Milliken & Company is a U.S. manufacturing company specializing in advanced textiles, floor coverings, and specialty chemicals. Headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, it applies materials science and large-scale manufacturing to develop performance, protective, and sustainability-oriented solutions used across sectors from first responders and defense to building interiors and consumer goods.

Businesses and product portfolio

Milliken’s Textiles unit engineers woven, knit, nonwoven and composite fabrics for protective wear (including flame-resistant/arc-rated materials) and technical end uses. Flooring produces modular carpet tile, broadloom, resilient flooring, rugs and entrance systems such as OBEX™. Chemicals supplies additives, colorants and microencapsulation technologies, including Millad® NX® 8000 ECO clarifiers for polypropylene, Encapsys controlled-release microcapsules, and high-purity silicones.