Polymer Group, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,346 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $2,034 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 4,040
• Sub-industry: 22 Textile Mill Products
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: SC Charleston
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? creditors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Kirkland Ellis
• Date of filing: March 25, 2002
• Judge at filing: John E. Waites
• Court district of filing: SC
• Court city of filing: Columbia
• Case number: 02-05773
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: prenegotiated


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: January 3, 2003
• Judge at disposition: John E. Waites
• Days from filing to disposition: 284

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, did not refile