STEPHEN B. DUERK assumed the position of President on June 9, 2006.  Prior to that, Mr. Duerk served as a Vice President of the Company since June 1998, as President of the Company's North American  Automotive  Group since April 1998, and as  President  of Safety  Components  Fabric  Technologies,Inc., a wholly-owned  subsidiary of the Company,  since January 1998.  From July 1997 to January 1998,  Mr. Duerk served the Company as  Co-Managing  Director of SCFTI.  Prior to the  Company's  acquisition  of the Air Restraint and Technical Fabrics  Division of JPS Automotive  L.P. in July 1997, Mr. Duerk had served JPS Automotive,  L.P., a tier one supplier to the automotive  industry of carpet and knit fabrics for  headliner and body cloth,  as Vice  President of Air Restraint Fabrics in the Greenville, South Carolina facility, from October 1988.  From 1965 to October  1988,  Mr. Duerk served in various  positions  for JP Stevens & Co., Inc., a company engaged in the business of manufacturing industrial textiles, of which JPS Automotive,  L.P. was a part until its restructuring in May 1998, most recently as the Vice President of the Industrial Synthetic Group.

    WILLIAM F. NELLI assumed the position of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer on June 9, 2006.  He has served as Controller of the Company since September 2000.  Prior to that, Mr. Nelli had served as Assistant Controller with the Company since August 1999, and was with Deloitte & Touche LLP for 6 years before joining the Company in 1999.

     VICK  CROWLEY has served as Treasurer of the Company  since August 2000.  Prior to that, he served as Assistant  Treasurer with HomeGold Financial, Inc.,  a financial services firm in Greenville, South Carolina, since 1995.