One of the world’s largest flooring companies, Calhoun, GA-based Mohawk, has announced it will create 500 new jobs by expanding a manufacturing facility in Chattooga County.

The Georgia Quick Start program will perform the training for new employees.

According to a report on Chattanoogan.com, "Quick Start is excited to be a part of the growth and success of our longtime partner Mohawk Industries,” said Jackie Rohosky, Technical College System of Georgia assistant commissioner for economic development programs and head of Quick Start.“We’re excited to help create these quality jobs in Georgia.”

Mohawk employs thousands of people in Georgia and across the nation. The company’s line of flooring products including carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, stone, wood, laminate and vinyl. Mohawk provides sustainable manufacturing through its transformation of recycled materials into fashionable flooring products, a process that ranks the company among the leading recyclers of plastic bottles in North America.

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