Surya Breaks Ground On New Cartersville Headquarters

An India-based company earlier this week held a groundbreaking ceremony for its one million-square foot facility and office headquarters coming to Cartersville.

The facility is slated to be complete by August 2015, and the company has scheduled a target move-in date for later next year, Surya said in its press release.

Local and state officials — including Gov. Nathan Deal — attended the ceremony. Surya Founder Surya Tiwari, Surya President Satya Tiwari, Bartow County Commissioner Steve Taylor and Consul General of India Ajit Kumar, along with Surya employees and members of the Cartersville-Bartow County Department of Economic Development were also in attendance.

Surya makes machine and hand-knotted rugs and sells soft goods for the home decor market.

Its rugs and decorative accessories are made overseas and shipped to the United States for sales and distribution operations. The company markets its products to the retailer, interior designer and hospitality markets globally from its current location.

Surya plans to open a 1-million-square-foot facility that will handle supply chain management, sales and web and creative development services for the company.

The project will retain 250 jobs and create 200 new jobs over the next few years.

“To optimally serve our customers, we need to not only have the best infrastructure possible for our warehousing operations and logistics but also a central location where our sales and marketing, design, creative, customer service and other teams can easily collaborate,” Surya President Satya Tiwari said. “Our location is ideal because we are able to support economic development in the community by bringing new jobs to the area while making our company more attractive to Atlanta talent due to the shorter commute time. This expansion is beneficial on many levels and we look forward to what the future will bring as we execute on our goal to become a $1 billion company within the next ten years.”

The new facility is located 15 minutes south of the company’s current U.S. headquarters in Calhoun, which will continue to be used for warehousing some of the company’s more than 30,000 products.

(Photo credit: Surya)