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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SPI PRESIDENT TESTIFIES ON NATURAL GAS ISSUES

SOUTH BEND, IN (August 14, 2003) - Donald K. Duncan, president of The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI), testified today in South Bend, Indiana, at a field hearing of the U.S. House Speaker's Task Force for Affordable Natural Gas.

The hearing was called by U.S. Rep. Chris Chocola, a Republican representing Indiana's Second District. Chocola is a member of the 18-person Task Force assigned by Speaker Dennis Hastert to carry out an expedited plan to take the issue to the public, determining the causes of today's natural gas shortage, the impact of natural gas prices on the American economy and short- and long-term strategies to encourage a stable supply to ease prices. Following Mr. Duncan's testimony, Rep. Chocola thanked him for presenting "a very compelling case" for the energy policies needed to protect and promote the US plastics industry.

The text upon which Mr. Duncan's remarks were based is attached.

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 1,300 members represent the entire plastics industry supply chain, including processors, machinery and equipment manufacturers and raw materials suppliers. The U.S. plastics industry employs 1.5 million workers and provides more than $320 billion in annual shipments. For more information, visit SPI on the Web at www.plasticsindustry.org.

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