QUAKER EXPANDS PERFORMANCE FABRIC COLLECTION FOR SHOWTIME

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

Chapel Hill, NC (December 9, 2005) – Quaker Fabrics is introducing another collection of its Woolsuede performance fabrics utilizing Marquesa® performance yarns from American Fibers and Yarns Company (AF&Y).

The new Woolsuede collection includes four patterns: Legendary, Brushwood, Eskimo and Remarkable. With a unique and extensive color palette for each pattern, the fabrics are versatile and stylistic.  Woolsuede performance fabrics made with Marquesa technology are inherently stain resistant, bleach cleanable, and color fast. The fabrics range in price from $4.00-$4.75.

 “Woolsuede was one of our best placed patterns at the October High Point Market,” said Thomas Muzekari, Quaker Fabrics Vice President Sales and Marketing.  “We recognize the value our customers place on the availability of performance fabrics with a unique look and feel. Due to the success we experienced with the initial introduction of the Woolsuede collection, we quickly moved to expand the range of styles and colors in this new line. We are looking forward to presenting the line to our customers at Showtime.”

“Quaker has developed an exceptional group of fabrics with its Woolsuede collection. The combination of our yarn technology, their fabric technology and design expertise have truly created fashionable performance fabrics,” said AF&Y President and CEO Michael Apperson.  “We look forward to Quaker’s success with their performance fabric program.”

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.