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                                                                      EXHIBIT 25
 
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM T-1
                                        
                            Statement of Eligibility
                     Under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
                 of a Corporation Designated to Act as Trustee

                Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility
               of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) ______


                         HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
                               (Name of Trustee)
       Illinois                                         36-1194448
(State of Incorporation)                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                 Carolyn Potter, Harris Trust and Savings Bank,
                311 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60606
                  312-461-2531 phone   312-461-3525 facsimile
           (Name, address and telephone number for agent for service)


                              POLYMER GROUP, INC.
                               (Name of Obligor)
        Delaware                                        57-1003983
(State of Incorporation)                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

          PGI Polymer, Inc.                   Chicopee, Inc.
          FiberTech Group, Inc.               PNA Corp.
          FiberGol Corporation                FNA Polymer Corp.
          Technetics Group, Inc.              Fabrene Corp.
          Chicopee Holdings, Inc.             Fabrene Group, L.L.C.
                                              Fabrene Group, Inc.
                              (Name of Guarantor)
         Delaware                                       57-0962088
         Delaware                                       57-0962089
         Delaware                                       57-0962081
         Delaware                                       57-0982116
         Delaware                                       57-1018373
         Delaware                                       57-1013629
      North Carolina                                    56-1887385
      North Carolina                                    56-1742445
         Delaware                                       51-0319685
         Delaware                                       57-0988766
Prince Edward Island, Canada                                N/A
  (State of Incorporation)                  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                              4838 Jenkins Avenue
                          North Charleston, SC 29405
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                9% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007, Series B
                        (Title of indenture securities)

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1.   GENERAL INFORMATION.  Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

     (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which
         it is subject.

          Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies, State of Illinois,
          Springfield, Illinois; Chicago Clearing House Association, 164 West
          Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois; Federal Deposit Insurance
          Corporation, Washington, D.C.; The Board of Governors of the Federal
          Reserve System,Washington, D.C.

     (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

          Harris Trust and Savings Bank is authorized to exercise corporate
          trust powers.

2.   AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.  If the Obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee,
     describe each suchaffiliation.

          The Obligor is not an affiliate of the Trustee.

3. thru 15.

          NO RESPONSE NECESSARY

16.  LIST OF EXHIBITS.

     1. A copy of the articles of association of the Trustee is now in effect
        which includes the authority of the trustee to commence business and to 
        exercise corporate trust powers.

        A copy of the Certificate of Merger dated April 1, 1972 between Harris
        Trust and Savings Bank, HTS Bank and Harris Bankcorp, Inc. which
        constitutes the articles of association of the Trustee as now in effect
        and includes the authority of the Trustee to commence business and to
        exercise corporate trust powers was filed in connection with the
        Registration Statement of Louisville Gas and Electric Company, File No.
        2-44295, and is incorporated herein by reference.

     2. A copy of the existing by-laws of the Trustee.

        A copy of the existing by-laws of the Trustee was filed in connection
        with the Registration Statement of Commercial Federal Corporation, File
        No. 333-20711, and is incorporated herein by reference.

     3. The consents of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

          (included as Exhibit A on page 2 of this statement)

     4. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
        pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining
        authority.

          (included as Exhibit B on page 3 of this statement)

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                                   SIGNATURE
                                        

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Trustee,
HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Illinois, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in
the City of Chicago, and State of Illinois, on the 27th day of August, 1997.

HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK

     /s/ C. Potter
By: ______________________________
     C. Potter
     Assistant Vice President

EXHIBIT A

The consents of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as the Trustee herein named, hereby consents that
reports of examinations of said trustee by Federal and State authorities may be
furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon
request therefor.

HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK


    /s/ C. Potter
By: ______________________________
     C. Potter
     Assistant Vice President

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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

Attached is a true and correct copy of the statement of condition of Harris
Trust and Savings Bank as of March 31, 1997, as published in accordance with a
call made by the State Banking Authority and by the Federal Reserve Bank of the
Seventh Reserve District.

                                   HARRIS BANK
                                        
                         Harris Trust and Savings Bank
                             111 West Monroe Street
                            Chicago, Illinois 60603

of Chicago, Illinois, And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, at the close of
business on March 31, 1997, a state banking institution organized and operating
under the banking laws of this State and a member of the Federal Reserve System.
Published in accordance with a call made by the Commissioner of Banks and Trust
Companies of the State of Illinois and by the Federal Reserve Bank of this
District.

                         Bank's Transit Number 71000288

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                                                                                                   THOUSANDS
                                    ASSETS                                                        OF DOLLARS
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Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
       Non-interest bearing balances and currency and coin.....................                       $ 1,594,951
       Interest bearing balances...............................................                          $620,847
Securities:....................................................................
a.  Held-to-maturity securities                                                                                $0
b.  Available-for-sale securities                                                                      $3,674,321
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell in
  domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement
  subsidiaries, and in IBF's:
       Federal funds sold......................................................                          $447,375
       Securities purchased under agreements to resell.........................                                $0
Loans and lease financing receivables:
       Loans and leases, net of unearned income................................         $8,499,011
       LESS:  Allowance for loan and lease losses..............................         $  110,978
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       Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve
       (item 4.a minus 4.b)....................................................                        $8,388,033
Assets held in trading accounts................................................                          $126,309
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases).......................                          $188,993
Other real estate owned........................................................                              $446
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies............                               $53
Customer's liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding...................                           $66,859
Intangible assets..............................................................                          $292,918
Other assets...................................................................                          $495,997
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TOTAL ASSETS                                                                                          $15,897,102
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                                  LIABILITIES
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Deposits:
  In domestic offices..........................................................                        $8,252,773
       Non-interest bearing....................................................         $3,414,150
       Interest bearing........................................................         $4,838,623
  In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBF's...............                        $1,989,792
       Non-interest bearing....................................................            $54,391
       Interest bearing........................................................         $1,935,401
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase in
 domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and
 in IBF's:
  Federal funds purchased.& securites sold under agreements to repurchase......                        $2,896,616
Trading Liabilities............................................................                            81,381
Other borrowed money:
a.  With remaining maturity of one year or less................................                          $991,442
b.  With remaining maturity of more than one year..............................                                $0
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding.......................                           $66,859
Subordinated notes and debentures..............................................                          $310,000
Other liabilities..............................................................                          $138,427
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TOTAL LIABILITIES                                                                                     $14,727,290
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                            EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock...................................................................                          $100,000
Surplus........................................................................                          $600,566
a.  Undivided profits and capital reserves.....................................                          $519,518
b.  Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities.....                          ($50,272)
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TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL                                                                                   $1,169,812
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Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital............                       $15,897,102
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     I, Steve Neudecker, Vice President of the above-named bank, do hereby
declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the
instructions issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and
is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

                                STEVE NEUDECKER
                                    4/30/97

     We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and, to the best of our
knowledge and belief, has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the
Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies of the State of Illinois and is true
and correct.

          EDWARD W. LYMAN,
          ALAN G. McNALLY,
          MARIBETH S. RAHE
                                                                      Directors.

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