People: Lydall Inc (LDL)

Mr.Barnhart is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Lydall, Inc. He comes to Lydall from Synventive Molding Solutions where he has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2004. Synventive is a provider of hot runner systems, machine nozzles, temperature controllers and sprue bushings for the injection molding industry. The company, with operations in the United States, Europe, and China, supplies the automotive, electronics, and cellular communications industries, among others. He and his team developed a business plan focused on products strategy, Asian expansion, and lean implementation and grew the business by 16 percent in two years and nearly doubled EBITDA in one year. Previous to Synventive Molding Solutions, Barnhart spent some time as a consultant working with two private equity groups. From 2000 to 2003, he was President of Invensys Climate Control with responsibility for a $1.2 billion global business unit providing products and services to the heating, ventilating and air conditioning and commercial refrigeration markets. Previous to that, Barnhart held various senior management positions at Ranco North America, WolverineTube, Emerson Electric (Copeland Corporation), and BF Goodrich. Barnhart holds ME and BS degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Barnhart became a Director in October, 2007.