Milliken & Co., Spartanburg, SC, recently announced that Allen Jacoby was promoted to EVP and president of its textile business, assuming full operational responsibility for the company’s textile product portfolio. Jacoby has served as the company’s chief strategy officer and SVP of corporate development and innovation since 2021.
Several U.S. laundry operators and suppliers recently have expressed concerns to Textile Services Weekly that a surge of global instability could fuel supply-chain delays, including deliveries of textiles to laundries across North America.
Unitex International Inc., Duluth, GA, recently announced that Cintas Corp. has honored the textile manufacturer with a “Platinum Level Quality Performance Supplier” award for fiscal year 2022, according to a news release.
A recent flood disaster in Pakistan that has impacted 33 million people and claimed the lives of 1,300-plus victims, also threatens the future availability of cotton-based or blended textile goods made in that country, which is the world’s fifth-largest producer of cotton at 980,000 tons annually.
