Miller’s Textile hold open house event to give thanks

WAPAKONETA — Corn hole, Connect Four, drawing and facepainting all go together. But plant tours were also on the menu when Miller’s Textile Services, celebrating 75 years of business, held an open-house Saturday at their plant. The event was from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

“We’ve invited employees, their families and the community in general to come out and see what we do,” Bob Hager, president of Miller’s, said.

The whole event was Hager’s way of saying thank you to everyone involved with the company at some point over the past 75 years.

Hager said the company expected 150-200 visitors.

Stephanie Green’s husband works at the company and wanted to see what Miller’s was planning. She had previously visited a time or two.

“It’s amazing for a family-based company to last that long,” she said. “I’m proud of my husband for working for such a great company for so many years.”

Matt, whose worked there for 33 years, started while in high school.

“I washed trucks, I sorted the soiled linen, I counted the soiled linen,” he said.

And while he’s been there over three decades, he had no plan on stopping.

“It is a good company to work for,” he said. “I really do enjoy it.”

Daniel Sias has worked there since he was 19, currently serving as a delivery driver. The open-house presented him the perfect opportunity to do something he’s always wanted: show his son where he worked.

“Since they’re having an open-house I wanted to bring him here and show him how things are done,” he said.

He also met his wife at Miller’s.

“The place has always been family-oriented, it’s always been a great place to work,” he said. “They’ve always been about families.”

Don Rop, whose wife used to work there and whose daughter currently works for Miller’s, decided to take a tour.

“I work across the street and figured it would be neat to check it out,” he said.

While there, he planned to take a tour.

“I love seeing how industries work and how things are processed,” he said. “Plus free tshirts are cool.”

He was also impressed by how clean the facility was.

Jonni Howell works in the uniform area and brought her kids at their request.

“The only thing we planned on doing was the games, and they wanted their faces painted,” she said.

“It’s great that employees can come out, bring their families, show them what they do,” Hager said. “A lot of employees are proud of where they work and they want to show their families.”