Contact: Jennifer Jones
(202) 974-5212

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TOP OSHA OFFICIAL TO BE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT FILM AND BAG FEDERATION SPRING CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON (February 27, 2002) - The Honorable John L. Henshaw, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), will be the keynote speaker at the Spring Conference of the Film and Bag Federation (FBF).

The Conference, which will be held April 28-30, 2002, at the Don Cesar Resort and Spa in St. Petersburg Beach, FL, brings together all segments of the national plastic film and bag industry, including converters, extruders, recyclers and suppliers.

"The annual Film and Bag Federation Spring Conference is known for its outstanding business sessions and unique networking opportunity for our industry," noted FBF Chairman Fredy Steng of Pliant Corp. "Nowhere else can you find such a broad representation of companies, people and industry interests," he added. "Our Spring Conference draws representatives from across the country, from firms of all sizes, from one end of the manufacturing spectrum to the other. This is a great chance to establish new business relationships and reinforce current ones."

This year's Conference will include sessions on the "Changing Landscape of International Business" and "Latest Trends in Re-Closable Technology." All the business sessions, Steng said, will provide information on "issues of importance to our industry today as well as those that will influence the way we do business in the future."

For more information about the Conference or to register, contact Jennifer Jones, (202) 974-5212; e-mail jjones@socplas.org.

The Film and Bag Federation, a business unit of The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., works to further the development of the plastic film and bag industry by providing its members with the programs, services and forum necessary to address environmental, regulatory and other issues critical to the success of the industry. The U.S. film and sheet industries employ more than 84,000 workers. U.S. shipments in these sectors total nearly $23.6 billion. For more information, visit www.plasticbag.com.

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 more than $330 billion in annual shipments. For more information, visit SPI on the Web at www.plasticsindustry.org.

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