Invista adds to bedding unit

By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 9/12/2003 12:00:00 AM

Wilmington, DE — Invista, formerly DuPont Textiles & Interiors, has named Dana McCauley as global business director for bedding textiles and Angelica Larranaga as account manager/North America bedding textiles.

McCauley is a 17-year DuPont veteran who was previously global marketing director for sports apparel. Larranaga, who has spent the past nine years with DuPont, was previously a senior marketing specialist in intimate apparel as well as brand manager for Lycra North America and Mexico.

Larranaga will be responsible for developing the market for sheets with Lycra in the United States and abroad, according to Donna Kelloway, North America bedding textiles manager for Invista. The product had originally been set to launch this summer under an agreement with Pillowtex, which as since announced that it would liquidate.