Company Profile
Dal-Tile Corporation
Company Overview
Mohawk Industries, Dal-Tile Business Unit
Today Mohawk Industries, Inc. is the leading producer and distributor of flooring worldwide in all major flooring categories: carpet, rugs, hardwood, laminate, ceramic tile, and vinyl for residential or commercial application. The company operates under three divisions: Mohawk, Dal-Tile, and Unilin, each with its own products, features and brand names.
With revenues over $1.6B, Dal-Tile, a subsidiary of Mohawk Industries, manufactures, distributes, and markets high-quality ceramic tile products. The largest U.S. ceramic tile manufacturer, and one of the largest in the world, Dal-Tile currently employs over 7,500 people and operates 280 stores, 24 stone centers, ten high-end show rooms and nine manufacturing plants in the U.S. and Mexico.
The company began operations in 1947, establishing its first glazed wall tile manufacturing facility and corporate headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Since that time, company operations have greatly expanded and now incorporate the manufacture of glazed and unglazed floor and wall tile, glazed and unglazed ceramic mosaics, and unglazed quarry tile.
The following vision and operating strategies have enabled Dal-Tile to achieve its current leading presence and should serve as the basis for the company’s future growth and profitability:
Vision. Since 1947, Dal-Tile has stayed true to its vision of providing its customers with the highest quality ceramic, porcelain, mosaic and quarry tile and natural stone products.
Industry Leading Brand Names. Dal-Tile owns two of the most widely recognized product brands in ceramic tile, Daltile® and American Olean®. Each brand offers a comprehensive line of fashionable, high-quality tile products in a range of colors, textures, and finishes.
Industry’s Broadest Distribution Network. Dal-Tile products are sold through three distribution channels consisting of:
* company-operated sales centers
* independent distributors
* home center retailers
Dal-Tile supplies ceramic tile to the do-it-yourself and buy-it-yourself markets through home center retailers, such as The Home Depot, Lowe’s and Menard’s, and services more than 4,000 home center retail outlets throughout the nation.
Company History
Dal-Tile has dedicated employees who take great pride in their work. In return, the company supports its people with a commitment to promoting from within, unique benefits, and a belief that every employee deserves a productive life outside of the workplace. In 2009 and 2010, Dal-Tile was named as one of the “Top 100 Places to Work” in Dallas/Fort Worth and was chosen out of companies nominated based on leadership, training, compensation, flexibility, and diversity.
The highly collaborative, non-ego driven culture, plus a sense of real respect for its employees generate camaraderie and pride associated with being a Dal-Tile employee. In addition to the relationship driven culture, there is a sense of urgency around driving for the best results around quality and productivity.
Benefits
• Medical
• Dependent Day Care Flexible Spending Account
• Short Term Disability
• Retirement Savings
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relaxed Dress Code
• Dental and Vision
• Health Care Flexible Spending Account
• Term Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance
• Long-Term Disability
• Long Term Care
• Vacation Time
• Paid Holidays