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AMENDMENT NO. 2

AMENDMENT NO. 2 dated as of June 25, 2003, between POLYMER GROUP, INC. (the "Borrower"), each of the
entities identified on the signature pages hereto under the caption "GUARANTORS" (the "Guarantors", and together with the Borrower, the
"Obligors") and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent").

The
Borrowers, the Guarantors, certain lenders (the "Lenders") and the Administrative Agent are party to a Third Amended, Restated and
Consolidated Credit Agreement dated as of March 5, 2003 (as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement")
providing for the restructuring of the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Existing Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and Existing Letters of Credit (as therein defined), and
providing for new revolving credit loans and other extensions of credit in an aggregate principal or face amount of up to U.S. $50,000,000. The Obligors wish to amend the Credit Agreement in certain
respects and, in that connection, the Administrative Agent has been granted authority by each Lender to execute and deliver this Amendment No. 2. Accordingly, the Obligors and the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Majority Lenders hereby agree as follows:

Section 1.Definitions.Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Credit
Agreement.

Section 2. AmendmentNot Subject to Conditions.Subject only to the satisfaction of the condition precedent specified
in Section 6(a) below, but effective as of the date hereof, Section 9.19 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended in its entirety to read as follows:



Section 3.AmendmentsSubject to Conditions.Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in
Section 6 below, but effective as of the date hereof, the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:

3.01.General.References in the Credit Agreement (including references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby) to
"this Agreement" or words of similar import (including indirect references to the Credit Agreement) shall be deemed to be references to the Credit
Agreement as hereby amended.

3.02.Definitions.Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by amending the following definitions (to the
extent already included in said Section 1.01) and adding the following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical location (to the extent not already included in said Section 1.01):



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3.03.Deletion of Certain Definitions.Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by deleting the
definitions of "GOF Letter of Credit", "New Senior Subordinated Notes", "New
Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture", "Qualified Issuance Proceeds", "Qualified Prepayment
Proceeds" and "Subordinated Debt Documents".

3.04.Optional Prepayments.Section 2.09(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
follows:



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3.05.Mandatory Prepayments.Paragraphs (e), (i) and (j) of Sections 2.10 of the Credit Agreement are hereby
amended to read in their entirety as follows:



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3.06.GOF Letter of Credit.Section 3.01(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.

3.07.Indebtedness.Paragraphs (g) and (h) of Section 9.07 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended to
read in their entirety as follows:



3.08.Senior Leverage Ratio.Paragraphs (b) and (e) of Section 9.10 of the Credit Agreement are hereby
amended to read in their entirety as follows:



|Period Commencing                                                  |  | Ratio     |  |  |  |  |  | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | --------- |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Last day of 2nd fiscal quarter in 2003                             |  | 6.10 to 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Last day of 3rd fiscal quarter in 2003                             |  | 6.10 to 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Last day of 4th fiscal quarter in 2003                             |  | 3.80 to 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Last day of 1st fiscal quarter in 2004                             |  | 3.40 to 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Last day of 2nd fiscal quarter in 2004                             |  | 3.20 to 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Last day of 3rd fiscal quarter in 2004                             |  | 3.10 to 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Last day of 4th fiscal quarter in 2004                             |  | 3.00 to 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Last day of 1st fiscal quarter in 2005                             |  | 2.50 to 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Last day of 2nd fiscal quarter in 2005                             |  | 2.40 to 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Last day of 3rd fiscal quarter in 2005                             |  | 2.30 to 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Last day of 4th fiscal quarter in 2005                             |  | 2.20 to 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Last day of 1st fiscal quarter in 2006 and at all times thereafter |  | 2.00 to 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 



3.09.Cure Rights.Section 9.10(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.

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3.10.Transactions with Affiliates.Section 9.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) inserting the
word "and" at the end of clause (x) thereof, (ii) replacing the ", and" at the end of
clause (y) thereof with a period and (iii) deleting clause (z) thereof in its entirety.

