Home About Us Resources Contact Us “ "The primary asset of any business is its organization." Our History In the beginning… Born in 1926, Armando Vesprini was the son of Italian immigrants. He lived in Everett, Massachusetts until he joined the U.S. Army in 1943. After serving two years in Europe, he came home to America and soon had a job with a small retail flooring company named Appalachian Flooring. After a year, he began a career with the John H. Pray Company where he installed floor covering throughout New England for over 10 years. In 1960 ” Mandy” , as he is know by all, started Circle Floors with a 1952 Ford Victoria, a 100 lb. linoleum roller, and a couple of cartons of leftover cork tile. The business was run out of his home in Melrose, Massachusetts. He soon hired Joe Gafanhao as his first employee, and together they began to do small jobs in and around Boston . Their first “Big” job was the Masconomet High School with a contract price of $25,000.00. In 1972, Mandy purchased an old pickle factory on the Revere Beach Parkway in Everett which was to become the future home of Circle Floors. By this time, he had 10 installers and 4 employees working in the office. The company continued to grow through the seventies opening locations in Maine and New Hampshire. By the 1980’s Circle Floors had become the largest diversified commercial flooring contractor in New England. In 1984, Mandy’s only son Michael came to work with his father. Starting in the warehouse, Michael began to learn the business and for a brief period, worked as a ceramic tile installer. An old knee injury he suffered playing ice hockey prevented him from continuing to install. So it was back to the warehouse for Michael, where he eventually became warehouse manger. He held this position until the early 1990’s Hard times The recession of the early 90’s brought hard times to Circle Floors. Some of their long time, loyal employees had to be laid off. Others had to endure pay cuts, but in the end Circle Floors survived. During this time Michael had taken on the responsibilities of operations manager. He got by with only 5 of what was once a crew of 85 installers. Solid Growth As the economy began to rebound, Circle Floors began to rebuild and grow again. In 1994, Michael was named Vice President, and the mid nineties became some of the most profitable years for Circle. The End of Era In 1997, Mandy and Michael agreed to sell their company to Shaw Industries, the largest carpet mill in the World. Michael continued to work for Shaw Industries doing sales and project management. After 5 years with Shaw, Michael resigned, and reopened the company that his father started more than forty years earlier. Rebirth It began all over again on January 28th 2002 when Michael incorporated his new company with the Circle Floors name. He began working out of his home in Topsfield, doing his first “Big” job for Ira Lexus for a contract price in excess of $150,000. Michael had taken ownership of the buildings on the Revere Beach Parkway in 1992, but by the winter of 2002, they had fallen into disrepair. Michael began a major renovation which included a total gut and rehab of the old pickle factory. On April 1st, 2002, Michael and his first two employees, Russ Wood and Kim Beaton, moved into a two room office suite in Wakefield, MA. They began to figure work for all of the customers he had with his father’s company while the Everett buildings were being renovated. Soon after, he hired Mark Olson to be Vice President of Finance, and by July 1st 2002, they all moved back to Everett. Within a few months, Michael hired many of the key people that had worked for his father before the sale of the company to Shaw in 1997. Some of them had worked for his father for more than 25 years. In the first year, they wrote just under $2 million in sales, the next year, over $8 million, the next, $13 million, then $15 million, then $16 million and beyond. In 5 short years, with combined revenues in excess of $70 million, Michael had brought the company back to once again be one of the premier Commercial Flooring Contractors in New England. “I could never have done it on my own,” he would say, “My father and I have always been blessed with the best people and the best installation crews. They are truly what makes it work and what makes it worthwhile. I have always been uncomfortable being called the Boss, but prefer to say that people work with me, rather than for me.” © 2021 Circle Floors, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Circle Floors, Inc. -Login-