Springs Names New Chief Financial Officer

FORT MILL, S.C., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ — Springs Industries announced today that Kenneth E.
Kutcher has joined Springs as executive vice president and chief financial officer.Kutcher, 48,
most recently served as chief financial officer and secretary of Greif Bros. Corporation, a $2
billion publicly traded industrial packaging company that produces industrial shipping containers,
containerboard, corrugated products and timber.Prior to his service at Greif, Kutcher served as
chief financial officer for both Celanese Chemicals and Trevira, which was formerly the polyester
business of Hoechst AG. In these roles, he has led global financial,strategic planning, information
technology and capital market activities, including his participation in both the initial public
offering of Celanese AG and the financing of a large acquisition at Greif. He began his career 25
years ago as a staff accountant with CoopersandLybrand and progressed through several assignments
providing support to large public clients.A New Jersey native, Kutcher earned a bachelor’s degree
in accounting from Seton Hall University. He and his family have lived in Charlotte since 1988.
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CRI Releases First Sustainability Report

To show a commitment to the environment and maintaining sustainable growth, the Carpet and Rug
Institute (CRI), Dalton, Ga., has issued the carpet industrys first sustainability report. The
report focuses on three key areas: environmental, economic and societal.CRI members are striving to
be stewards in manufacturing environmentally responsible products and in developing solutions to
carpet end-of-life issues, said Werner Braun, president. This report illustrates how the carpet
industry is committed to environmental efforts by meeting or exceeding environmental regulations,
making great strides in decreased landfill use; reducing waste; improving handling procedures;
reducing impact on air and water; and conserving materials, energy and water.

September 2001

Kusters Sells Carpet Finishing Division To Varo

Germany-based Eduard Kusters Maschinenfabrik has sold its Kusters Campen A/S business to VARO
Specialmaskiner A/S, Denmark. Primarily focused on drying and carpet finishing, as well as
nonwovens winding, Varo will operate the business under the name Campen Machinery A/S.After a
strategic repositioning, the Campen business no longer fit with Kusters core business areas in
textile wet finishing and nonwoven calenders.

September 2001

Improved Technologies Offers New Textile Printers

Improved Technologies, Tilton, N.H., has introduced two wide-format, ink-jet printers for textile
and apparel use. I-Jet is a six-color, piezo ink-jet printer available in 46- and 62-inch-wide
formats.IXIA (pronounced zia) is based on the IRIS 3047 platform but incorporates a new print
engine using hertz technology.Both printers are compatible with major CAD programs such as U4ia
from Lectra Systems, Vision from NedGraphics and Pointcarrrom PointcarrSA.

September 2001

William Tatham Offers Advanced Auto Doffing System

William Tatham Ltd, United Kingdom, has developed an auto doffing system that removes full spools
operating at speeds of up to 60 meters per minute (m/min). The unit has been applied to an existing
free-standing creel on a 2.5-meter-wide Tatham carpet yarn set. The new system can be fitted to all
similar creels.The system operates with three synchronized drives that automatically transfer the
rovings to the new spools and deliver the compact, high-density packages to the front creel, ready
to be unloaded.The design enhances conditions with bobbins 1,500 millimeters long, weighing up to
17 kilograms. Because the system eliminates the lifting of heavy condenser spools in awkward
conditions in mills, it complies with European legislation on manual handling and safe working
practices.William Tatham has partnered with Westwood Yarns, United Kingdom, for development of the
new design.

September 2001

Duro Buys Balson Hercules Apparel Lining Business

Duro Industries, Fall River, Mass., has purchased the apparel lining business from The Balson
Hercules Group Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of New York City-based Consoltex (USA). The purchase
includes the Balson Hercules name.The company, now run as a wholly owned subsidiary of Duro, is
called Balson Hercules/Duro Inc. William Milowitz, former senior vice president of apparel and
textile operations, Consoltex, has joined Duro as president of the new subsidiary. John Iason,
former vice president of apparel linings, Consoltex, has also joined Duro.Duro has been greatly
strengthened in recent months with new financing and new business, and we saw this as a very
desirable opportunity to protect and expand our market position, said Andre Laus, president and
CEO, Duro. Its a big win for us. We gain the knowledge and experience of excellent industry people
like William Milowitz and John Iason, as well as business from some of the countrys best names in
apparel.

September 2001

September 2001



Jim Beard
 has joined
828 International Trading Co., Greenville, S.C., as vice president of broadloom
operations.

Scholl America Inc., Charlotte, N.C., has announced

Erik Johnson
 , owner of KMT Textile Machines, Montreal, has joined the company as its Canada agent.

Cary, N.C.-based
Cotton Incorporated has appointed

Dr. Beatrice Le Pechoux
 manager, international, global product marketing. Also joining the company are

Dennis Horstman
 , manager, global product marketing; and

Vikki Martin
 , research chemist, textile chemistry research.


Johnston Industries, Columbus, Ga., has appointed

L. Gene Cone
 CEO and president.


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Foss Manufacturing Co., Hampton, N.H., has named

Joel Schaefer
 marketing manager for Fosshield Antimicrobial Technologies.

