Story ID: 312 DelosCarpetNBAA13.doc
Delos Rugs Launches Aircraft Carpet Division
By: AIN Staff
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In business for 11 years, Delos Rugs of Calhoun, Ga., is taking advantage of the NBAA stage to officially launch its U.S. Aircraft Carpet division (Booth No. N736). 
  
The company has unofficially been providing custom aircraft carpeting for nearly four years, since its acquisition of U.S. Aircraft Carpet of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. “But now it’s time to give this baby a name,” said co-owner Leah Phillips. 
  
The launch includes a new, custom-made robotic tufting machine capable of producing seamless carpet as large 13.5 feet by 60 feet, with delivery in as little as four weeks. And according to Phillips, patterns and colors are “completely custom,” and feature the Indian-tufted and Tibetan-knotted techniques. Yarns available are well known in the apparel industry, such as mohair, “which wears better than silk but at a fraction of the cost.”
  
“I think our company is going to bring style that is still affordable,” said Phillips. 
  
“Delos will be hard to beat when styling, lead time, quality and costs are taken into consideration,” said co-owner Ivan Phillips.
  
Delos’s new division is directed by Anders Moller, former head of U.S. Aircraft Carpet.