FAQs
Q: What is the significance of the YES Essentials® name?
A: The YES Essentials® brand refers to a family of high-performance, aesthetically-pleasing vehicle surfaces that Milliken & Company created through the application of patented stain repellency, stain release and antimicrobial technologies. The creation of YES Essentials product lines is another example of Milliken’s global leadership in textile and chemical industries, including a half-century of service to the automotive industry. The mission of YES Essentials fabrics and carpets is to make fabric surfaces virtually worry-free from the standpoint of care and cleaning. The automotive market is just the beginning. YES Essentials fabrics can also be found in office furniture, health care furniture and equipment, and in public transportation.
Q: What is YES Essentials® technology?
A: YES Essentials® fabrics ease the hurried, hectic lifestyle of today’s consumer. These high-performance textiles provide one less worry by eliminating the daily and unexpected nuisances accompanying our 24/7 life on the go. It’s a breakthrough innovation that lets spills wipe clean from the softest fabric and offers easy care, enhanced comfort, reduced germs and fewer allergens all while managing odors.
No Stains. No Smells. No Worries.®
Q: Could you tell me more about the benefits of YES Essentials® products?
A: YES Essentials products are engineered to provide a wide range of durable functional benefits:
- Improved Air Quality and Odor Elimination
- Stain Resistance
- Anti-Static
- Durability
- Design Flexibility
- Proven Technology
Improved Air Quality and Odor Elimination
YES Essentials fabrics assist in the management of odors from a variety of sources – food, exhaust fumes, cigarette smoke, pets, and the most common source of foul odors, mold and bacteria. With a concern for the health and well-being of car drivers, our automotive version of YES Essentials works to improve the cabin air quality by reducing VOC (volatile organic compound) emissions in this confined space.
Stain Resistance
Spills that would otherwise stain fabric, bead up on the surface of YES Essentials fabrics allowing them to be easily wiped away. Faster drying time is another direct benefit of the unique repel and release system in YES Essentials fabrics. Release capabilities allow cleaning with nothing more than soap and water which makes permanent marker consider renaming itself as ‘temporary marker’.
Anti-Static
We’ve all suffered the discomfort of static shock when exiting the vehicle. YES Essentials brings a revolutionary, permanent solution to reduce the generation of static electricity from vehicle entry and exit by more than 50%.
Durability
Perhaps the best feature of YES Essentials is its endurance. We’ve subjected YES Essentials fabrics to a number of rigorous testing conditions which revealed little to no deterioration in performance. YES Essentials technology is engineered to provide durability, consistency and quality throughout the product life cycle.
Design Flexibility
With YES Essentials fabrics, there’s no sacrifice of design intent or soft touch. In fact, functional benefits allow the use of lighter colors and reduce the need to camouflage stains with high pile and intricate patterns.
Proven Technology
YES Essentials fabrics and carpets are found in over 2,000,000 vehicles. The automotive market is just the beginning. YES Essentials fabrics can also be found in office furniture, health care furniture and equipment, and in public transportation.
Q: Who invented YES Essentials® technology?
A: YES Essentials was created and developed by a team of researchers at Milliken & Company with significant input from consumers. The process, from inception of idea to implementation in vehicles, took about three years.
Q: Why did Milliken create YES Essentials® technology?
A: Milliken & Company is always looking for ways to add value to its customers. We engaged in studies of the automotive interior end-user to uncover unmet needs. We heard what consumers had to say and developed a set of technologies to target those needs.
Q: What is Milliken & Company?
A: Headquartered in Spartanburg, SC, Milliken & Company is one of the largest privately held textile and chemical manufacturers in the world. Milliken is widely acknowledged as an international leader in research, technology innovation and customer service. Milliken is strategically focused on combining textile and chemical technology in unique ways to serve a vast array of markets and industries.
Q: More about Milliken & Company ...
A: Milliken provides more than 50 percent of the seating upholstery fabric for vehicles made in North America. The average person will touch Milliken products more than 50 times per day. Milliken innovations protect soldiers, keep major league baseball players comfortable, and ensure luxury experiences at hotels and restaurants around the world. Chemicals developed by Milliken give crayons and markers their color and automobile dashboards their durability. Also, Milliken chemicals are used in transparent food storage containers and DVD cases.
Q: Where is YES Essentials® used?
A: YES Essentials technology is found in car seats, custom-fit floor mats, side panels, and car accessories. YES Essentials products are available anywhere consumers want worry-free, easy-to-maintain, stain and odor resistant surfaces in a car. We've expanded the YES Essentials brand outside of the automotive industry to include fabrics that are being used in office furniture, health care furniture and equipment, and in public transportation.
Q: How does one identify a YES Essentials® product?
A: Look for the tag. YES Essentials is easily identified by the sewn-in tag in vehicles and furniture with YES Essentials seating. In the Chrysler Town & Country and the Dodge Grand Caravan YES Essentials is formed into the rubber backing of YES Essentials floor mats. YES Essentials aftermarket custom floor mats and seat covers also include the YES Essentials sewn-in tag.
Q: How easy is it to remove a stain from a YES Essentials® product?
A: Liquids that are spilled on a YES Essentials product – coffee, soda, water, juice – will bead up harmlessly on the surface where it can be easily blotted away. Should a stain penetrate the surface, it can be cleaned with soap and water. Milliken has tested the cleaning of YES Essentials products with virtually every stain imaginable – mud, coffee, soda, juice, baby food, motor oil, lipstick and permanent markers. All of these stains can be successfully removed from YES Essentials products by following the easy cleaning instructions. See YES Essentials in action by viewing our demo or at splatthemat.com .
Q: How long do the performance features of YES Essentials® products last?
A: The technology in YES Essentials products is deeply embedded, which means it will last the life of the product. You can count on stain repellency and release, antimicrobial protection, and static reduction in YES Essentials products for as long as you own them. Don’t waste money using spray-on stain repellents and other performance enhancers – they aren’t necessary and may adversely affect the YES Essentials performance and will void your limited warranty. See our warranty page for full details.
Q: Where are YES Essentials® products made?
A: The fabrics and carpets that go into YES Essentials products are Made in the USA using premium materials and the best manufacturing facilities. YES Essentials aftermarket floor mat products ship from Global Accessories' Fremont, Ohio location. Our aftermarket seat cover products ship from Coverking's Anaheim, California location. Global Accessories and Coverking are leading suppliers of automotive accessories in North America.
Q: Where can I find YES Essentials® products?
A: YES Essentials products can be found from the factory in over 2,000,000 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles.
YES Essentials fabrics can also be found in office furniture, health care furniture and equipment, and in public transportation.
Q: How many consumers currently own vehicles equipped with YES Essentials® products?
A: More than 2 million Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles incorporate YES Essentials products. Many additional consumers have chosen to buy YES Essentials custom floor mats and seat covers to enhance the performance of their interiors. See the vehicles.