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. |