Pliant Corporation Continues Expansion of Printed Flexible Packaging Business

The additional assets include an eight-color flexographic printing press, a three-layer blown co-extrusion film line, two slitters, and a wicketed bag machine. Start-up of these assets is expected to begin in June 2006.

03/04/06 SCHAUMBURG, IL -- Pliant Corporation announced an expansion of its production assets serving its Printed Flexible Packaging business in the United States and Canada. The additional assets include an eight-color flexographic printing press, a three-layer blown co-extrusion film line, two slitters, and a wicketed bag machine. Start-up of these assets is expected to begin in June 2006.

Kevin Howard, Vice President and General Manager, Printed Products Business, said "Continued investment in Pliant’s Printed Flexible Packaging business is a vital part of our overall growth strategy and supports our commitment to bringing enhanced capabilities to our food and personal care customers. This equipment will facilitate our continued growth with key customers and will help improve order cycle times, new product ramp-ups, create additional surge capacity and enhance our product portfolio."

Harold Bevis, Pliant President and CEO, said "These equipment purchases are in addition to Pliant’s installation of two 10-color printing presses in the fourth quarter of 2005 and are part of Pliant’s investment program aimed at accretive volume growth, innovation, and cost reduction."