubber flooring under the norament and noraplan brand names; and luxury vinyl tile products. It also produces and sells an adapted version of its carpet tile for the healthcare facilities market; and two-meter roll goods that are structure-backed for use in education, healthcare, and government markets, as well as carpet replacement, installation, and maintenance services. In addition, the company sells and licenses a proprietary antimicrobial chemical compound under the Intersept name for use in interior finishes; sells TacTiles, a carpet tile installation system, as well as various adhesives and products; and provides turnkey project management services for global accounts and other customers through its InterfaceSERVICES business. It sells its products directly to end-users, as well as indirectly through independent contractors or distributors, and FLOR line of products through Internet sales and commercial sales force. The company has product showrooms or design studios in the United States, Canada, Mexico, England, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, India, Australia, Norway, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, China, and others. Interface, Inc. was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.