Leigh Fibers Expands Plant

In response to growing demand for its products and services, Leigh Fibers Inc., Wellford, S.C.,
will invest $10.1 million to expand its manufacturing plant and add 40 employees to its workforce
over the next five years. Plans include investment in new equipment that will enable the company to
add to its product line, which includes fibers made from reprocessed textile waste. Markets served
include automotive, construction, erosion control, home furnishings, nonwovens and traditional
textiles.

“Our plans to invest in the Wellford facility will not only promote job growth, but will also
have a positive environmental impact on our county and state by minimizing waste going to
landfills,” said Keith Taylor, president, Leigh Fibers. “We believe these investments will foster
an entrance into a Green Economy less impacted by foreign imports and support the manufacturing
base within the state.”

May/June 2010

Xennia Introduces Latest Generation XenJet™ 4000

Xennia Technology Ltd., United Kingdom, has launched its latest-generation XenJet™ 4000 inkjet
development dispenser, suitable for printed electronics, biomedical and pharmaceutical, and other
applications. The dispenser features proprietary software specifically designed for printed
electronics and other functional material applications including nanomaterial applications.

Xennia reports the new software offers an increased drop volume control to optimize layer and
film thickness; full control of image processing parameters for multilayering applications; and an
easy-to-use, fully-integrated user interface. It is compatible with most piezo printheads, and can
process DXF and Gerber file formats.

“Our customers have been using XenJet 4000 successfully for several years now, including on a
number of printed electronics applications, and the feedback from these users has been incorporated
into the latest version of this versatile printer,” said Hannah O’Brien, sales and marketing
director. “The new software, along with Xennia’s recognized ability to develop new fluids in
collaboration with customers, makes Xennia the ideal partner for companies interested in developing
new applications and processes.”

May/June 2010

PGI Expansion In Waynesboro To Add 41 Jobs

Polymer Group Inc. (PGI), Charlotte, will invest $65 million to expand its 200,000-square-foot
Waynesboro, Va., manufacturing plant, and expects to add 41 jobs at the facility. The company will
add 90,000 square feet to the plant to house a new, state-of-the-art spunmelt manufacturing line
with proprietary value-add capabilities. The new line will allow PGI to increase production of
spunbond products for hygiene, medical and select industrial and consumer wipes markets; and add to
its spunbond product offerings for hygiene and select industrial markets.

Construction will begin second-quarter 2010, and production startup is expected in the second
half of 2011.

May/June 2010

Mayer & Cie S4-3 2 R Allows Three- To Six-Color Striping

Mayer & Cie. GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, reports its S4-3.2 R circular knitting machine with
108 feeders and 34-inch cylinder diameter handles up to three colors per feeder over 108 feeders or
six colors over 54 feeders. The machine features 3.2 feeders per inch for striping up to three
colors, or 1.6 feeders per inch for six colors. Replacing striping non-knit feeders with knitting
feeders allows 3.2 feeders per inch for structures having up to four needle tracks, with or without
elastomer plating. Quick-change gauge conversion enhances flexibility, and the machine runs at a
speed of up to 20 revolutions per minute (rpm) when stripes are produced, and up to 31 rpm when
there are no stripes.

Mayer & Cie.’s S4-3.2 II model with an E44 gauge to produce a knitted silk effect can be
equipped with unfolding frames that eliminate squeeze edges, and can knit two- and four-needle
structures and single-jersey plating. Up to four needle types can be used for each of three needle
positions. This model also features quick-change gauge conversion.

May/June 2010

Freudenberg Texbond Receives Award

Macon, Ga.-based Freudenberg Texbond LP recently received the “Existing Industry of the Year” award
from the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce in recognition of its contribution to the community. The
company, which competed with 23 other companies in the “less than 500 employees” category, was
honored for its recycling of post-consumer polyethylene terephlatate bottles into nonwovens
products that are sold as reinforcement for bituminous waterproofing membranes, as well as for its
civic and charitable activities throughout the region.

May/June 2010

Huntsman Unveils Albaflow® Uni-01, Oleophobol® CP-C

Huntsman Textile Effects, Singapore, now offers Albaflow® Uni-01, a dyebath penetration agent
suitable for dyeing both natural and man-made fibers. According to the company, the silicone- and
mineral oil-free agent offers good wetting, defoaming and de-aerating performance; and won’t spot
the fabric or leave residue on machinery.

The company also has added Oleophobol® CP-C to its line of Oleophobol CP oil-, water- and
stain-repellent finishes. CP-C is formulated for use on cotton fabrics, man-made fibers and their
blends. Huntsman reports liquids bead up and roll off of treated fabrics, allowing spills to be
blotted off the surface of the textile with an absorbent cloth. The finish was developed through a
Huntsman/DuPont alliance and is part of the DuPont™ Capstone™ product chemistry range. Based on
short-chain chemistry, it offers improved fluorine efficiency and a level of trace impurities below
detection limits.

May/June 2010

Gildan Acquires Shahriyar

Gildan Activewear Inc., Montreal, has acquired Shahriyar Fabric Industries Ltd., Bangladesh, for
approximately US$15 million. Gildan plans to expand Shahriyar’s vertically integrated knitting,
dyeing, finishing, cutting and sewing plant – which produces annually some 2.2 million dozen
T-shirts from ring-spun yarn – and increase annual production capacity to 3.5 million dozen
T-shirts.

May/June 2010

Karl Mayer Revamps HKS MSU S Tricot Machine

Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH, Germany, offers a revamped version of its HKS MSU S
high-speed tricot machine with parallel weft insertion to produce textiles for semi-technical and
technical uses. Optimized features include the ability to process an increased range of yarns
including extremely fine yarns, and improved versatility in incorporating reinforced yarns. The
company says the machine can easily process long underlaps; and, in using the weft repeat option,
can incorporate reinforced yarns only at the points at which they’re needed. It also can alternate
zones with different densities and configure them to specific widths, transitioning smoothly from
open to dense constructions using the Multi Speed function.

May/June 2010

Lenzing Announces Further Investment In Austria, China

Lenzing Group, Austria, will invest  55 million euros to more than double production capacity
at its Nanjing, China, plant to 140,000 tons per year; and 23 million euros to convert production
in Lenzing, Austria, from standard viscose to modal fibers. The China expansion is expected to take
18 months to two years to complete, and the changeover in Austria should take 15 months. The
investment is in addition to one announced previously

(See “Lenzing To Expand European, Asian Sites,”  Fiber World News, Textile World,
January/February 2010)
 .

“Modal has very much turned out to be a global export success over the past years,
particularly in Asia,” said Friedrich Weninger, Lenzing Board member responsible for the fiber
business. “Integrated pulp production [at the Lenzing site] enables optimized and decisive control
of the production quality parameters from beech to fiber required for special fibers, and the
site’s expertise in modal production spans decades.”

May/June 2010

Biocor To Handle Post-Consumer PLA

Biocor LLC, Concord, Calif., has been established to buy and process post-consumer polylactic acid
(PLA) packaging to convert it using a closed-loop process back into lactic acid feedstock for
various end-use markets.

Biocor, headed by Executive Director Mike Centers, will acquire the packaging from recyclers.
The company also plans to collaborate on pilot PLA recycling projects; and work with government
agencies as well as non-government, consumer and recycling groups.

May/June 2010

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