At EC, our core purpose is to innovate, manufacture and deliver the best carpets to make our customer’s life easy, enjoyable and beautiful.
Commitment to South Australian manufacturing:
EC remains 100% Australian-owned and operated and with a firm commitment to South Australian manufacturing. In early 2020 Project Evolve was launched to deliver these key strategic goals:
- Bring all manufacturing operations under one roof.
- Set up a purpose-built state-of-the-art facility.
- Over 14,000 sqm of space for future growth.
- Enhanced Warehousing capabilities.
- Purchase a new carpet backing line, tufting and warehousing equipment.
- Modernised Innovation Hub.
NEW TUFTER
- The new tufter brings endless possibilities.
- Additional capacity.
- Infinite texture designs.
- New tech to play with random patterns.
- Speed, consistency, and quality.
NEW BACKING LINE
- 4 times the size of the previous backing line.
- 6 times the speed.
- Ability to go from 3.66 to 4 mts wide.
- Improve efficiencies.
- Improve product quality and consistency.
- Ability to shear.
- Reduced carbon emissions.
SELF COMPOUNDING
For the first time, EC Carpets is bringing autonomy in glue requirements with a Self-Compounding in-house capabilities.
This will bring the following benefits:
- Supply assurance.
- Cost control.
- Quality consistency.
- Reduction of carbon emissions.
In mid-2023, the move from the old facilities at Edwardstown to Lonsdale was finalised. Delivering these key outcomes:
- From 50 to 90 employees.
- Manufacturing growth from 2.2 million SQM to 4.8 million SQM PA.
- Sales growth target from $50 million to $100 million PA in 2025.
Our unique value proposition:
The value of time, efficiency and reliability is more important than ever. Here is where EC Carpet’s unique value proposition comes into play.
- 60 years experience in carpet manufacturing.
- Production capacity over 10 million sqm per annum.
- Consistent 20% growth year on year.
- 100% Australian-owned and operated.
- New state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and capabilities.
- Strong and reliable Supply Chain network spanning over 8 countries.
- We partner with global industry leaders (Germany, Belgium, Italy, USA, etc).
- Best post-purchase Customer Care experience in the market.
For more information, please visit us at www.eccarpets.com.au