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## Alison Kitchingman, Director of Marketing + Design, Milliken Floor Covering EMEIA

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## [100 Years of Textile Manufacturing in the UK](https://europeblog.milliken.com/100-years-of-textile-manufacturing-in-the-uk)

Apr 26, 2024  Posted by [Alison Kitchingman, Director of Marketing + Design, Milliken Floor Covering EMEIA](https://europeblog.milliken.com/author/alison-kitchingman-director-of-marketing-design-milliken-floor-covering-emeia)  posted in [Meet The Makers](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/meet-the-makers), [Company News](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/company-news)

In December 2020 Milliken was proud celebrate our 100th year of manufacturing in the UK. The company was first registered in 1920 at the Waterside Mill in Bury in the North West of England, when it became one of the earliest textile manufacturers in the UK. It manufactured cotton shirtings and in later years industrial fabrics.

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