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Milliken Receives
TI Innovation Award
Mr. Milliken, in accepting the Innovation Award, thanked textile industry suppliers for their
participation in an industry that has brought so many breakthrough products to the American
consumer.
 In a world economic climate in which competitiveness by American companies is
no longer considered a given, innovation and invention take on a heightened role in ensuring
long-term economic health and viability.One company that has been a true pioneer in textile
invention MillikenandCompany was honored by
Textile Industries at a luncheon in June at the Piedmont Club in Spartanburg, S.C.Roger
Milliken, chairman and CEO of MillikenandCompany, was presented the
Textile Industries 2001 Innovation Award by Douglas C. Billian, chairman and CEO of
Billian Publishing Inc., the parent and publisher of
Textile Industries. As well, recently retired Milliken Research Corporation President
Jerry A. Cogan was presented an award by
TI Editor In Chief James M. Borneman that recognized his life-long achievements in product
innovation and invention.Thank you for giving our company a happy moment in the middle of a very
gloomy and turbulent time in the textile industry, Milliken said.Milliken Research Corporation
received more than 1,280 patents during Cogans nearly 40-year career with the company.Said Cogan:
If we are all honest, we realize the real innovator in our company is Mr. Milliken. From left
to right: Mr. Roger Milliken, chairman and CEO, MillikenandCompany; Mr. Jerry A. Cogan, retired
president, Milliken Research Corporation; Dr. Thomas J. Malone, president and COO,
MillikenandCompany; and Mr. Douglas C. Billian, chairman and CEO, Billian Publishing Inc.

 

August 2001

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