Polymer Group, Inc. Opens New Regional Head Office in Suzhou, China

Polymer Group, Inc. Opens New Regional Head Office in Suzhou, China

April 20, 2006

Spunmelt manufacturing and finishing lines on schedule to start up mid-year

    NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., April 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Polymer Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: POLGA; POLGB) today
opened its new Asian region head office in Suzhou, China,
bringing a newly constructed manufacturing plant together
with administrative functions under one roof. 

    The new site in the Suzhou Industrial Park houses
state-of-the-art spunmelt manufacturing and finishing lines
that will begin operations mid-year, serving the medical and
hygiene markets with quality, high-performance engineered
materials.

    "The new Asian headquarters will facilitate
greater collaboration and cooperation among our teams, and
also puts the leadership for the Asian business in the same
location as our newest manufacturing site," said Jay
Cheng, Vice President and General Manager, PGI Asia.

    Finance operations, headed by PGI Asia's new Financial
Director ZQ Zhan, as well as information technology, sales
and marketing, and administrative support, will be based at
this office in the growing Shanghai region.

    The Suzhou manufacturing operations make PGI the
largest spunmelt supplier in China and the country's only
vertically integrated producer of finished medical fabrics.
The new, multi-beam Reifenhauser line will manufacture
ultra-high-performance medical barrier fabrics, including
PGI's MediSoft(TM) products.

    The world-class finishing line installed at the new
location will provide customers with treated medical
fabrics produced in a pristine environment to meet the
highest quality standards. 

    At PGI's Nanhai location, the recently installed
advanced chemical bonding is ramping up and will also serve
the hygiene and medical markets.
 
    Polymer Group, Inc., one of the world's leading
producers of nonwovens, is a global, technology-driven
developer, producer and marketer of engineered materials.
With the broadest range of process technologies in the
nonwovens industry, PGI is a global supplier to leading
consumer and industrial product manufacturers. The company
operates 22 manufacturing facilities throughout the world.
Additional company information is available at
http://www.polymergroupinc.com .

    Safe Harbor Statement 

    Except for historical information contained herein, the
matters set forth in this press release are forward-looking
statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those described in the forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date
of this release. Important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those discussed in such
forward-looking statements include: general economic
factors including, but not limited to, changes in interest
rates, foreign currency translation rates, consumer
confidence, trends in disposable income, changes in
consumer demand for goods produced, and cyclical or other
downturns; substantial debt levels and potential inability
to maintain sufficient liquidity to finance the company's
operations and make necessary capital expenditures;
inability to meet existing debt covenants; information and
technological advances; changes in environmental laws and
regulations; cost and availability of raw materials, labor
and natural and other resources and the inability to pass
raw material cost increases along to customers; domestic
and foreign competition; reliance on major customers and
suppliers; and risks related to operations in foreign
jurisdictions. Investors and other readers are directed to
consider the risks and uncertainties discussed in documents
filed by Polymer Group, Inc. with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K. 

    For further information, please contact: Dennis Norman
Vice President - Strategic Planning & Communication
[phone] [e-mail] .

    For more information, please contact:

     Dennis Norman, Vice President - Strategic Planning
& Communication,             Polymer Group, Inc.
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

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