PGI Organizes to Establish Market Leadership in Europe

Company Names Scott Tracey to Head Regional Business

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, February 9 - Polymer Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: POLGA; POLGB) (PGI) today
announced two appointments in Europe to organize itself to achieve global
leadership positions in this region.

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The company has named Scott Tracey vice president and general manager,
Europe to lead the company's operations and growth in Holland, France and
Spain. Ton van der Steenhoven also joins PGI as director of finance,
procurement and IT for the regional business.

PGI acquired the Tesalca-Texnovo nonwovens businesses in Spain in late
2009, giving it state-of-the-art spunmelt technology in this part of the
world and market expansion opportunities into Western Europe and Northern
Africa.

Tracey has held various management positions with PGI in the U.S. for
nearly six years. Most recently, he was vice president, sales, marketing and
business development, leading the commercial efforts in the company's core
hygiene, medical, industrial and wipes markets.

"Scott Tracey has been an instrumental cross-functional leader for PGI,
helping to drive the company to be an innovative, market-driven,
customer-focused organization guided by our core values and emphasis on
operational excellence," said Veronica "Ronee" Hagen, chief executive
officer. "He will continue this focus in running the European business."

Tracey has more than 18 years of experience working for manufacturing
companies, including SOLO and Sweetheart Cup. He holds an MBA from Georgia
State University and a bachelor's degree in marketing from Indiana
University.

With over 20 years of experience in finance at multi-national, van der
Steenhoven formerly was chief financial officer for Kroymans Corporation. He
holds an MBA from the University of Utrecht and a bachelor's degree in
economics.

"We are pleased to have Ton van der Steenhoven join PGI and bring his
expertise in finance, procurement and IT to our European business," Hagen
said.

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 15 manufacturing and converting
facilities in nine countries throughout the world.

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produced, and cyclical or other downturns; cost and availability of raw
materials, labor and natural and other resources and the inability to pass
raw material cost increases along to customers; changes to selling prices to
customers which are based, by contract, on an underlying raw material index;
substantial debt levels and potential inability to maintain sufficient
liquidity to finance our operations and make necessary capital expenditures;
inability to meet existing debt covenants; achievement of objectives for
strategic acquisitions and dispositions; inability to achieve successful or
timely start-up on new or modified production lines; reliance on major
customers and suppliers; domestic and foreign competition; information and
technological advances; risks related to operations in foreign jurisdictions;
and changes in environmental laws and regulations. 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 and subsequent
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

    For media inquiries, please contact:
    Cliff Bridges
    Global Marketing and HR Communications Director
    +1-704-697-5168
    bridgesc@pginw.com

Cliff Bridges, Global Marketing and HR Communications Director, +1-704-697-5168, bridgesc at pginw.com