NEW YORK—Rizzy Home, based in Calhoun, Georgia and Delhi, India is throwing its hat in the contract ring with a line of better quality machine made rugs in polypropylene, polyester and wool that will be exported to the USA from Delhi and stocked in Calhoun. He anticipates doing $18-$20 million in sales by 2020. Steve Roan is handling sales in North and South America with assistance from Jay Dash International’s hospitality network. Pillow, drapery and top of bed will also be part of the new Rizzy Hospitality program according to Rizwan Ansari, principal. And his brother Shamsu who is a textile specialist. Metallic and pearl printing of pillows and top of bed is available, he says. Private label is available. “We are a one stop rug shop with fully vertical handmade, tufting and knotted machine made varieties.” Machine made rugs are produced in Kashipur in Northeast India. The rugs feature an FR backing, Ansari points out. “The polypropylene rugs are geared for outdoor use while the wool rugs are for interior use in hotels,” he says. “We can produce up to 15x25 common area rugs for hotels in any design and any color. Custom work takes 90-120 days,” he says. “We are working on dozens of hotel projects in Dubai today and have a thriving hospitality business in India. American and European design firms are doing the specifying of hotel projects in Dubai as we head into the World’s Fair there in 2020. Over 200 new hotels will be built by then.” Rizwan Ansari joined his father’s company in 1971 after being a yarn specialist in India. His father became a weaver n 1970 under the name Bhadohi. Rizwan started his new life selling rugs to the Italians and later he made and sold furniture to European and German buyers. Rizwan established his own separate company with Shamsu in 2004 in Delhi and made only handmade rugs until 2007 when he diversified into machine made.