Flooring manufacturer expands in northwest Georgia

CALHOUN, Ga. (AP) — A flooring manufacturer plans an expansion in northwest Georgia that the governor says will create 268 jobs.

Gov. Brian Kemp’s office said in a news release Thursday that an increase in demand for luxury vinyl flooring led Mannington Mills, Inc., to buy a 10.5-acre site for its third expansion in two years in Calhoun.

The release says the company, a leading manufacturer of residential and commercial flooring, has had facilities in Georgia for more than 50 years.