MATTEX TO CREATE 200 JOBS, INVEST $60M IN MURRAY COUNTY

DALTON, GA. — Mattex Group, a Dubai-based carpet backings producer, will establish its U.S. headquarters by building an extrusion manufacturing plant in Murray County, which is part of the Dalton metropolitan statistical area in North Georgia. The company will invest $60 million in the facility and create 200 jobs during the next three years. The company currently has a warehouse in Calhoun, Ga., but the Murray County facility will be Mattex Group's first manufacturing plant outside the Middle East. The property will include between 275,000 and 375,000 square feet. The company, which is building the facility to serve its North American markets, plans to begin construction on the plant this summer and for the facility to become operational in 2014. The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) partnered with Murray County and Murray County Industrial Development Authority to manage the expansion. Carl Campbell, regional project manager at GDEcD, led the project on behalf of the state. Georgia Quick Start, a workforce training program, will provide assistance to the company.