Founded 1865 | ||
 | ||
Type Public company {NZX:FTX} Products Godfrey HirstFeltexHycraft Number of employees 820 New Zealand500 Australian (October 2006) Website Official Godfrey Hirst website Parent organization Rata International Pty Ltd | ||
Godfrey Hirst Carpets is the largest manufacturer and exporter of residential and commercial carpets in Australasia.
The business was founded in Geelong, Victoria, Australia in the late 1800s by Godfrey Hirst, an English immigrant from Meltham, West Yorkshire, England. The business manufactured various wool textiles until it was sold in the 1960s and Godfrey Hirst Carpets began production. Godfrey Hirst acquired Feltex Carpets as an ongoing concern in 2006.
Godfrey Hirst Carpets has production plants in Victoria, Australia and New Zealand. It also has offices in the United States and Singapore and exports throughout Southeast Asia, Japan, USA, the Middle East and other world markets.
The company produces several brands of carpet products for residential and commercial markets.