• The REPREVE® Recycled Fiber Family Just Keeps Growing: REPREVE® now available with 100% Post-Consumer PET Bottles

    For Release: 6/23/2009

  • GREENSBORO, NC --

    Unifi, Inc. (NYSE: UFI) continues to grow its family of REPREVE® recycled products with the introduction of a new fiber made from 100% post-consumer PET bottles. The new addition offers a 100% post-consumer option to the brand's well known 100% hybrid blend, which combines pre-consumer and post-consumer content.

    • Recycled Filament Polyester: Available as 100% Post-Consumer (Recycled PET Bottles) or 100% Hybrid Blend (Pre-consumer and post-consumer waste)
    • Recycled Filament Nylon 6.6
    • Recycled Staple Polyester
    • Recycled Performance Fibers: Available with flame retardant, moisture wicking, stretch and color technologies

    "UNIFI now offers the most extensive array of recycled fibers in the global textile market," said Roger Berrier, executive vice president for Unifi. "And with the addition of the 100% post-consumer recycled option, our customers have another choice when developing their sustainable products."

    To preserve the integrity of the REPREVE® brand and ensure that fabrics and products made from REPREVE® are traceable, transparent and certifiably sustainable, Unifi is introducing the U TRUST™ verification program. U TRUST is a comprehensive certification program that is designed to provide REPREVE® customers with a new level of transparency. As part of the U TRUST program, the company is introducing FIBERPRINT™ - a unique technology allowing for enhanced traceability in fabrics and products. Through Unifi's Fabric Certification process, Unifi can analyze fabrics for the FIBERPRINT signature and certify the level of REPREVE® content.

    "The U TRUST program provides our customers with a new level of confidence and protects the value that the REPREVE® brand offers and helps prevent any false claims," said Berrier. "The U TRUST verification program demonstrates our commitment to integrity and authenticity, which are part of Unifi's core values."

    Please visit Unifi at booth 62021 at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, being held July 21-24, 2009 at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah. Or to learn more about REPREVE, visit www.repreve.com.

  • About Unifi

    Unifi, Inc. (NYSE: UFI) is a diversified producer and processor of multi-filament polyester and nylon textured yarns and related raw materials. The Company adds value to the supply chain and enhances consumer demand for its products through the development and introduction of branded yarns that provide unique performance, comfort and aesthetic advantages. Key Unifi brands include, but are not limited to: AIO® - all-in-one performance yarns, SORBTEK®, A.M.Y.®, MYNX® UV, REPREVE®, REFLEXX®, MICROVISTA® and SATURA®. Unifi's yarns and brands are readily found in home furnishings, apparel, legwear, and sewing thread, as well as industrial, automotive, military, and medical applications. For more information about Unifi, visit www.Unifi.com, or to learn more about REPREVE®, visit www.Repreve.com.

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