Beaulieu International Group is a Belgiantextile manufacturing company, with its head office located inWaregem, a municipality ofWest Flanders which is known for its textile industry.
The company was founded asBeaulieu in 1959 byRoger De Clerck as a fabric production business. Between 1959 and 1991 Beaulieu expanded and grew into a vertical integrated company. In 1991 the company was split-up in seven parts between Roger De Clerck and his six children. Roger De Clerck remained in charge of raw materials. Between 1991 and 2005 the changing market conditions led to an overcapacity in the European textile industry and growing international competition. Finally in 2005 five of the seven branches of the Beaulieu Group merged and became the Beaulieu International Group.
In 1978 the American offshoot, "Beaulieu of America", was created by Roger De Clerck's son-in-lawCarl Bouckaert and his daughter Mieke De Clerck.[1] Beaulieu of America declared bankruptcy on 17 July 2017[2] and, after the company's reorganization efforts failed, Beaulieu of America's assets were acquired byEngineered Floors in a deal announced on 20 September 2017.[3]
