Johnson Named Interim President of ATMICass Johnson, a highly regarded international trade expert,
has been named interim president of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI), replacing
Parks Shackelford who resigned to take a position with a sugar manufacturer. Johnson joined ATMI in
1991 as assistant director of international trade. He was promoted to senior vice president in
March of 2003. Johnson has traveled throughout the world as an adviser to the US government during
international trade negotiations and has worked closely on the industrys behalf with government
trade authorities in Washington.At the same time, ATMI promoted Robert Dupree to vice president,
governmental affairs, and Patty Adair to vice president, textile product services and standards.
Johnsons interim appointment is a reflection of ATMIs uncertain future, which could include a
merger with one or more other textile trade associations. ATMI Chairman Willis C. Moore III, vice
president for governmental and investor relations for Unifi, Inc., told Textile World that ATMI is
looking at all options with respect to staffing and other considerations. He emphasized that the
primary goal is to help the textile industry speak with a united voice in Washington.By James A.
Morrissey, Washington Correspondent
September 2003

DuPont TextilesandInteriors Becomes “INVISTA”DuPont TextilesandInteriors (DTI), a wholly owned
subsidiary of DuPont (NYSE:DD), has announced that it will be called INVISTA effective immediately.
The name change represents the company’s next step toward separating from its parent company and
crystallizing its distinct, independent corporate identity. Steve McCracken, president of DTI, now
INVISTA, said, “We are stepping forward into our future – with more than 70 years of DuPont
innovation and market strength behind us – creating a vital new company and identity that is up to
the challenge of serving our global customers with renewed determination and clarity.” “INVISTA
will start life as the world’s largest integrated fibers and intermediates company with more than
$6.3 billion in revenue, 18,000 employees and a presence in 86 countries,” McCracken said. “We have
a new name, new vision and new look – all backed by our unsurpassed R and D capabilities and some
of the best consumer brands in the world – like LYCRA44; COOLMAX(r), STAINMASTER44; ANtrON44; and
some of the best known specialty chemical brands like CORFREE1 and TERATHANE The new name will be
accompanied by a linking line — “Built on DuPont Innovation” — to underscore the company’s
heritage, and a tagline — “Step Forward” – which reflects the promise of the future. “INVISTA will
continue the work we began as part of DuPont, partnering with our customers to transform the
economics of their businesses, the performance of their products and drive demand through the power
of brands,” said Carol Gee, global director, brands for INVISTA. Gee, who led the corporate
identity effort, continued, “One way to think about it is: INVISTA will serve as the stage on which
our real stars — our consumer and product brands — can shine.” The company will build the INVISTA
name primarily with trade audiences, and will link the consumer product brand marketing campaigns
to the corporate identity. INVISTA will launch a business-to-business campaign to support its
corporate identity to global trade media via a variety of communications channels. Details of that
plan will be revealed in the coming months. To develop the new name, DTI, now INVISTA, conducted
extensive worldwide research into how employees, customers, consumers and investors view DTI and
its position in the global marketplace. The naming process considered over 600 potential names,
conducted worldwide trademark and company searches in more than 200 countries and conducted
comprehensive linguistic and cultural evaluations in 47 countries. The work also considered the
core values the audiences associate with the company, the opportunities for change that would be
highly valued, as well as the need for a consistent brand identity across the company’s three
business areas: apparel, intermediates, and interiors and industrial textiles. Enterprise IG, New
York, one of the world’s leading brand and corporate identity consultancies, worked closely with
DTI to develop the INVISTA identity. The company, which has developed powerful and engaging
identities for such companies as Bank of America, Lockheed Martin, and Hilton, led DTI through a
rigorous, analytically-based development process. McCracken said, “Our goal was to define our
enterprise in a way that will deliver competitive advantage for each of our businesses. The
research learnings guided all elements of this work in order to do that.” “The process Enterprise
IG guided us through was truly comprehensive and market-focused,” said Gee. “It provided a solid
foundation for decision-making and helped to ensure that our choice of the INVISTA name and the
Rings of Innovation symbol was not just exciting creatively, but also the right choice for our
markets-and for ourselves.” According to Gee, the company will be updating all external
communications materials and signage to reinforce the new name. “We have developed a process and
timeline to ensure a smooth transition during the coming months and our marketing team will be
working with our partners to help guide the way,” said Gee. For more information about INVISTA,
please visit our micro-website, www.invista.com. DuPont announced in February 2002 plans to create
DTI, now INVISTA, as a wholly owned subsidiary and to separate it from DuPont. On Aug. 11, 2003,
DuPont announced it is in exclusive negotiations with subsidiaries of Koch Industries Inc., of
Wichita, Kansas, regarding the possible sale of DTI, now INVISTA. INVISTA is trademarked and is be
ing registered on a worldwide basis. INVISTA, a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont, is the largest
integrated fiber and intermediates business in the world, with 2002 revenues of $6.3 billion,
operating in 86 countries. Headquartered in Wilmington, Del., it is comprised of three businesses:
Apparel; Interiors and Industrial; and Intermediates. INVISTA is committed to its customers’ growth
through market insights and technology innovations combined with a powerful portfolio of the
best-known global brands and trademarks in the industry including: LYCRA(r), TEFLON(r),
STAINMASTER(r), ANtrON(r), COOLMAX(r), THERMOLITE(r), CORDURA(r), SUPPLEX(r), TACTEL(r) and in the
specialty chemicals business: CORFREE44; DYTEK44; ADI-Purend TERATHANEDuPont is a science company.
Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by solving problems and creating solutions that make
people’s lives better, safer and easier. Operating in more than 70 countries, the company offers a
wide range of products and services to markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics,
communications, safety and protection, home and construction, transportation, and apparel.
INVISTATM, DuPontTM, Lycra(r), Teflon(r), Stainmaster(r), Antron(r), Coolmax(r), Thermolite(r),
Cordura(r), Supplex(r) and Tactel(r) are trademarks and registered trademarks of E.I. du Pont de
Nemours and Company. Press Release Courtesy Of Invista
September 2003

