Best Manufacturing Group LLC Hires Ben Shoaf as President and COO

Released on = March 1, 2006, 10:59 am

Press Release Author = Jim DeMicco - Skye Communication, LLC

Industry = Management

Press Release Summary = Best Manufacturing Group LLC announced today that it has
hired Ben Shoaf to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer. Most
recently, Shoaf was a Division President at Milliken & Co. for both Finished and
Greige Textile Fabrics. Shoaf will report directly to Best's Chairman and CEO,
Scott Korman, and the heads of all of Best's divisions will report directly to
Shoaf. "We can build a $l billion company by 2010," says Shoaf.

Press Release Body = Jersey City, NJ - Best Manufacturing Group LLC announced today
that it has hired Ben Shoaf to the position of President and Chief Operating
Officer. Most recently, Shoaf was a Division President at Milliken & Co. for both
Finished and Greige Textile Fabrics. Shoaf will report directly to Best's Chairman
and CEO, Scott Korman, and the heads of all of Best's divisions will report directly
to Shoaf.

"We are delighted to have Shoaf join Best Manufacturing," comments Korman. "He
brings with him leadership skills and experience that will assist each and every
member of Best's team to contribute their knowledge and hard work towards achieving
the incredible vision we aspire to. Shoaf understands our continued commitment to
remain the industry's leader in customer service while also retaining the most
expansive geographic coverage and the deepest distribution capabilities in the
institutional textiles marketplace - serving the textile rental, healthcare,
hospitality, and image apparel markets."

Shoaf is extremely excited and proud to become a member of the Best team. "My
vision for Best is to continue to be the number one company serving the markets we
participate in," said Shoaf. "We can build a $l billion company by 2010, and create
opportunities for all those associates who help us realize this goal. I truly
believe that we have the foundation to build upon and achieve the vision that Scott
Korman and I share."

Shoaf's core business philosophy is that focused and committed leaders and
associates, who expect to win, will achieve profitable growth. Shoaf is a strong
advocate of teamwork, the free exchange of thoughts and ideas, accountability by
all, and sharing results of profitable growth immediately as goals and targets are
met. "Our associates and our customers are truly our most important assets at Best
Manufacturing," remarks Shoaf. "It is the responsibility of our leadership, to
continue providing a winning game plan for our associates, and to continue to give
them the systems and processes to service our customers better than our
competition."

About Ben Shoaf
Shoaf has a B.S in Industrial Engineering from Hampton University. He also
completed the Executive Management Program at the University of North Carolina in
1988, and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard in 1999. Ben Shoaf joined
Milliken & Co. in 1974 at the Magnolia Dyeing and Finishing Plant. He held
positions in Industrial Engineering, Management Information Technology, Production
Supervision and Plant Management before moving to the division staff level.

Most recently he held the title of Division President for the Finished Apparel and
Specialty Fabrics Division. In his 31 years in the fashion apparel, performance
apparel, uniform and napery markets with Milliken, Shoaf also held positions as
Director of Development, Director of Technical Services, Director of Marketing,
Business Manager, General Manager, Division President and Corporate V.P. and
Officer. In addition to the line responsibilities, Shoaf was also the corporate
process owner for "Product Innovation" and "Total Cost" from 1997-2004.

About Best Manufacturing Group LLC
Best, founded in 1914, services the hospitality, textile rental, healthcare and
image apparel markets with a wide range of products, including, bed linen, bath
linen, napery, uniforms and other textile products. The company is headquartered in
New Jersey and has operations based in Massachusetts, Georgia, Mississippi,
Illinois, Texas, Nevada, Canada, Mexico and Asia. For more information please visit
www.bestmfg.com.

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Contact Details = Jim DeMicco
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203-735-5931
jd@skyeline.com

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