New Appointments at PrimaLoft

Albany International announces organizational changes at its PrimaLoft division:

Diane O'Connor has been promoted to Manager Marketing Communications. Prior to her new position, she was the sales and marketing coordinator for the company. Diane has fifteen years of experience in public relations, marketing, and communications and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from the State University of New York at Oneonta. She continues reporting to Eileen Berner, Sales and Marketing Director.

Victoria Lee is now replacing Diane O'Connor as Sales and Marketing Coordinator. Victoria has been with PrimaLoft since 2006 as the administrative assistant. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Graphic Design from the Sacred Heart University in Fairfiled, CT. Victoria Lee reports to Diane O'connor.

The PrimaLoft team welcomes Trish Maloney as Admistrative Assistant. She was previously the human resources administrator at Precision Flow Technologies in New York. In her new position, Trish will provide support to the PrimaLoft sales, marketing and customer service teams. She reports directly to Eileen Berner.

Announcing Winners of the PrimaLoft "Get Hammered" Compression Challenge

Jenny Willben from Outdoor Sports Guide magazine and Chris Neary from Vertical Source are the two winners of the PrimaLoft "Get Hammered" Compression Challenge that was held a few weeks ago at he Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City, UT.

At the show, the PrimaLoft team invited Outdoor Retailer attendees to the booth to take the 'Get Hammered" compression challenge and learn more about the most compressible continuous filament insulation - PrimaLoft INFINITY.

The event was a great success. More than 70 participants, including retailers, manufacturers, and media, tested their strength by taking the challenge.

Our winners, Jenny Willben and Chris Neary, will receive an Eastern Mountain Sports Boreal sleeping bag insulated with PrimaLoft INFINITY.

Congratulations to PrimaLoft Western Territoy Manager - Russ Angrignon!

Big cheers to PrimaLoft Western Territory Manager, Russ Angrignon, and his wife, Delena, who survived the very challenging 75-miles trail running event, The North Face Canadian Death Race, co-sponsored by PrimaLoft.

The race that was held last weekend in Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada gathered about 1,200 elite racers. Among them, there were 215 teams of 3 to 5 persons that entered in the Team category, with 187 teams finishing the race within 24 hours. In the Solo category, out of the 231 individual racers who participated 73 were able to finish the race.

Not only did Russ and Delena complete the race in less than 22 hours (out of 24 hours required) but they placed extremely well - 34th and 35th respectively! Delena placed 3rd in her age category and Russ 11th. Both ran the race unsupported and had to bring extra water and enough food to carry them through the entire 24 hours of the race.

"Participating is an accomplishment in itself," says Russ Angrignon. "Finishing provides a unique sense of self confidence, but most importantly there are truly amazing friendships that are formed amidst an atmosphere of challenge."

Congratulations Russ and Delena! What an inspiration you are!