Linwood, PA, Oct. 10--Foamex International, Inc., the leading manufacturer of flexible polyurethane and advanced polymer foam products in North America, announced today that Raul Valdes-Fauli has been named to the Foamex Board of Directors.
Marshall S. Cogan, chairman and founder of Foamex, said, "We are very pleased to have Raul join our Board of Directors. His extensive international and corporate law experience will be very beneficial to Foamex as we continue to develop and broaden our international operations."
Raul Valdes-Fauli said, "I am pleased to be joining the Foamex Board and I look forward to assisting the company in the expansion of its global operations."
Raul Valdes-Fauli, 60, is a partner at Steel Hector & Davis LLP, where he specializes in international and corporate law. From 1979 to 2000, Valdes-Fauli was with Gunster Yoakley Valdes-Fauli & Stewart, formerly Valdes-Fauli Bischoff Friss & Mandler prior to its merger with Gunster Yoakley & Stewart in 1994. Prior to that, Valdes-Fauli was a senior tax attorney with Creole Petroleum Corporation in Caracas, Venezuela and he started his career as a tax counsel with Standard Oil.
