Ingeo® lactides and biopolymers developer NatureWorks LLC, Minnetonka, Minn., and Calysta Energy
Inc., Menlo Park, Calif. — developer of methane-based biological gas-to-liquids™ (BioGTL™) and
biological gas-to-chemicals™ (BioGTC™) technologies — have announced a collaboration to develop a
process to ferment methane into lactic acid, which is used for the production of Ingeo, lactide
intermediates and biopolymers. The companies believe that commercialization of such a process could
broaden and complement the range of carbon-based feedstocks currently used in Ingeo production and
result in reduced Ingeo production costs.

Ingeo currently is produced from “first-generation” simple plant sugars such as cornstarch or
cane sugar. NatureWorks is also looking into the use of “second-generation” cellulosic sources such
as bagasse, a byproduct of sugarcane processing. Calysta’s BioGTC platform could enable NatureWorks
to utilize methane as a feedstock that is said to be “several generations removed” from the
first-generation feedstocks. According to NatureWorks, diversification of feedstocks would enable
it to produce Ingeo using carbon sources that are most abundant, available and appropriate for the
region in which the production facility is located.

July/August 2013

During the joint meeting of the Southern Textile Association (STA) and Fiber Buyers Groups, held
recently at the Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms, S.C., STA presented its Chapman Award to Allen E.
Gant Jr., president, CEO and chairman of the Board of Directors of Glen Raven Inc., Glen Raven,
N.C. The award — named in honor of James A. Chapman Sr., James A. Chapman Jr. and Joseph W. Chapman
of Inman Mills, Inman, S.C. — recognizes individuals who have given exemplary service to the
textile industry.

Allen Gant

Gant attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received an honorary degree
of Doctor of Humane Letters from Elon University. He has been active in numerous business, civic
and nonprofit organizations and currently serves as chairman of the Institute of Textile
Technology. Among other distinctions, he also is past chairman and current Board member of the
National Council of Textile Organizations and North Carolina Textile Foundation; was a member of
President George W. Bush’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations; served on the
Board of Directors of the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition; was appointed in 2010 to
the U.S. Department of Commerce — Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Textiles and Clothing; and
is a member of the Class of 2010 of the American Textile Hall of Fame.

July/August 2013

Mattex, Dubai — a producer of carpet backings, artificial grass backings and geotextiles — will
invest $60 million to establish a U.S. headquarters and manufacturing operation in Eton, Ga., and
create 200 jobs.

Mattex will build a 275,000- to 375,000-square-foot plant equipped with tape extrusion,
beaming and weaving equipment to produce primary and secondary polyolefin-based carpet backings.
The plant is expected to open in 2014.

The company has production plants in Saudi Arabia and Dubai; and warehouse/distribution
offices in Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, China and Calhoun, Ga.

“Our mission to be the ‘preferred global partner of choice’ led us to build a
state-of-the-art carpet-backing facility in North Georgia as the next logical step for better
servicing our current customer base,” said Luc Blommaert, CEO, Mattex Group.

July/August 2013