NEW AgriBags™ PROVIDE CROP TRANSPORTATION CONTAINER ALTERNATIVE Economical and practical bulk bag solution meets global industry need

    /24-7PressRelease/ - FRANKLIN, MA, January 30, 2008 - Developed by the industry leader and owner of globally established FIBC brands Marino Technologies, Rafypak, Atlas Bag, and Walpole Bag, Berry Plastics - Tapes and Coatings Division is pleased to announce the introduction of AgriBags™. AgriBags™, the bulk-bag engineered solution for practical transportation of crops, was developed in response to the rapidly changing agricultural- based industries.

Upon identifying the need for efficient and cost-effective material handling of crops such as grain, seed, corn, rice, salt, flour, sugar, beans, peanuts, soy, and other crops, the R&D engineers at Berry Plastics - Tapes and Coatings Division began working on a solution. Their response is an economical, woven polypropylene bag with integrated lifting loops for easy handling. A standardized bag has been developed with a weight capacity of 2,205 lbs. In addition; custom designs are readily available to meet specific transport needs. The bags can be certified to ISO, FDA, GMP, AIB, UN, and HACCP standards.

"Specialty FIBCs are an area of demonstrated excellence for our division," says Mr. Ernie Giordano, FIBC Sales and Marketing Leader for Berry Plastics - Tapes and Coatings Division. "AgriBags™ provide a significant practical advancement for the containment and transportation of crops. We are pleased that we have engineered this highly-desirable product and can offer it at a cost-effective rate. We sincerely believe that AgriBags™ set a new standard for FIBCs serving agricultural needs." he added.

Meeting customer needs will continue to be a brand distinction of the Berry Plastics - Tapes and Coatings Division. "I am confident that our customers will appreciate the quality and functionality that they will experience with AgriBags™" states Mr. Giordano.

Ernie Giordano can be reached at [email protected] or by calling 508.918.1684.

About Berry Plastics
Berry Plastics is a leading manufacturer and marketer of plastic packaging products, polyethylene-based plastic films, industrial tapes, medical specialties, packaging, heat-shrinkable coatings and specialty laminates. Berry Plastics provides a wide range of open top and closed top packaging as well as comprehensive packaging solutions to over 12,000 customers, ranging from large multinational corporations to small local businesses. It is also the number one producer domestically of trash bags, duct tape and niche laminated and coated products. Among its leading brands are Ruffies and Rhino-X trash bags; Film-Gard plastic sheeting; Nashua tapes; Covalence Raychem heat-shrinkable coatings (Raychem is a trademark of Tyco Electronics Corporation and Nashua is a trademark of Nashua Corporation; each are used under license by Covalence); Polyken pipeline coatings; Thermo-ply and Energy-Brace wall sheathing; as well as R-Wrap and Barricade house wraps. The Company is based in Evansville, Indiana and with the merger of Covalence, has more than 50 manufacturing facilities worldwide and more than 13,000 employees.

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