Filtrona Fibertec Ningbo China Plant -- Awarded ISO 9001 Certification and Announces Expansion

Filtrona Fibertec Ningbo China Plant -- Awarded ISO 9001 Certification and Announces Expansion

November 28, 2006

    RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Filtrona
Fibertec (a division of Filtrona plc) announced today that
its plant in Ningbo China has been awarded the ISO
9001:2000 certification for quality management systems by
BSI Management Systems, the world's leading international
standards testing, registration and certification
organization.  It was also announced that the Ningbo plant
will be expanded, more than doubling the size by mid 2007.

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    Filtrona Fibertec manufactures bonded fiber fluid
control components serving a variety of industrial and
consumer markets including writing instruments, medical
diagnostics, ink jet printing systems, household and
related products.  

    The ISO certification quality assurance standards
requirements include procedural changes, special training,
upgraded documentation and adjustments to operating
practices in a number of production processes. 
Incorporating the ISO certification complements the
existing registrations at Filtrona Fibertec's other sites
in North America and Europe.  

    "This certification demonstrates our commitment to
enhancing customer satisfaction by meeting customer needs
and applicable regulatory requirements through the
continued improvement of our performance as identified by
the ISO standards," said Martin Caulfield, General
Operations Manager.  "We are very proud of our
workforce in Ningbo to have achieved this accomplishment
and earned this globally recognized certification."

    It was also announced that Filtrona Fibertec will
expand the Ningbo plant.  The plant is located in Ningbo
(Zhejiang Province near Shanghai) and was built in 2005. 
Construction will begin in late 2006 with the expansion
fully completed mid 2007.  Plans include a significant
increase of more than double the size of production floor
space and an expanded analytical laboratory to support the
technical service needs of the regional customer base.  

    This expansion is being announced along with ongoing
upgrades and capital investment in both the Richmond,
Virginia (USA) and Reinbek, Germany facilities.  

    "We continue to be excited at the many growth
opportunities in the global market and we need to be
positioned to take advantage of these opportunities in
coordination with our customers," said Dirk Kemper,
Executive Vice President - Global Sales.  

    "At Filtrona Fibertec, our goal is to create
significant value and benefit for our customers through a
commitment to quality, technology innovation and
reliability.  We feel this will be accomplished through
continued investment in the business," said Russ
Rogers, President - Filtrona Fibertec.  "The ISO
certification and plant expansion at Ningbo reinforce our
commitment to growing the business with our customers on a
global scale." 

    Based in Richmond, Virginia USA, Filtrona Fibertec is a
leading manufacturer of bonded fiber custom components used
in consumer, medical and industrial products. Filtrona
Fibertec has manufacturing locations in North America,
Europe and Asia and is a division of Filtrona plc, a global
specialty plastic and fiber products supplier based in the
United Kingdom with 39 manufacturing facilities and 5,200
employees.  

    For more information, please contact:

     Jeff Shugart of Filtrona Fibertec
     Tel:   [phone]

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