Trade associations representing fiber, textile and apparel manufacturers and importers have made an
urgent appeal to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to step up diplomatic efforts to restore
commercial traffic with Honduras, as the political crisis in that country is disrupting trade
throughout the United States and Central America.

In a letter sent to Clinton, with copies to Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and US Trade
Representative Ron Kirk, the associations said the political crisis has caused commercial traffic
to falter dramatically and, as a result, US textile and apparel plants already are being idled. The
letter said: “We urge the US government to work with the Honduran government in order to ensure
that commerce is fully restored in the region before the textile and apparel sectors of the US and
Central American region are further harmed.”

The associations pointed out that there is an interconnected manufacturing chain whereby
man-made fibers and cotton are spun into yarn at US plants and shipped to Honduras, where they are
made into fabric, and then the fabric is made into apparel in Honduras or shipped to another
Central American country. Under the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement
(CAFTA-DR), the apparel enters the United States duty-free. Honduras is the largest producer of
apparel products in the CAFTA-DR region, each month shipping more than 40 million garments to the
United States containing fabric made of US fiber and yarn.

The associations point out that if any of these segments is curtailed — as is happening with
Honduras — work quickly stops elsewhere.

US textile and apparel trade with CAFTA-DR countries already has fallen off as a result of
the global recession, and the associations pointed out that since January, the region has lost $1
billion in textile and apparel orders. The associations say retailers and other importers of
textiles and apparel are making contingency plans to obtain products from Asia if the disruption is
not soon resolved, and they say that will wipe out the benefits of  US/Central American trade.

Signing the letter were the American Apparel & Footwear Association, the American
Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition, the National Council of Textile Organizations, the National
Textile Association, the National Cotton Council, and the US Association of Importers of Textiles
and Apparel.

September 29, 2009

Germany-based DyStar Textilfarben GmbH, DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG and
DyStar Holdings GmbH — global providers of dyes, auxiliaries and services for the textile and
leather processing industries — have filed an insolvency petition with the Local Court Frankfurt
am Main for the company’s Germany-based business operations. DyStar resolved to file for insolvency
after failed attempts to address liquidity pressures. Included in the filing are the company’s
sites in Frankfurt, Leverkusen, Brunsbüttel, Geretsried and Ludwigshafen, which together employ
approximately 1,300 people.

The court has named Dr. Stephan Laubereau of Pluta Rechtsanwalts GmbH preliminary insolvency
administrator over DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG; and Miguel Grosser of Jaffé
Rechtsanwälte Insolvenzverwalter preliminary insolvency administrator over DyStar Textilfarben
GmbH. The preliminary administrators will convene with DyStar management to evaluate the situation.

September 29, 2009

Lexington, N.C.-based Navis Global, formerly known as Tube-Tex, a designer and producer of textile
finishing equipment, reports that Honduras-based apparel manufacturer Bay Island Sportswear Inc.
and its knitting and dyeing facility Simtex International recently purchased a Pak Nit II SP
Compactor. This purchase marks the 200th Navis Global machine shipped to Honduras; and is the first
compactor and fifth TubeTex machine to be installed by Bay Island. In making the decision to buy a
Navis Global/TubeTex machine, Bay Island cited its good experience with prior TubeTex equipment and
the availability of a local service center and parts warehouse in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

Navis Global has installed tubular pads, relax dryers, nappers, open-width compactors, pin
tenters and more than 130 compactors at various companies throughout Honduras. Its Service Center
and Parts Warehouse in San Pedro Sula is committed to serving all Navis Global/Tube-Tex customers
in Honduras.

September 29, 2009

The Switzerland-based International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) has announced that Dr.
Edmund Phelps will deliver a keynote address during the 2009 ITMF Annual Conference, to be held in
Shanghai October 23-25.

Phelps, McVickar Professor of Political Economy at New York City-based Columbia University
and director of Columbia’s Center on Capitalism and Society, received the 2006 Nobel Prize in
Economics. He will deliver his address Sunday morning, October 25, during the conference’s Third
General Session.

As announced previously, Gerhard Schröder, former Chancellor of Germany, also will deliver a
keynote address at the conference. Schröder’s address is scheduled during the Formal Opening
Session Saturday morning, October 24.

ITMF also has added a third workshop to its conference program. An updated program and
additional information about all conference speakers are available at
www.itmf.org/cms/pages/itmf-conference-2009.php.

September 29, 2009

Germany-based Koelnmesse GmbH, organizer of IMB — World of Textile Processing, has created a new
trade fair format under the IMB umbrella and next year will debut IMB Select 2010 — Fashion &
Textiles: IT-Systems, Services and Strategies. The new format, to premiere Nov. 10-11, 2010,
represents a further development of IMB Forum, which has been held in conjunction with IMB — World
of Textile Processing, and will focus on the entire vertical supply chain for the fashion and
textile industries.

“In IMB Select we are creating a product developed in partnership with companies that is
100-percent focused on the wishes of visitors,” said Udo Traeger, head of Koelnmesse’s Furniture,
Interior Design & Textiles division. “IMB Select is an excellent connecting link to IMB —
World of Textile Processing to be held in May 2012.”

The new format will emphasize the importance of information technology (IT) systems to
integration of activities and to transparent communication among the various links within the
supply chain for apparel production and textile and flexible materials processing. The show also
will present ancillary processes along the supply chain.

“Visiting this trade fair will be of immense importance for all decision-makers,” said
Bettina Glamsch, IMB product manager. “It is the only place where they will get a complete overview
of the IT industry’s offers for the sector. It will enable key investment decisions to be made
based on flawless information.”

