Ampac Flexibles Announces Addition of Three New Account Managers


Cincinnati, OH (October 24, 2005) -The Ampac Flexibles-Converted Products division of Ampac Packaging, LLC, announces the addition of three new account managers.

Kenneth L. Pouliot reports to Robert L. Biddle, president, Ampac Flexibles, Converted Products (Chicago) and will be responsible for sales in the Northeast. Pouliot comes to Ampac with 30 years of medical and pharmaceutical product and flexible packaging sales experience.

Matt Conlin and Steven R. Herlehy report to Craig Rutman, director of sales and marketing, Ampac-Converted Products (Minneapolis). Conlin and Herlehy are responsible for sales in the Midwest and East, respectively.
Conlin brings 15 years of sales and marketing experience in food and healthcare products and packaging, with an emphasis in retort pouch applications. Herlehy also brings 15 years of experience in various industrial positions including flexible packaging project management.

Ampac Flexibles is headed by George Thomas, vice president and general manager.

"The addition of these three new account manager positions will help us achieve our growth goals and will enhance our ability to deliver even more value to our customers," says Thomas.

Ampac Flexibles-Converted Products is the leading manufacturer and innovator in stand-up pouches, high-end performance flexible packaging materials and rollstock for the food, beverage, medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural and chemical, industrial, health and beauty aids markets.

It is also known for its technologically advanced, custom-engineered structures, including adhesive laminations, Flexi-Free(TM) solventless laminations and heat-seal coated rollstock.

Production expertise includes graphic art and plate making, customized ink blending, 10-color flexographic and 8-color rotogravure printing, and the capability of adding a wide variety of unique features (such as closures, fitments, spouts, etc.) to help customers achieve a competitive advantage.

Additionally, Ampac Flexibles-Performance Films provides more than 200 custom and proprietary film blends designed to meet its customers' specialty film packaging requirements. Capabilities include monolayer and multilayer (up to nine-layer) coextruded films. This includes Ampac's combined effort with The Dow Chemical Company to develop and produce multilayer, high-barrier coextruded films containing Saran(TM) resins for a variety of moisture-sensitive applications.

Ampac Packaging LLC is privately held, and is owned by senior executives together with equity backing by Key Principal Partners and Pouschine Cook Capital Management. It is a diversified, international, flexible packaging company with nine operating sites in North America and Asia employing approximately 850 people with revenues in excess of $200 million annually. In addition to products offered by Ampac Flexibles, the company is the preeminent supplier of domestic and overseas retail specialty shopping bags, and disposable, tamper evident, security bags.

For more information, visit Ampac's website at: www.ampaconline.com.

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