Godfrey Hirst Carpets

Godfrey Hirst Carpets
Private company
Founded 1888
Headquarters Geelong & Melbourne, Australia
Products Godfrey Hirst
Feltex
Hycraft
Number of employees
 820 New Zealand
500 Australia (October 2006)
Website Godfrey Hirst website

Godfrey Hirst Carpets is the largest manufacturer and exporter of residential and commercial carpets in Australasia.[1]

The business was founded in 1888 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, by Godfrey Hirst, an English immigrant from Meltham, West Yorkshire, England. His Excelsior Mill, on the north bank of the Barwon River, manufactured various wool textiles until it was sold in the 1966, continuing in operation as Godfrey Hirst Carpets.[2] Godfrey Hirst acquired Feltex Carpets as an ongoing concern in 2006.

Godfrey Hirst Carpets has production plants in Victoria, Australia and New Zealand. It also has offices in the United States and Singapore, and exports throughout Southeast Asia, Japan, USA, the Middle East and other world markets.

The company produces several brands of carpet products for residential and commercial markets. It has also expanded into hard flooring, including timber, laminate and other surfaces.[3]

In early 2017, it was reported that the investment bank, Greenhill, was seeking a buyer for the company, which was majority owned by the McKendrick family. The business had $427.8 million annual revenue and earnings worth $55.9 million.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Underhill, Jonathan. Godfrey Hirst lifts carpet sales 3.5%, profit slips on year-earlier one-time gains. National Business Review, New Zealand, 11 December 2014. Accessed 29 May 2015
  2. ↑ Cope, Graeme. "Hirst, Godfrey (1857–1917)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  3. 1 2 Thompson, Sarah; Macdonald, Anthony; Moullakis, Joyce (2017-02-21). "Carpet maker Godfrey Hirst on the block; Greenhill on board". Australian Financial Review. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
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