AHF INTRODUCES MATTRESS PADS WITH MARQUESA® TECHNOLOGY

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Tracey Campbell (800-925-0668) (twcampbell@afyarns.com)
John Avant (919-676-4115) (john.avant@avant.com)

Chapel Hill, NC (September 29, 2005) – Aerated Home Fashions (AHF) has teamed with Culp Home Fashions and American Fibers and Yarns Company (AF&Y) to introduce a Canadian line of mattress pads with stain-proof, antimicrobial Marquesa yarn technology.

AHF, based in Montreal, will manufacture the mattress pads and distribute them throughout Canada at major department stores, retailers and boutique bedding shops. Made with fabric supplied by Culp, the mattress pads feature Marquesa yarns from AF&Y.  Marquesa yarns are made from synthetic fibers, engineered to be incredibly soft while maintaining inherent easy-care and antimicrobial characteristics. 

“Today’s consumers are looking for healthier sleep alternatives,” said Leslie Evans, AHF Product Development, “and these new mattress pads are a perfect solution.  Utilizing Marquesa technology allows us to offer our department store and retail customers a truly differentiated product, an easy-care mattress pad with inherent qualities that provide a cleaner, fresher sleep environment.”

Michael Apperson, AF&Y president and CEO, said the extension of the Marquesa brand throughout Canada is “a significant development in our marketing efforts.  The Marquesa performance story is gaining substantial momentum, and consumers are beginning to realize the true value of inherent performance -- stain resistance, bleach cleanable and antimicrobial.”

About AHF
AHF was created in 1977.  In 1999, AHF was sold to Louisville Bedding Company and is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Louisville Bedding Company in Louisville, KY.

AHF manufactures products for the bedroom, including mattress pads, pillows, duvets and therapeutic foam products.   AHF today occupies 225,000 sq. ft in Ville St.Laurent, and is a premier manufacturer and marketer of basic bedding in Canada. AHF is ISO 9001:2000 certified, and has been awarded vendor excellence awards from Wal-Mart Canada, Zellers, and Sears Canada.  For more information about AHF and their products please call 514-744-9060 ext. 328.

About American Fibers and Yarns Company
American Fibers and Yarns Company (AF&Y) is the world’s leading supplier of solution dyed filament yarns.  With thousands of yarns in its product portfolio and the ability to engineer yarns to customer specifications, AF&Y is a dominant supplier to the residential and contract furnishings marketplace, and has a growing presence in the hospitality, apparel, automotive and industrial markets.  Headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC, AF&Y maintains a Technology Center that specializes in engineering filament yarn with innovative combinations not available from other suppliers.  The company also operates two U.S. production facilities totaling six hundred thousand square feet of manufacturing space.  For more information on AF&Y and its products, please visit www.afyarns.com or call 800-925-0668.