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April 2008

Diaper, Adult: • P&G Program To Benefit UNICEF; • Safeway Launches Baby Care Line; • First Quality, Covidien Deal Finalized
Diaper, Baby: • P&G Program To Benefit UNICEF; • Safeway Launches Baby Care Line; • First Quality, Covidien Deal Finalized
Feminine Hygiene: • Suominen Hit By Viscose Hikes; • PGI Announces June Price Hike; • PGI First Quarter Sales Up
Filtration: • Albany International Reports Q1 Results; • Ahlstrom Sees Solid Sales Growth; • Ahlstrom Buys New Line
Medical: • Winner Medical Reports Quarterly Results; • PGI Adds To Protective Apparel Offerings; • Fitesa Expands Into North America
Wipes: • P&G Program To Benefit UNICEF; • Suominen Hit By Viscose Hikes; • Q2 Sales Up For Tufco

Spunbond: • PGI Announces June Price Hike; • PGI First Quarter Sales Up; • PGI Adds To Protective Apparel Offerings
Airlaid: • Oerlikon Technology For PGI; • Phoenix Celebrates Milestone; • Buckeye Downsizes Production in B.C.
Spunlace: • Phoenix Celebrates Milestone; • The Great Divide; • Avgol In Talks To Buy Fiberweb
Meltblown: • First Quality, Covidien Deal Finalized; • Fitesa Expands Into North America; • Zavod Elastik Invests In Spunlaid Line
Carded/Carding: • Ahlstrom Buys New Line; • Oerlikon Neumag Does Business With Freudenberg; • Nonwovens Sales Expected to Reach $5.8 Billion
Needlepunch: • Ahlstrom Buys New Line; • Propex Funding Approved; • Fibertex Invests in Technical Business

May 15: P&G Program To Benefit UNICEF: Salma Hayek launches Pampers One Pack = One Vaccine Program.
Pürzer To Leave Freudenberg Board: Albert Pürzer will leave the management board at month's end.
IDEA10 To Focus On Green: Environmental focus to be show's chief concern in 2010.
May 14: Lakeland Acquires Brazilian PA Maker: Terms include $13 million cash at closing.
Suominen Hit By Viscose Hikes: Results negatively impacted by soaring raw material costs.

May: May 28-30: Filtration & Separation Asia
June: Jun 16-18: W.O.W. World of Wipes Conference
July: Jul 1-3: Future of Wipes 2008
September: Sep 8-11: INTC 2008, International Nonwovens Technical Conference; Sep 16-18: Nonwovens Training Course
October: Oct 9-11: Nonwovens Research Academy; Oct 20-22: CINTE Techtextil China; Oct 28-30: Filtrex Conference and Exhibition
December: Dec 9-11: Filtration 2008, International Conference & Expo
January: Jan 26-29: Vision 2009 Consumer Products Conference
February: Feb 5-7: Annual Meeting 2009, For INDA Members Only
June: Jun 6-10: International Textile Machinery (ITM) Exhibition
September: Sep 21-24: INTC 2009, International Nonwovens Technical Conference