Motawi Tileworks lands contract to produce Frank Lloyd Wright designs
Sibling entrepreneurs Nowal and Karim Motawi have grown a two-person tile-making operation into one that utilizes a 12,000-square foot factory in Scio Township, produces 25,000 square feet of artisan tile per year and was recently awarded the sole contract to produce Frank Lloyd Wright tile designs.
Sibling entrepreneurs Nowal and Karim Motawi have grown a two-person tile-making operation into one that utilizes a 12,000-square foot factory in Scio Township, produces 25,000 square feet of artisan tile per year and was recently awarded the sole contract to produce Frank Lloyd Wright tile designs.
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Q: How will you grow the business in the future?
Nawal: We outgrew our last five-year plan in three years, so we are reassessing now. Karim: We will be adding a bigger retail location here and adding some of our products on the outside (of the building). And the Frank Lloyd Wright project is a big, big project for us. Nawal: I’m still not clear on the potential in that for us.
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