Company expands footprint to provide complementary cohesive bandages and compression systems

SPARTANBURG, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE )--Today, Milliken & Company, a global innovation company with more than a century of performance and protective textile, specialty chemical and floor covering expertise, announces the acquisition of Andover Healthcare, a leading manufacturer of cohesive bandages and compression systems spanning healthcare, animal health and sports medicine markets. Joining Milliken Healthcare Products, LLC, Milliken & Company’s dedicated healthcare business, the acquisition strategically aligns two respected brands in patient care, bringing streamlined, comprehensive and innovative solutions to healthcare providers.

Milliken and Andover Healthcare share a commitment to making a positive impact on the world with high quality, innovative and patient-driven products.

“Andover Healthcare is a natural fit for Milliken. We are equally committed to improving the patient healing experience through innovative solutions, and our shared focus on ethics and integrity unites us culturally,” commented Halsey Cook, Milliken & Company president and CEO. “Our combined expertise and common drive to create innovative solutions invite us to set the bar for comprehensive patient care that helps create a healthier future.”

Headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, family-owned Andover Healthcare has been manufacturing healthcare solutions since 1976. The company is responsible for many notable developments in healthcare products, including a latex-free bandage and cohesive bandages with controlled compression. Its portfolio complements Milliken Healthcare’s offering of award-winning Active Fluid Management dressings for wound and burn care.

“Joining Milliken is the right progression for Andover Healthcare to usher in its next level of growth,” shared Andover Healthcare founder and CEO, Tom Murphy. “We look forward to serving our customers at a greater capacity with the research, design and manufacturing capabilities as well as trusted brand recognition that Milliken brings.”

Milliken has been solving everyday problems with innovative solutions for more than 150 years. Our research, design and manufacturing expertise reaches across a breadth of disciplines including specialty chemicals, floor covering, and performance and protective textiles. An unwavering commitment to ethics guides our work to redefine how we add strength and protection to products, how we infuse vibrancy and color into our surroundings, and how we care for the environment. For us, success is when discoveries made within Milliken help us all have more meaningful connections with the world. Discover Milliken at www.milliken.com, and join us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

About Milliken Healthcare Products, LLC

Milliken Healthcare Products, LLC brings innovative textiles to the healthcare market with the purpose to create a healthier future. Setting a high bar of excellence, its award-winning solutions redefine how textiles can function to improve the patient healing experience for wound and burn care through solutions that increase efficiency, reduce waste and improve cost. Milliken Healthcare Products, LLC is a subsidiary of Milliken & Company, a global manufacturer with expertise spanning specialty chemicals, floor covering, and performance and protective textiles, and leans on the company’s 153-year legacy of trust and innovation. Discover more at healthcare.milliken.com.

Since 1976, Andover Healthcare has strived to produce high quality products that fill a need for customers. From its roots as a manufacturer of sports medicine tape to its focus today on break-through, innovative products, Andover Healthcare medical tape, cohesive and wound bandages fill a gap in the healthcare, animal health and sports medicine industries. Andover Healthcare has been there to produce high quality, made in the USA products that improve the lives of its customers. Learn more at andoverhealthcare.com.

Mollie Williams mollie@mwilliamscg.com 864.419.6204

Liz Morris liz@mwilliamscg.com 864.918.5196

Mollie Williams mollie@mwilliamscg.com 864.419.6204

Liz Morris liz@mwilliamscg.com 864.918.5196