Pactiv Corporation

LAKE FOREST, Ill – March 1, 2001 – Pactiv Corporation’s (NYSE: PTV) Sengewald business unit, Halle, Westfalen, Germany, is joining forces with Rollprint Packaging Products, Inc., Addison, IL to announce a new, global strategic partnership for medical packaging..

The partnership showcases the technology, manufacturing and marketing strengths of two leading medical packaging suppliers, each with manufacturing facilities in different continents. The benefit to medical product manufacturers is shared, state-of-the art technology, available for the first time on a global level and expanded product lines including Propyflex® IV bags, Allegro™ peelable sealants and ClearFoil® high-barrier structures.

“As a result of this global partnership, medical companies will now be able to take advantage of a broader-than-ever product spectrum, deliverable on a worldwide level,” says Robert K. Dodrill, president, Rollprint Packaging Products.

Both Pactiv Sengewald and Rollprint Packaging Products are recognized leaders with more than 100 years of combined packaging experience. Sengewald has an established manufacturing base in Europe, while Rollprint has concentrated its manufacturing efforts in the Americas. Additionally, the companies are committed to establishing a supply pipeline into the Asian medical packaging markets.
“One of the goals of this strategic partnership is to develop new, state-of-the-art medical packaging options. Further, we are committed in helping our customers maintain or reduce costs,” says Michael L. Troedel, director of sales and marketing, medical products, Pactiv.

“There are only a handful of firms that have the manufacturing base and the sales and marketing capability to deliver specialty medical packaging products on a global level. By becoming a participant in this demanding global marketplace, we can offer packagers an alternative supply stream and the ability to minimize qualification procedures on a worldwide level,” Dodrill explains.

Pactiv Sengewald specializes in both primary and secondary medical packaging as well as being the leading supplier of operating drapes and gowns in Europe. Both of its manufacturing facilities are located in Germany–Halle, Westfalen (medical packaging) and Rohrdorf, Thansau (drapes and gowns). One of Pactiv Sengewald’s fastest growing product lines is Propyflex®, a polypropylene-based material which targets intravenous bag applications and offers an alternative to polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

With manufacturing facilities near Chicago, IL and Hartford, CT, Rollprint Packaging Products, Inc. is a worldwide supplier of packaging materials for the healthcare and food industries. The company offers a complete range of flexible, heat-sealable materials incorporating film, foil, Tyvek® and paper. Structures can be designed to accommodate any sterilization method. Available in rollstock, pouches and die-cut lids, Rollprint materials can meet the needs of most peelable, chemical resistant and barrier applications.

Rollprint is respected throughout the packaging industry for its heat-sealable, peelable rollstock and pouch technology, as well as its ClearFoil® ultra-high barrier laminates, Allegro™ peelable sealants and FlexForm™ forming webs. Rollprint has supplied flexible packaging materials to the healthcare, industrial and food industries for more than 50 years. Additional information can be obtained at www.rollprint.com.

Pactiv Corporation, a $3 billion company, is a leading provider of advanced packaging solutions for the consumer, foodservice/food packaging and protective/flexible packaging markets. The specialty packaging leader currently operates 85 facilities in 17 countries around the world. For more information about Pactiv, log on to the company’s Web site at www.pactiv.com.