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Our associates drive innovation at Milliken day in and day out. Through their contributions, meaningful designs are conceptualized, created, and implemented to help enhance the lives of those around us. Every associate adds their insight and perspective to the work we do, culminating in a global team with a unique approach to discovering new solutions and improving the world we share.

For many Americans, the start of football season is synonymous with fall. As the leaves change, high school, college, and professional football players take the field with their fans in tow.

Last week, Chandis Digby, who serves as Global Director of Supply Chain and Customer Service for Milliken Chemical, shared her perspective on the Upstate’s manufacturing industry at the GSA Business Power Event. Chandis, along with five other manufacturing industry leaders from across the Upstate, shared insight about the industry’s successes and challenges in today’s climate.

Every year, August brings a flurry of activity as students head back to school. Often times, back-to-school season can be overwhelming for parents, as they balance anticipation and excitement with preparations. 

Milliken’s textile heritage continues to be a point of pride across our diverse company product portfolio. With over 150 years of experience, our approach has been about innovation – creating meaningful products to change the way textiles offer comfort and protection to each of us every day.

“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill

"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results." - Andrew Carnegie 

As Senior Hospitality Designer for Milliken’s floor covering division, Kristin Gruenefeld’s innovative approach to floor covering is born out of a market need to provide elevated, performance-driven surfaces with distinct aesthetics. Kristin’s solutions blend two seemingly incongruous elements – function and aesthetic – to bring to life an interior designer’s vision for high-volume spaces like hotels and restaurants.

Discover innovation like you’ve never seen it before – through the lens of Milliken associates, customers, and communities.

A lot of what we do at Milliken is tangible – from creating flooring solution to designing innovative textiles to creating smart chemistries to ‘do good.’ Because of our company’s rich legacy and bright future, Milliken & Company joined Instagram this week as another way of sharing where we come from and where we are headed.

Today’s technical textiles are more than meets the eye. Flame resistant (FR) fabrics for protective workwear are no exception—requiring a keen understanding of market need, deep scientific expertise, and a bold exploratory perspective.