February 25, 2016DeRoyal President and COO Bill Pittman Announces Retirement

Bill Pittman, DeRoyal's President and Chief Operating Officer, has announced his plan to retire at the end of the first quarter of 2016, after a career spanning 32 years with the company.  Mr. Pittman will take over the investment property portfolio that he and his father have developed under the brand Pittman Properties. Mr. Pittman began his career as an account manager, relocating to Columbus, Ohio, where he became DeRoyal's sales trainer and specialist in the territory.  He returned home to the corporate office as a product manager focusing on new product development and went on to serve tenures in the Marketing, OEM and Orthopedic divisions as Vice-President, becoming the company's President in 2009.  In 2010, he was named President and Chief Operating Officer.Mr. Pittman's prolific career includes spearheading the successful development and launch of hundreds of healthcare products, notably DeRoyal's burn products, surgical accessories, laparoscopic accessories and Continuum, a medical device dispensing, billing and reordering system.  He is also the holder of 7 U.S. patents with others pending at the time of his retirement. Most significantly, Mr. Pittman focused on expanding DeRoyal's presence internationally, and under his leadership, the company now has sales in more than 70 countries."Being a part of DeRoyal during the last three plus decades has been a life-shaping experience that I treasure," said Mr. Pittman.  "This company knows no boundaries, and what this team of talented and innovative people create every single day served as an inspiration to me.  Even as we evolved to be a global company, we remained rooted right here in East Tennessee and I am very proud of that.  I have had the privilege of a successful and storied tenure, thanks to Pete DeBusk taking a chance on a kid from north Knoxville.I have had the pleasure of working with Bill for over 22 years and am very appreciative of the value he has brought DeRoyal across so many aspects of our business,” said DeRoyal’s CEO Brian DeBusk.  “He will be missed both professionally and personally by the entire management team as he is an integral part of our past and has helped build the foundation for our future.”Mr. Pittman’s retirement will be effective April 1, 2016.

DeRoyal Textiles is a manufacturer and worldwide distributor of a broad range of woven textile products. Originally founded as Hermitage Mills in 1905, the company has enjoyed a history of excellence and heritage of innovation for over a century. This tradition continued when Hermitage Industries joined the DeRoyal family of global companies in 1994 as DeRoyal Textiles. Today, DeRoyal Textiles offers the most complete textile product line in the market.The DeRoyal family of companies has consistently been at the forefront of the respective industries it serves, and takes pride in the development of innovative technology and processes to meet the needs of its customers. In keeping with this practice, the DeRoyal Textiles product line has grown from its initial offering of medical gauze fabrics to a diverse array of products that includes light weight woven fabrics, specialty fabrics, knitted textiles and consumer packaged items. DeRoyal Textiles’ innovative and efficient manufacturing processes ensure that all products deliver superior quality, consistent reliability and competitive pricing.DeRoyal was founded in 1973, medical device manufacturer DeRoyal is committed to improving both the clinical quality and economic health of its customers. With 2,000 employees, 2.5 million square feet (~232,000 square meters) under roof, operations in six countries and five U.S. states, and manufacturing assets on three continents, DeRoyal brings value to its customers in several distinct markets; these include surgical devices, unitized delivery systems, orthopedic supports & bracing as well as wound care dressings. Key core competencies include injection molding, device assembly, metal fabrication, converting, electronics assembly, and sterilization services. DeRoyal combines these fundamental manufacturing capabilities with its own unique services and information technology tools to deliver unparalleled value to its customers with a particular expertise in disrupting dysfunctional markets.

May 29,2014 Technical Textile China

Glass fiber is a kind of high performance inorganic non-metal fibre, good insulation, heat resistance, good corrosion resistance, high mechanical strength, etc. The glass fiber is often used as a composite material, electrical insulation and heat insulation materials, substrate and so on various fields of China economy. The glass fiber accounted 98% of the total dosage of reinforcments around the world. China market is developing rapidly since beginning of 21 century. Resin and glass fiber capacity and technology progress keep improvement, industry cost keep down yars,it has been accepted by customers around many industry areas in China .Since year 2000 China glass fiber production capacity is 1% in the world upside to more than 60% in 2013, Beyond the USA as Nr.1 in 2010. The famous producers such as Jushi, CIPC, CTGF,Changhai Corpration etc.China technical textiles including all kinds of industrial fabrics and nonwovens consumption in 2000-2006 average upside 18%, The demand of CTT is expected to 30 million tons in 2013. Nonwovens in China consumption growth rate of 31% .