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Article: Milliken reopens Ga. plant. (LaGrange, GA, floor coverings plant)
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- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- August 14, 1995
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LAGRANGE, Ga. (FNS)--Milliken & Co. has opened a new and larger floor coverings plant here just six months after the original burnt to the ground. However, business was lost while the plant was closed and thus it may have less to do.
The company took pains to maintain continuity with customers after the fire of Jan. 31, but Milliken lost market share to competitors while the Live Oak/Milstar carpet dyeing and finishing plant was out of commission from February through July, said Roger Milliken, chairman and chief executive.
As a result, Milliken said he isn't sure that the new plant will employ as many workers as the original. "The answer depends on how the ...