September 29, 2009

Switzerland-based Ems Group — a global company with performance polymers and fine
chemicals/engineering companies operating under the name Ems -Chemie Holding AG — has purchased
Germany-based Nexis Fibers GmbH — a producer and marketer of polyamide and other specialty
technical fibers — from ExNex AG, formerly known as Nexis Fibers AG. ExNex had filed for
bankruptcy, and other business activities of the company have already been sold.

The transaction is still pending final contracts and approval from the appropriate
authorities. Exact terms of the sale were not disclosed, but the purchase price is reported to be a
number in the low single-digit millions that Ems Group will finance using its own liquid assets.

Ems Group reports the acquisition will strengthen its specialty technical fibers business,
Ems-Griltech. The company will integrate Nexis Fibers and Ems-Griltech, operating both the Nexis
production site in Neumünster, Germany, and the Ems-Griltech facility in Domat/Ems, Switzerland.

Nexis Fibers currently employs 95 people and has annual net sales of approximately 40 million
Swiss francs.

September 29, 2009

Montréal-based Doubletex — a woven and nonwoven fabrics manufacturer, and a provider of commission
dyeing and finishing, converting, quilting and other services — has created the Ecoterra
collection of eco-friendly fabrics containing 100-percent certified organic cotton and Greensboro,
N.C.-based Unifi Inc.’s Repreve® recycled polyester.

The collection includes Ecoflex Poplin and Twill — two additions to Doubletex’s Truflex™
line of comfort stretch fabrics — and EcoDrill — a sturdy high-performance twill — all of which
are comprised of a blend of 35-percent organic cotton, 35-percent Repreve recycled polyester, and
30-percent polyester. Also included are EcoTwist, a 100-percent organic cotton dobby; and All in
One, a 100-percent ripstop made with stretch Repreve aio® yarn that has an antimicrobial,
moisture-management and soil-release finish.

Doubletex will debut the Ecoterra fabric collection at Expo Hightex, to be held October 7-8
in Montréal.

September 29, 2009

Peace Dale, R.I.-based Kenyon Consumer Products, a supplier of apparel and accessories for outdoor
enthusiasts, has introduced a flame-retardant (FR) modacrylic T-shirt featuring Outlast® viscose
fiber for temperature control. The shirt was originally developed as a baselayer shirt for military
personnel — an application in which protection and sweat-reduction properties as well as wearer
comfort are important. The shirt is now available commercially in silk-weight and medium-weight
versions.

According to Boulder, Colo.-based Outlast Technologies Inc., the T-shirt passes the ASTM D
6413-99 “Standard Test Method for Flame Resistance of Textiles (Vertical Test),” and was shown in
laboratory tests to reduce sweat by 30 percent.

“The shirt is well-suited for military combat situations to enhance the soldiers’ performance
by reducing sweat,” said Mike Henshaw, director of operations, Outlast Technologies. “The Outlast
viscose with temperature regulating technology keeps skin temperature cooler, which helps decrease
perspiration in warm environments where military personnel are often stationed.”

“Adding Outlast viscose to the shirt has resulted in a product that has double the comfort —
soft, comfortable, easy-to-wear fabric with temperature regulation so the wearer sweats less,” said
Andy Curtis, owner, Kenyon Consumer Products. “There really isn’t anything else like it on the
market.”

September 29, 2009

Tustin, Calif.-based Idalica — a provider of enterprise resource planning and customer
relationship management business software solutions — has announced the launch of its End to End
(E2E) customizable apparel software that combines financial, customer relationship and supply chain
management into one solution to improve the efficacy of businesses operations. Functions of
Idalica’s E2E business package include an integrated account system; apparel order and product
creation; the ability to link orders to inventory, and with the general ledger and reporting; and
electronic communication for global integration.

Idalica will launch its E2E solution at Technology Solutions, the semi-annual information
technology (IT) exposition and conference for the sewn products industry, to be held September
30-October 2 alongside Material World at the California Market Center in Los Angeles.

September 29, 2009

Westfield, N.J.-based QuestaWeb Inc., a provider of Web-based integrated global trade management
(GTM) solutions, has announced its Global Trade Management 4.2.26 suite of multinational trade
solutions has been certified by The SAP Integration and Certification Center (ICC) for integration
with the SAP® ERP (enterprise resource planning) application. After evaluating QuestaWeb’s software
within the “Integration Assessment Based Certification” framework, ICC certified the download
Material Master, Vendor Master, Commercial Invoice and Purchase Order lists and details functions.
ICC also has certified the software as “SAP Solution Manager Ready.”

According to QuestaWeb, Global Trade Management 4.2.26 software streamlines cross-border
trade processes and helps supply chain participants – including exporters, freight forwarders,
carriers, customs brokers, agents, financial institutions and importers – to collaborate to move
goods worldwide rapidly, securely and compliantly. The company also reports the modular-designed
suite makes use of the Internet to facilitate global trade activities.

“From a strategic point of view, it was logical for QuestaWeb to undergo the certification
process and align the top ERP application with the foremost Web-based GTM system,” said Wayne
Slossberg, vice president, QuestaWeb. “Achieving this certification underscores QuestaWeb`s ongoing
commitment to develop and offer advanced solutions that not only solve customers` global trade
management issues but also reduce their implementation time and costs. Being able to offer our
customers an out-of-the-box integration between their SAP ERP application and Global Trade
Management will reduce their total cost of ownership.”

September 29, 2009