INDA ELECTS NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Cary, NC — March 24, 2005 — At INDA’s Annual Meeting 2005, a new Board of Directors was elected. Annual Meeting 2005 was held March 20-22, 2005, Villas at Grand Cypress, Orlando, Florida. The following new members were elected to the Board of Directors by the INDA membership for a 3-year term:

Chairperson: Steve Ogle, V.P. – R&D, Leggett & Platt
Vice Chairperson – Planning: Marvin Mitchell, Global Business Leader, Johns Manville Corporation
Vice Chairperson – Finance: Bill Vogel, President, Atlantic Mills, Inc.

Members:
Janet Devine , President, Sonobond Ultrasonics, Inc.
Dennis J. Durkin , V.P. – Sales, Cleaver Associates, Inc.
Daniel M. Feroe , North American Sales Manager, Rieter Greensboro – Perfojet Div.
Walter Schwarz , President/CEO, Freudenberg Nonwovens NA
Lisette Swenson , Brand Manager U.S. Barrier Products, Molnlycke Health Care, Inc.

Rory Holmes, President of INDA, said, “The nominating committee, headed by Lee Sullivan of Freudenberg, has done an outstanding job finding great people to be a part of the INDA Board of Directors and Executive Committee. A tremendous effort was made to represent the entire value chain from raw materials to finished goods as well as selecting new members from small, medium and large companies.”

Other members on the Board of Directors include:

Gary Abyad, President, Clopay Plastic Products Co.
Jon Behm, Director R&D, CardinalHealth
Don Brown, Director – Sales/Marketing, Colbond Nonwovens
Val Hollingsworth, President/CEO, Hollingsworth & Vose Company
C. Dru Kefalos, Marketing Communications Manager, ExxonMobil Chemical
Paul L. Latten, V.P. – Nonwoven & Textile Fibers, INVISTA
John Michaud, GM Wipes – The Americas, Ahlstrom
Robert E. Pine, Executive V.P., Elk Performance Nonwoven Fabrics
Jim Schaeffer, CEO, PGI Nonwovens

INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry,

P.O. Box 1288

Cary, NC  27512-1288

Phone: (919) 233-1210

Fax: (919) 233-1282

Or visit our website: www.inda.org

Email:info@inda.org

INDA's Board of Directors:. From left to right: Dennis Tavernetti, Retired BBA Fiberweb; Bill Vogel, Atlantic Mills, Inc.; Marvin Mitchell, Johns Manville Corporation; Robert E. Pine, Elk Performance Nonwoven Fabrics; Rory Holmes, INDA; Lisette Swenson, Molnlycke Health Care, Inc.; John Michaud, Ahlstrom Green Bay; Don Brown, Colbond Nonwovens; Dennis J. Durkin, Cleaver Associates, Inc.; Daniel M. Feroe, Rieter Greensboro – Perfojet Div.; Paul L. Latten, INVISTA; Steve Ogle, Leggett & Platt; Jim Schaeffer, PGI Nonwovens.