Milliken & Company is a diversified global manufacturer with a product portfolio spanning textiles, specialty chemicals, floor coverings and healthcare innovations . The company announced the appointment of Patrick Keese as executive vice president and president of Milliken’s floor covering business. Effective July 25, Keese will lead Milliken’s international floor covering business, which spans four continents and has 290 product lines.
Halsey Cook, President and CEO of Milliken & Company, said: “We are delighted to welcome Patrick to our team. He has a proven track record of launching new products, building customer-focused solutions and leading operational excellence initiatives that will underpin and Carrying forward the deep heritage of the company’s floor covering business. We would also like to express our sincerest thanks to Jim McCallum, who will retire in early September, bringing to a successful conclusion a successful tenure as President of the floor covering business.”
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Keese has extensive international business leadership experience, most recently as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Altium Packaging. At Altium, he led the production of plastic and packaging components with more than 1300 employees in 30 locations. Prior to that, Keese held manufacturing and commercial roles at Sonoco Products Company, headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina, a global provider of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging and medical packaging solutions. He holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial management and marketing from Clemson University and holds certifications from several executive training programs at Columbia University and Rensselaer Hartford Graduate Center.
Keese added: “It has been a great honor to lead Milliken’s floor covering business. Milliken‘s floor covering innovations blend precision technology with an inspired design vision to create sustainable and impactful products. I We look forward to continuing and carrying forward this tradition in the future.”
SOURCE: BusinessWire