Mohawk To Acquire Lees CarpetsMohawk Industries Inc., Calhoun, Ga., has agreed to purchase
Greensboro, N.C.-based Burlington Industries Inc.s Lees Carpets division. The deal, worth an
estimated $352 million, is a provision of New York City-based WL RossandCo. LLCs successful bid to
acquire Burlington.Lees Carpets is a leader in the contract commercial segment of the industry with
products that will complement our existing product line, said Jeffrey S. Lorberbaum, president and
CEO, Mohawk. It is Mohawks intention to strengthen Lees sales and marketing by offering new
products and expanding the existing business.Lorberbaum praised Lees employees and operations in
Greensboro and Glasgow, Va. We believe the financial strength of Mohawk along with our excellent
employee relations history will add to the security and stability for Lees employees, he
said.Mohawk has continued to perform well through the recent US economic turbulence, posting record
earnings in the second quarter 2003.
September 2003

Future of Trade Liberalization Talks in Serious DoubtUS textile manufacturers and cotton producers
were pleased with the September 14 collapse of World Trade Organization (WTO) trade liberalization
talks in Cancun, Mexico, but importers of textiles and apparel, and retailers said it was a serious
blow to consumers. As broad differences between the developed and developing nations surfaced and
cut the talks short, negotiators said the future of the WTOs Doha Round of trade liberalization
negotiations, due to be completed by January 2005, was in serious doubt.When the talks collapsed,
US Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick issued a bitter statement saying the US was prepared to
negotiate in good faith, but that other countries were not willing to work toward narrowing gaps in
their positions on trade.Zoellick said, Whether developed or developing, there were can do and wont
do countries here. The rhetoric of the wont do overwhelmed the concerted efforts of the can do. He
said that useful compromise must be reached during the remaining course of the overall talks if the
trade liberalization effort is to succeed.US textile and cotton representatives monitoring the
meetings were pleased to see the talks end in disarray. Robert W. Greene, chairman of the National
Cotton Council, accused African nations of trying to gut the US cotton programs. He said, It was a
testimony to our negotiators that they saw through the rhetoric and did not lose sight of the goals
of the WTO negotiations, namely, greater reciprocal trade liberalization. Greene warned that a bad
agreement would bring substantial damage to the entire US cotton industry.Auggie Tantillo,
Washington coordinator for the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition, said that if the
talks had moved forward, the final result would have mandated further substantial reductions if not
total elimination of US tariffs in practically all manufacturing sectors. He said that as the talks
stalled it became evident the developing countries were demanding substantial concessions with
regard to market access without a willingness to provide equal reciprocity in terms of access to
their own markets. He said concessions offered by the US and Europe were not sufficient to satisfy
trade ministers from the developing countries, who, he said, were more interested in entitlements
to export more products to the developed countries rather than reciprocal market access.Cass
Johnson, interim president of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute, said the breakdown of
the talks renders the future of the Doha Round negotiations problematic. He said the proposed draft
document that was to serve as a guide for the negotiations contained loopholes benefiting
developing nations that would replace any notion of equity and reciprocity for all. With its
manufacturing sector experiencing major job losses, he said the US no longer is in any position to
just give, give, give anymore.US importers of textiles and apparel saw the collapse in a different
light. The National Retail Federation (NRF) issued a statement saying American consumers and
developing nations exporters are the real losers. Noting that a number of developing-nation trade
ministers said they would seek individual free trade agreements with the US in lieu of a WTO
agreement, NRF Senior Vice President of Government Relations Steve Pfister said free trade
agreements do not provide the developing countries with the kind of tariff-free access to the US
market that the multilateral process would have yielded. He said free trade agreements have rules
of origin that frequently erase any benefits of tariff elimination. Nonetheless, Pfister held out
the hope that the negotiations could be resumed and that WTO members could conclude the round of
negotiations successfully by the January 2005 deadline.By James A. Morrissey, Washington
Correspondent
September 2003