MILLIKEN & CO.

History

Year	Detail
1865	Seth M. Milliken, a general store operator in Minot, Maine, partnered with William Deering to open Deering Milliken, a woolen fabric distributor and sales agent for textile mills in Portland, Maine.
1944	The company established the first textile mill with air cleaning and cooling to manufacture tire cords from nylon.
1968	Milliken acquired Calloway Mills and entered into the carpet business.
1971	The company changed its name from Deering Milliken to Milliken & Company.
1988	The company established a new manufacturing facility in Blacksburg, South Carolina, to expand into the chemical business.
2014	The company acquired Westex to deliver the flame resistance fabrics to the industry.
2019	The company acquired Polartec, a brand known for performance textiles for outdoor and military apparel, from Versa Capital Management, LLC.
2020	The company acquired Borchers Group Limited, a specialty chemicals company known for its high-performance coating additives and specialty catalyst solutions, from The Jordan Company, L.P.
2021	The company acquired Encapsys LLC from Cypress Performance Group LLC, which helped accelerate the development of sustainable solutions for its markets and customers.
2021	The company partnered with The Recycling Partnership and The Walmart Foundation to create the Center for Behavioral Change, which was funded in part by the Milliken & Company Charitable Foundation.