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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SPI THERMOFORMING INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS

Washington (April 18, 2001) – Products and parts for applications ranging from a Peterbelt dash board assembly to custom-design chocolate trays were among the winners of The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.'s (SPI) Thermoforming Institute National Awards (TINA).

The awards recognize superior aesthetics, creativity, functionality and design difficulty of thermoformed plastic parts.

The Best in Show winner was Kintz Plastics' high-speed document scanning machine cover assembly. Through its Early Vendor Involvement Program, Kintz worked with the customer's engineers to design a unique combination of 15 pressure-formed covers that includes parts with textured, non-drafted side walls, significant undercuts, indented features, and a front cover that is actually a combination of three formed parts seamlessly assembled together as one cover.

Other innovative products honored in the annual awards competition included product displays, food packaging items, industrial packaging, medical and consumer items.

In all, 33 products were entered representing 19 SPI member companies and 11 categories. The awards were announced during the Thermoforming Institute's annual winter meeting March 25-28, 2001, at Marco Island, Fla.

The 2001 “TINA” winners are:

Heavy Gauge Category:

• Thermoformed Assembly: Peterbelt Model 379 Dash Assembly, Alltrista Corporation, Indianapolis, Ind.

• Thermoformed Part: Vision Table, Alltrista Corporation, Indianapolis, Ind.

• Pressure Formed Assembly: Business Equipment, Kintz Plastics, Inc., Howes Cave, N.Y.

• Pressure Formed Part: Rack Mount Bezel, Gregstrom Corporation, Woburn, Mass.

• Twin Sheet Part: EPICS Elite Tabletop, Kintz Plastics, Inc., Howes Cave, N.Y.

Light Gauge Category:

• Food Packaging: Four Seasons Chocolates, Plastic Package, Sacramento, Calif.

• Industrial Packaging: QM3430 Pin Tray/Cover, Prent Corporation, Jamesville, Wis.

• Consumer Packaging: Venus – Gillette Razor, Placon Corporation, Madison, Wis.

• Medical Packaging: Lifestyles Packaging, Techform, Inc. Mount Airy, N.C.

• Displays: Light Gauge Display, Key Packaging Company, Inc., Sarasota, Fla.

• Component Parts: Quick Cutter Clamshell, Transparent Container Company, Inc., Berkeley, Ill.

  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 1,600 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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