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16th April 2002

NEWLY UPDATED BBANONWOVENS.COM WEB SITE SHOWCASES GLOBAL REACH OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY GROUP

BBA Nonwovens has a newly updated web site that gives a global overview of the Materials Technology Group. The web site consolidates several previous web sites and can be found at www.bbanonwovens.com. Because of the company's global reach, the theme for the web site is "We Speak Your Language."

"BBA Nonwovens has grown at a rapid pace in the last several years," says Derek Anderson, VP of Global Procurement and IT at BBA Materials Technology Group. "The new web site allows us to provide information about all our technologies, products and locations in one place. Our goal is to make it easier for our customers to do business with us, and this site is one of the mechanisms we believe will do that."

The bbanonwovens.com Home page has a brief overview of the company. Under Applications, the visitor will find links to information about all of BBA's products, ranging from Aerospace to Wound Care and including Construction, Filtration, Hygiene and Protective Clothing; in all, there are 24 applications listed. Each of the company's Locations also has a page on the new site, and each location has its major end uses highlighted. The Technology page provides a complete listing of the company's numerous technologies, and Links allows the viewer to quickly visit other BBA web sites.

There is easy E-Mail access and a Search function within the site. In addition, the BBA Materials Technology Group has launched a new site, www.bbamtg.com. Features on this site include capsules of information on the Home page about the Company, Partners, Joint Ventures, Global Coverage, Technologies and a Word from Our CEO. Other sections of the site include: Links to other BBA web sites; Leadership, with short biographies of the company's top management; an Investor link to BBA Group plc; a Search feature for finding information within the site; and an E-Mail link on every page. The Products tab links the viewer to www.bbanonwovens.com.

BBA Nonwovens is the world's third-largest manufacturer of nonwoven fabrics, with more than 30 manufacturing facilities and sales offices worldwide. BBA Nonwovens is recognized for its ability to provide innovative solutions to its global customer base within the hygiene, medical, industrial and filtration market segments and is a division of BBA Group, PLC, based in London.