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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SPI ELECTS OFFICERS, NAMES NEW DIRECTORS TO BOARD

Washington (May 8, 2001) – Robert W. Ackley was elected to a second one-year term as chairman of The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI) at SPI's annual business meeting held May 3 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Ackley is president, Davis-Standard Corporation, Pawcatuck, Conn.

Other officers elected to one-year terms are Vice Chairman Paul Appelblom, president, Jatco, Inc., Union City, Calif.; Secretary R. Jay Finch, senior vice president, specialty plastics, Ferro Corporation, Cleveland; and Treasurer Frank Tortorici, global general manager, flouropolymers, Atofina Chemicals, Inc., Philadelphia. Harry B. Ussery, president, UTI Group, Greenville, S.C., is immediate past chairman. The officers will serve from June 1, 2001 through May 31, 2002.

Ten new directors also join the SPI executive board effective June 1. They are Bart Alcamo, president, RBK Tool and Die, Inc., Modesto, Calif.; Jane Austin, global business director, DuPont Dow Elastomers, Wilmington, Del.; Joe Bergen, president and CEO, Sajar Plastics, Middlefield, Ohio; Donald Drummond, vice president, sales, supply chain, Basell Polyolefins, Wilmington, Del.; Lawrence Galpin, executive vice president, Daikin America, Inc., Orangeburg, N.Y.; Peter Marshall, executive assistant to the president and corporate director, external affairs, Nypro Inc., Clinton, Mass.; Michael Rademacher, group vice president, PolyOne Distribution, PolyOne Corporation, Avon Lake, Ohio; Jeffrey Schad, vice president, finance, Van Dorn Demag Corp., Strongsville, Ohio; Maureen Steinwall, president, Steinwall Inc., Coon Rapids, Minn.; and Newt Williams, vice president, government relations, Celanese Ticona, Arlington, Va.

Founded in 1937, The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., is the trade association representing one of the largest manufacturing industries in the United States. SPI's 1,500 members represent the entire plastics industry supply chain, including processors, machinery and equipment manufacturers and raw material suppliers. The U.S. plastics industry employs 1.5 million workers and provides $304 billion in annual shipments.

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