For Immediate Release
March 2, 2009
Chadds Ford, PA

Food tray maker is among a growing number of corporate members of the National Association for PET Container Resources.

Associated Packaging Technologies (APT), the Chadds Ford, PA-based maker of CPET and RPET food trays, is one of the newest corporate members of the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), a plastics and packaging industry association based in Sonoma, CA. The company has joined as a sheet/thermoform manufacturer member; NAPCOR's membership also includes companies that produce PET bottles, PET resins, and supply other products and services to the PET industry.

"NAPCOR membership is a natural fit for APT," notes Mark Staton, the company's CEO. "As the leading global thermoformer of dual-ovenable CPET trays for the frozen food industry and, in partnership with ConAgra Foods, the first to bring recycled PET frozen food trays to North America, APT is a vital part of the PET industry. We share the same goals of sustainability and food safety that NAPCOR has. We expect our association membership to be a tremendous opportunity to build business relationships and advance industry causes."

Founded in 1987, NAPCOR is the trade association for the PET plastic industry in the United States and Canada. NAPCOR is committed to being the credible voice and champion of the PET industry; to facilitate solutions to PET recycling; and to provide education on the benefits of PET packaging.

APT is the world's largest vertically integrated manufacturer of CPET dual-ovenable containers for the food industry, the leading source for plastic food trays in the North American frozen food industry, and a major source for plastic food trays in other markets, including case ready meats, institutional, prepared foods, and bakery. The company has thermoforming plants in: Cambridge, Ontario; Waynesville, North Carolina; Chillicothe, Missouri; and Carrickmacross, Ireland. In addition to the National Association of PET Container Resources, APT is a member of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition.

For more information, contact: Associated Packaging Technologies, 1 Dickinson Drive, Suite 100, Chadds Ford, PA 19317, 484- 785-1120, Fax: 484-785-1121, www.APTechnologies.com. National Association for PET Container Resources, PO Box 1327, Sonoma, CA 95476, 707-996- 4207, Fax: 707-935-1998, www.napcor.com.