Exhibit 3(a)(1)




                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

     CHEMICAL FABRICS  CORPORATION, a  corporation organized and  existing under
and  by virtue  of the General  Corporation Law  of the State  of Delaware, DOES
HEREBY CERTIFY:
     FIRST:    That  by vote  of  the Board  of  Directors of  Chemical  Fabrics
Corporation, at  a duly called  Regular Meeting of  the Board, a  resolution was
duly   adopted  setting  forth  a  proposed  amendment  to  the  Certificate  of
Incorporation of said Corporation  and directing the holders of Common  Stock of
said  Corporation  to  consider   said  amendment  at  the  Annual   Meeting  of
Stockholders.    The  resolution setting  forth  the  proposed  amendment is  as
follows:
     RESOLVED,   That it  is deemed advisable  and in the  best interest of  the
                 Corporation  to  amend  Article  FIRST of  its  Certificate  of
                 Incorporation (as  previously amended) to read  in its entirety
                 as follows:
                           "The name of the Corporation is CHEMFAB CORPORATION."
     RESOLVED,   That the proposed amendment to the Corporation's Certificate of
                 Incorporation  as   set  forth  in  the  immediately  preceding
                 resolution  shall  be  submitted  to the  shareholders  of  the
                 Corporation  for  their  consideration   and  approval  at  the
                 Corporation's 1991  Annual Meeting, and that,  upon approval by
                 the holders  of a majority of the shares of Common Stock of the
                 Corporation issued and  outstanding as of  the record date  for
                 such meeting,  the Corporation be  and it hereby  is authorized
                 and directed to amend its  Certificate of Incorporation as  set
                 forth in the immediately preceding resolution, and the officers
                 of  the  Corporation  be  and they  hereby  are  authorized and
                 directed  to execute  and  deliver any  and  all documents  and
                 certificates   deemed  necessary  to  effectuate  the  proposed
                 amendment set forth above, including a Certificate of Amendment
                 to  the  Certificate  of  Incorporation  for  filing  with  the
                 Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
     SECOND:   That thereafter  at the Annual Meeting  of Stockholders, pursuant
to said resolution  of the Board of Directors, by vote  of the holders of record
of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, par
value $.10  per  share, of  said  corporation, representing  not less  than  the
minimum number  of votes necessary to  authorize and take the  actions set forth
therein, said amendment was duly adopted.
     THIRD:    That  said amendment  was  duly adopted  in  accordance with  the
provisions of  Section  242 of  the  General Corporation  Law  of the  State  of
Delaware.
     IN  WITNESS   WHEREOF,  Chemical   Fabrics  Corporation  has   caused  this
certificate to be signed by  Duane C. Montopoli, its President, and  attested by
William H. Everett, its Secretary, this 31st day of October, 1991.


                              CHEMICAL FABRICS 
                              CORPORATION



                              By:  /s/  Duane C. Montopoli
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                                   President


Attest:



/s/  William H. Everett
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Secretary