Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> April 22, 2002

Peter Johnson – Foamex International Inc (fmxi)

PETER W. JOHNSON has been the President and Chief Operating Officer of Foamex International Inc. since December 6, 2001. Prior to that, Mr. Johnson spent 32 years in increasingly senior management positions with ICI, a leading global chemicals group. His most recent positions include Regional Director of ICI's polyester films business in Asia, based in Tokyo, and later President of Uniqema, Americas, an ICI unit specializing in surfactants and oleochemicals. Mr. Johnson also served on the Board of Directors of ICI Americas, Inc., a $5 billion subsidiary of ICI. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of Foamex

International Inc., and an overview of what you are doing at the present

time?

Mr. Johnson: Foamex is a company that has been