Article: Walking the floor: the Mohawk Group Plant, Glasgow, Va., exhorts environmental initiatives within a grand-scale operation.(sustainable flooring)

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At the confluence of the Maury and James rivers in the rural town of Glasgow, Va., one of The Mohawk Group's plants is situated at the perfect "crossroads location" for a manufacturing facility. With no shortage of water supply and easy access to Route 11 (a major thoroughfare that predates modern Interstates) as well as nearby railroad tracks, the plant broke ground on its present site on Dec. 26, 1934, and during the course of the last seven decades has expanded to its present size of 1.5 million square feet--a massive 34-acre facility encompassed all under one roof. It is here that The Mohawk Group's sustainability commitment touches on ...

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