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Inline Plastics Corp. announces conversion of food containers
to environmentally friendly PET material

-- Customers will benefit from recyclable containers and improved product shelf life without increased costs

Inline Plastics Corp. (Shelton, CT), in response to customer demand for environmentally friendly, sustainable packaging products, is converting the manufacture of containers that were previously made from oriented polystyrene (OPS) to containers produced from polyethylene terephtalate (PET).  Some OPS containers have already been replaced by PET; it is expected that the entire Inline product line will be converted to PET by early 2009.  Customers will realize benefits from the change in several areas:

• Environmental/sustainability concerns:  Food retailers and processors will benefit from providing their customers who desire sustainability in their packages a PET container which is the most widely recycled.  It also supports our, and our customer’s, commitment to environmentally responsible packaging.

• Container features:  PET containers possess superior barrier properties against water vapor and gases, and are more resistant
to oxidizers and greases than OPS containers.  These properties result in a longer shelf life for many foods in PET containers.  PET containers are also better suited for freezing than OPS containers, which increases the potential applications to include
frozen food products.

• Material costs:  Due to the unprecedented increase in polystyrene (PS) resin prices this year, PET resin is now very price competitive with PS, which will enable existing and new customers to realize the benefits of PET containers at comparable
costs to OPS containers. 

To learn more about our commitment to environmental stewardship, click here.