3.11.Capital Expenditures.Section 9.17 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:



3.12.Events of Default.Section 10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) replacing the
"; or" at the end of paragraph (n) thereof with a comma and (ii) deleting paragraph (o) thereof in its entirety.

Section 4.Representations and Warranties.Each Obligor hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that (a) after giving effect to the amendments set forth in Sections 2 and 3 of this Amendment No. 2, no Default has occurred and is continuing and (b) the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 8 of the Credit Agreement as amended hereby are true and complete on the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof (or, if any such representation or
warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date) and as if each reference in said Section 8 to "this
Agreement" included reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

Section 5.Termination of GOF Letter.Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 6 below,
the Administrative Agent hereby consents to the termination of the letter issued by GOF to the Borrower pursuant to Section 4(d) of Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.

Section 6.Conditions to Effectiveness.As provided in Section 3, the amendments to the Credit Agreement set forth in
Section 3, and the consent referred to in Section 5, are subject to, and will become effective on the date of satisfaction of the following conditions precedent (including, with respect
to each document required below to be delivered, that the Administrative Agent shall have

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received
each such document, which shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent), provided that such conditions shall have been satisfied on or before December 31,
2003:



Section 7.Miscellaneous.Except as herein provided, the Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. For
the avoidance of doubt, this Amendment No. 2 shall not constitute or be deemed, or interpreted as, a novation. This Amendment No. 2 may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same amendatory instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment No. 2 by signing any such counterpart. This Amendment
No. 2 shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 2 to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

THE BORROWER

|                               |              |                            | POLYMER GROUP, INC.
|------------------------------ | ------------ | -------------------------- | -------------------
|                               |              |                            | By:                
|                               |              |                            |                    
|GUARANTORS                    
|BONLAM (S.C.), INC.            |              | CHICOPEE HOLDINGS B.V.    
|By:                            |              |                            | By:                
|                               | Name:
Title: |                            |                    
|CHICOPEE, INC.                 |              | DOMINION TEXTILE MAURITIUS
|By:                            |              |                            | By:                
|                               | Name:
Title: |                            |                    
|DOMINION TEXTILE (USA) INC.    |              | DT ACQUISITION INC.       
|By:                            |              |                            | By:                
|                               | Name:
Title: |                            |                    
|FABPRO ORIENTED POLYMERS, INC. |              | FABRENE CORP.             
|By:                            |              |                            | By:                
|                               | Name:
Title: |                            |                    

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|FABRENE GROUP, INC.  |              | FABRENE GROUP, L.L.C.       
|-------------------- | ------------ | ----------------------------
|By:                  |              |                             
|                     | Name:
Title: |                             
|FIBERGOL CORPORATION |              | FIBERTECH GROUP, INC.       
|By:                  |              |                             
|                     | Name:
Title: |                             
|FNA ACQUISITION INC. |              | FNA POLYMER CORP.           
|By:                  |              |                             
|                     | Name:
Title: |                             
|LORETEX CORPORATION  |              | PGI ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
|By:                  |              |                             
|                     | Name:
Title: |                             
|PGI EUROPE, INC.     |              | PGI POLYMER, INC.           
|By:                  |              |                             
|                     | Name:
Title: |                             
|                     |              |                             

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|PGI NEUNKIRCHEN GMBH                    |              | PGI SERVICING COMPANY      
|--------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------
|By:                                     |              |                            
|                                        | Name:
Title: |                            
|By:                                     |              |                            
|                                        | Name:
Title: |                            
|POLY-BOND INC.                          |              | PNA CORP.                  
|By:                                     |              |                            
|                                        | Name:
Title: |                            
|POLYIONIX SEPARATION
TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |              | PRISTINE BRANDS CORPORATION
|By:                                     |              |                            
|                                        | Name:
Title: |                            
|TECHNETICS GROUP, INC.                  |              |                            
|By:                                     |              |                            
|                                        | Name:
Title: |                            
|ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT                   
|                                        |              |                            
|                                        |              |                            

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