Stephen B. Duerk

STEPHEN B.
DUERK, has been the Vice President of the Company since June 1998.
He has been the 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, he 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, he 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.