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Guilford Mills Names New Chief Financial Officer

11 September 2000

Guilford Mills Names New Chief Financial Officer

    GREENSBORO, N.C., Sept. 11 Guilford Mills, Inc.
announced today that Kim Thompson has been named Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of the company.  Ms. Thompson has been Vice
President and Corporate Controller of Guilford Mills since 1997.
    John A. Emrich, President and Chief Executive Officer of Guilford Mills,
said, "Kim has been instrumental in focusing the company on product
profitability and process improvement.  I am confident that with Kim and the
rest of the senior management team, we can continue Guilford's operational
improvements and position the company for long-term success."
    Ms. Thompson joined Guilford in 1994 as Director, Financial Reporting.
Prior to joining Guilford Mills, Ms. Thompson worked for Collins & Aikman
Corporation, a supplier of automotive fabric, interior trim and convertible
top systems, from 1980 to 1994 in various executive positions.  Ms. Thompson
has a B.S. in Accounting from Belmont Abbey College and received her CPA
certification in 1985.  She lives in Oak Ridge, North Carolina and is married
with three children.

    Guilford Mills is an integrated designer and producer of value-added
fabrics using a broad range of technologies.  The company is the largest warp
knitter in the world and is a leader in technological advances in textiles,
including microdenier warp knits and wide width circular knits of cotton
blended with LYCRA(R).  Guilford Mills serves a diversified customer base in
the home furnishings, apparel, automotive and industrial markets.  Through its
Guilford Home Fashions subsidiary, the company produces bedding products,
window treatments and shower curtains for the retail market.  Additional
information about the company can be obtained from its website at
http://www.guilfordmills.com.