American Fibers & Yarns Introduces Technology at TYAA Conference

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (July 22, 2002) -- American Fibers and Yarns (AF&Y) serves as a full-service partner to its customers and manufacturers. Through these relationships, AF&Y turns fibers and yarns into design tools that provide advanced technology and improved product benefits that set manufacturers apart from competitors.

One of the technologies available to the textile industry is false twist textured warp yarn, which incorporates new polymer texturizing methods to improve luster and create a softer hand. To help introduce customers and partners to this process, AF&Y Technical Marketing Representative Lori Hascher will address the Textured Yarn Association of America’s (TYAA) 30th Anniversary Technical Conference July 25-27 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Hascher’s presentation, “American Fibers & Yarns Company and the Textured Multi-Filament Yarn Market” will include an overview of AF&Y and polypropylene yarns as well as discuss the benefits of false twist textured warp yarns and how manufacturers can incorporate these yarns into their fabrics.

“ Expanding our false twist textured technology enables AF&Y to move into new markets and expand our current markets,” said Hascher, who is based in Greenville, S.C.

TYAA Presentation Page TwoMembers of the TYAA include texturizers, fiber producers, equipment manufacturers, yarn testing facilities, professional textile services, end users and fabric manufacturers that serve the apparel and home furnishings industries. TYAA was established in 1972 as a non-profit organization to promote greater technological communication within the textured yarn industry.

American Fibers and Yarns Company (AF&Y) is the world’s leading supplier of solution-dyed multi-filament polypropylene yarns. AF&Y specializes in providing synthetic filament yarn to the home furnishings, contract, hospitality, apparel, automotive and industrial markets. AF&Y began as Phillips Fibers Corporation, a subsidiary of Phillips Petroleum Company, in 1965. In 1993, Amoco Fabrics and Fibers Corporation, a subsidiary of Amoco Oil Corporation, purchased Phillips Fibers Corporation. The combined companies became the largest U.S. supplier of polypropylene filament yarns, staple fiber, needle punch non-wovens and carpet backing. In 1999, Amoco Fabrics and Fibers Corporation sold the fibers division to a private equity firm, Monitor Clipper Partners of Cambridge, Mass. The company is now headquartered in Chapel Hill, N.C., with 800 employees worldwide that produce more than 1 million different yarns.