Ronile Inc., Rocky Mount, Va., has promoted

Ron Martin
 to president of Ronile and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ronile of Georgia. Martin
continues to head sales and marketing efforts and also assumes operational responsibilities.

Portland, Ore.-based
Pendleton Woolen Mills announced

R.K. (Peter) Johnson
 has joined its Blanket & Home Division. Johnson will lead the company’s expansion
into catalog, specialty home retailers, and regional and national department store chains.

Woolrich, Pa.-based
Woolrich® has appointed

Dennis Marxen
 director of domestic licensing. Marxen’s responsibilities include ensuring consistency in
the firm’s licensing program, maintaining the company’s stategies and strengthening brand image.

Hoover Materials Handling Group Inc., Alpharetta, Ga., has named

Douglas Silverman
 marketing manager for its asset product line and rental business.

Westlake, Ohio-based
Nordson Corp. announced

John M. Raterman
 has received the 2001 Nord Innovation Award for his patents on the Nordson Saturn®
nozzle. During his 21-year career with Nordson, Raterman has garnered 25 patents.

Germany-based
Mayer ReCond GmbH, a subsidiary of Mayer & Cie. GmbH & Co., has named

Uwe Bührer
 CEO. Former CEO

Rolf Betrand
 is taking up responsibilities for the German-speaking circular knitting machine markets
within the Mayer group.


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Astrup Co., Cleveland, has appointed

James (Jim) Wilson
 and

James (Barry) Morton
 sales representatives for the company’s Atlanta branch. In addition,

Manuel (Manny) Ricker
 and

Steve Martinez
 have joined the company as sales representatives working out of the Santa Fe Springs,
Calif., branch; and

Ryan Broadhurst
 as sales representative in Cleveland.

France-based
Lectra Systèmes has appointed

Ginny Perrine
 as North American marketing communications manager for its Atlanta office.

The
Screenprinting & Graphic Imaging Association International (SGIA), Fairfax,
Va., has named its 2001 Pioneer Award Recipients for Lifetime Achievement:

William Boyd
 , W.W. Boyd & Associates, Columbus, Ohio;

Rolan Johnson
 , Rolan A. Johnson Co. Inc., Peoria, Ill.;

James McRea
 , Jay Products, Cincinnati; and

Harry Rosenthal
 , Rosenthal Manufacturing Co. Inc., Northbrook, Ill. The Pioneer Award recognizes
prominent industry members, now deceased, nominated by their peers and affirmed by SGIA’s Board of
Directors.

Clariant International Ltd., Switzerland, announced

Philipp Hammel
 , head of investor relations, will take over corporate communications responsibilities.

Iris Welton
 has joined the company’s investor relations department.


Spindelfabrik Suessen GmbH, Germany, has appointed

Erik Hartmann
 joint managing director.


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The Covina, Calif-based
Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE), has
inducted three new fellows:

Dr. Louis A. Pilato
 , Pilato Consulting, Bound Brook, N.J.;

Gary W. Valentine
 , Raytheon Systems, El Segundo, Calif.; and

Dr. Harry Katz
 , Utility Development, Livingston, N.J.


September 2001

Quick-Installation GAM Couplings Reduce Costs

GAM Enterprises Inc., Chicago, has developed a new KLC metal bellows coupling series, available
finished bored, pre-bored or bored with bore sizes for additional bushings. The couplings modular
concept reduces cost because of a design that features only one radial clamping screw for each hub
and clamping hubs on both sides. Installation is quick, reducing downtime.The couplings offer high
torsional stiffness and axial, lateral and angular misalignment compensation. The couplings also
feature backlash-free torque transmission and are available in sizes of 20, 40, 90, 180 and 300
nanometers (nm).

September 2001

Omnova Daikin Sign Fluorocarbon Alliance Agreement

Omnova Solutions, Fairlawn, Ohio, and Japan-based Daikin Industries have signed an agreement
whereby the two companies will jointly develop and commercialize surface-modification and
surfactant application fluorochemical products. Initially, developments will be based on Omnovas
PolyFox fluoropolymer technology.Through this alliance, we intend to develop a wide range of highly
effective, environmentally friendly fluorosurfactants and coatings modifiers to provide the
performance that the market is seeking, said Kevin McMullen, chairman and CEO, Omnova.PolyFox
fluoropolymers utilize a fluorinated oxetane platform technology. The technology provides
structures that enhance properties such as stain resistance, surface flow, leveling and wetting.

September 2001

ATME-I Decision Reached

After two years of deliberation, the co-sponsors of the American Textile Machinery
Exhibition-International (ATME-I), the American Textile Machinery Association (ATMA), Falls Church,
Va., and Textile Hall Corp., Greenville, S.C., have resolved the issues of show frequency, format
and venue.ATME-I 2004 will be a consolidated show, held in the fall in Greenville. The following
installment of the show will take place in Atlanta in 2006. There will be no more two-part or split
shows, and the number of shows between now and 2009 has been reduced from four to two.ATMA and
Textile Hall hope this approach will blend tradition with a broader base to maintain pace with the
rapidly shifting profile of global exhibitors and Western Hemisphere fiber, textile and apparel
producers, and their many sub-sectors.

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