A lot has been happening at Beaulieu Commercial in the past few months and at the epicenter of the activity is Steve Hillis, the president. Steve has been there and done that in all of the best places in the commercial floor covering business and was just about ready to take himself out of circulation and, yes, retire. That’s when his path crossed that of Karel Vercruyssen, president/CEO, Beaulieu America. You know the rest.
One prime distinction between Beaulieu and its major competitors is it’s a family business and doesn’t have layers of managers that sometimes make progress much too leisurely. Hillis signed on with total responsibility over manufacturing, R&D and marketing in the commercial-hospitality space, removing some of the impediments that always seem to slow things down.