Company linked to massive Ogeechee River fish kill sold to South Carolina-based firm | savannahnow.com

King America Finishing, the company at the heart of a massive fish kill in 2011, has been sold to Spartanburg, S.C.-based Milliken & Co.

Milliken announced Friday it had acquired King America’s parent company, Westex Inc. The news was made public after hourly meetings Friday with the Screven County facility’s 500 employees.

The textile processing facility will continue to be subject to the permits and consent agreement already in place with King America Finishing.

“This does not change anything as far as our obligation to the EPD and the riverkeeper,” said Milliken spokesman Richard Dillard. “The state’s environmental protection agency issued a new permit, and we’re confident in our ability to comply with it. From that standpoint nothing changes. We look forward to working with EPD and the riverkeeper.”

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