much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . may 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message milliken & company type private traded as n a industry innovation research chemistry floor covering performance materials and textiles founded 1865 1865 headquarters corporate headquarters spartanburg south carolina united states area served worldwide key people dr. joseph salley ceo products specialty chemicals floor coverings specialty fabrics performance products milliken performance solutions revenue not available to public operating income not available to public net income not available to public total assets not available to public total equity not available to public number of employees 7 000 2011 website official website milliken & company is a company that has been in business since 1865 . with corporate headquarters located in spartanburg south carolina the company is active across a breadth of disciplines including specialty chemical 1 floor covering 2 and performance materials . 3 4 5 6 7 milliken employs over 100 phds including the current ceo and two division presidents and has accumulated more than 2 200 u.s. patents and more than 5 000 patents worldwide . 8 contents 1 history 2 company leadership 3 manufacturing base 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1865 seth milliken & william deering founded deering milliken company a small woolen fabrics jobbing firm in portland maine . william deering left the company a few years later and started the deering harvester company which is today known as navistar . in 1868 seth milliken moved the company headquarters to new york city at that time the heart of the american textile industry . in 1884 the company invested in a new facility in pacolet south carolina and from that basic beginning the manufacturing operations grew . in 1976 deering milliken officially became milliken & company . with headquarters in spartanburg sc today the company operates in a number of diverse disciplines including specialty chemicals performance products floor coverings specialty fabrics and business consulting services . 8 company leadership edit roger milliken became president of the company on the death of his father in 1947 and served in that capacity until 1983 when he became chairman and chief executive officer of milliken & company and named dr. thomas j. malone as president and chief operating officer . in 2002 malone retired and dr. ashley allen was named president and coo becoming ceo in 2006 as milliken stepped aside from daily management . in 2008 allen retired and was succeeded by dr. joe salley . manufacturing base edit milliken & company has more than 7 000 associates with 39 manufacturing facilities located in the united states united kingdom belgium france and china . 8 milliken serves a variety of industries including transportation building and infrastructure hospitality industrial manufacturing architecture and design and specialty chemicals . references edit http www.millikenchemical.com http www.millikencarpet.com http reinforcements.milliken.com http www.visaendurance.com http tegris.milliken.com http www.millikenmilitary.com http www.millikenfr.com a b c http www.milliken.com en us ourcompany about us pages about us.aspx external links edit milliken & company website this article about a business industry or trade related organization is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title milliken % 26 company & oldid 707677511 categories privately held companies based in south carolinatextile companies of the united statescompanies based in south carolinabusiness organization stubshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from may 2011all articles lacking reliable referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 1 march 2016 at 04 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view