Meet The Maker: Mark Brixton
Job title: Dye Services Associate aka The Master MixerTime at Milliken: 13 months.
Meet The Maker: Steve Ainscough
Job title: Millitron® Design Technician – AKA The Pattern Pro
Having spent time operating in and leading the print department, Steve now heads up technical support for Milliken’s Millitron patterning technology.
Time at Milliken: 24 years
With universities competing more than ever before to attract students from at home and abroad, accommodation is becoming a competitive industry.
Meet The Maker: Martin Topping
Job title: Infinity Operator AKA The Top TufterTime at Milliken: 5 and a half years. I’ve just reached the 5 year achievement award, when you get a certificate and vouchers.
Meet The Maker: Lucinda Bamford
Job title: Warping Operator, aka The Warping Wizard
Time at Milliken: 4 years
As the V&A prepares to close its doors and the last of its visitors hold their golden tickets to catch the final dates, the Christian Dior – Design of Dreams exhibition must have been its most successful exhibition to date. Standing alongside the Alexander McQueen – Savage Beauty exhibition of 2015, it marks the public’s obsession with fashion, history, brands and the snowball effect of our must-see culture.
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Leading flooring designer and manufacturer Milliken is proud to be celebrating its 100th year of production in Britain. The company was first registered in 1920 at the Waterside Mill in Bury, Greater Manchester when it became one of the earliest textile manufacturers in the UK. It manufactured cotton shirtings and in later years industrial fabrics before switching to air bag manufacture in 2004. Following the purchase of the Beech Hill Plant in Wigan, the first Millitron® carpet tile (using Milliken’s patented digital dye technology) was printed in the UK in 1986, which makes 2021 the 35th year Milliken has made carpet tiles in the UK. The last UK site Milliken purchased was the Middleton Plant in 1997 where protective flooring and entryway products are now produced.
Definitive ethics award listing marks notable recognition for diversified manufacturer Milliken & Company has been recognised by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the 2022 World’s Most EthicalCompanies.
With more than 60 locations and approximately 8,000 associates worldwide, the diversified global manufacturer is one of six companies to receive this prestigious ethics-based honour every year since the award’s inception.
MILLIKEN & COMPANY RECOGNISED AMONG THE 2024 WORLD'S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES
Diversified global manufacturer Milliken & Company is proud to be included on the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies list curated by Ethisphere, a leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. This annual recognition highlights organisations with an exemplary commitment to business integrity through robust ethics, compliance and governance programs. Milliken is one of only six honourees to make the list every year since the award was first created in 2007.
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For the second year running Milliken partnered with Loughborough University on a project to design carpet tile concepts using Milliken’s proprietary Millitron® patterning technology for theoretical commercial environments. The project, developed closely with the University, forms an important part of the students’ final degree. But in 2020 – the year of the global pandemic – the students and staff faced unique challenges.
