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Polyair 'Cushions' Customer Experience With Customized Integration That Offers Value and Vision Exhibiting at the National Conference on Operations & Fulfillment, Polyair Demonstrates that Team Leadership and Packaging Innovation Result in Enhanced Savings and Increased Productivity GRAPEVINE, Texas, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Polyair, http://www.polyair.com/ , an industry leader in the North American protective packaging market, continues to "cushion" customers from packaging woes by providing customer integration engineers who provide hands-on help to eliminate ineffective multi-staged packaging processes and other inefficiencies. Polyair provides a team-focused approach that reviews every step of their customer's packaging process and designs a fully customized system that's integrated with existing facilities and objectives. Their inventive approach provides material cost savings and removes significant costs from their customers' packaging process. As showcased at the National Conference on Operations & Fulfillment, held at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas from April 3 - 6, 2005, visitors to the Polyair booth (#528) are invited to meet the Polyair team and review their comprehensive line of packaging fulfillment system solutions. Featured fulfillment system solutions -- designed to work in any environment across diverse business sectors -- include: * AirSpace Pillow Packaging that provides on-demand air pillows for cushioning and void-filling. * TotalFoam is a foam-in-place packaging system designed for the small to moderate volume shipper of fragile, expensive or difficult to package products. * Kangaroo Pouch Machine that creates custom, on-demand pouches at the customer facility. * Polyair's Sealer 2000 that delivers the lowest total cost packaging by eliminating redundant packaging including corrugated sleeves, plastic bags, foam, adhesive/cohesive and standard bubble. * Polyair Sheeter that provides on-demand foam or bubble sheets in custom sizes to deliver big savings on inventory, labor, freight material as well as eliminating lead times on custom sizes. "At Polyair, we ask a lot of questions," said Alan Castle, President, Polyair. "Our quizzical nature is the backbone of all of our customer relationships. We have rapidly become one of the largest manufacturers of protective packaging products and systems by listening to our customers and delivering customized, integrated and value-based solutions." AirSpace Pillow Packaging System Sweeps the Nation "Our air pillow systems are sweeping the nation," said Trent Harkness, Product Manager for Integration for Air Space. "Our air pillow system goes beyond just delivering your pillow. It actually changes and enhances the way companies operate. Our properly designed systems are integrated with our clients' workstations to reduce costs at every step of their packaging process. Our customer installation engineers, installation and maintenance technicians, on-call fabricators and on-site operator training and support work together to deliver 'made-to-measure' savings and efficiency to our customers." Industry leaders including Amazon and Best Buy are veteran customers who appreciate the reduced void-fill material and shipping costs, faster on-line throughput, reduction in customer complaints and in packaging support labor and the improvement in employee disability-related absenteeism that Polyair's Airspace Program delivers. Polyair is able to install the Airspace system with minimal or zero interruption to current operations. Polyair delivers customized solutions to all size work environments across multiple sectors including publishing, parts distribution, cosmetics, drug and pharmacy, retail chain, mail order, fulfillment centers, computer accessories, medical devices, video, CD and DVD distribution and contract packaging. TotalFoam(R) Offers 360 Degree Protection Polyair's TotalFoam Foam-in-Place packaging offers superior product protection with its high quality polyurethane foam cushion package that protects products from shock and vibration during shipping and handling. Speed in packaging is greatly enhanced as TotalFoam eliminates the need for wrapping, stuffing, double boxing or special corrugated inserts. "Our customers wax ecstatic about the valuable warehouse space that's freed up by using TotalFoam," said Harkness. "Due to the tremendous expansion of foam, packaging storage requirements are minimized and administrative burdens are lifted." Additionally TotalFoam allows products of any size or weight to be easily packaged. The complete void-fill improves the integrity and stacking strength of the corrugated container and the polyurethane foam is biostable, photo degradable and safe for incineration or landfill disposal. Made-to-Order Pouch "Polyair's Kangaroo Pouch Machine is the first compact automatic pouch machine that sits in a customer's facility," adds Harkness. "Pouches are one of the best ways for Polyair customers to save time and money when packaging products. This product was developed as a result of feedback from many of Polyair's customers who needed a quick, effective, customizable packaging solution. And to date, we are still the only company offering this type of application." Sealer 2000 Machine Seals Up Savings Polyair's Sealer 2000 Machine allows anyone who ships large products that require significant bubble and foam wrapping and material, to drive costs down and protect their margins. "The Sealer 2000 eliminates the need for redundant packaging including corrugated sleeves, plastic bags, foam, adhesive/cohesive and standard bubble by allowing the formation of pre-set bag sizes that deliver an all-in-one solution to pack furniture or other large objects," adds Harkness. Polyair Sheeter 'Shears' Costs Polyair's Sheeter provides on-demand foam or bubble sheets in custom sizes that 'shear' costs on inventory, labor and freight material as well as eliminate lead times for custom sizes. The Sheeter uses standard roll stock with up to eight pre-set lengths with an on-board photo sensor that offers fast delivery and lower material costs and the ability to change sizes instantly. About Polyair Polyair, a division of Polyair Inter Pack Inc. (AMEX:PPK) Toronto, manufactures a complete line of protective packaging products and integrated packaging systems. Polyair Inter Pack Inc. is an industry leader in the North American protective packaging and swimming pool accessory markets. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and sells its products through a network of more than 3,000 distributors across North America. Operating seven manufacturing facilities in the US and four in Canada, Polyair and its team of more than 1,200 employees is committed to providing innovative and unique products and solutions that go beyond customer expectations. For more information, visit http://www.polyair.com/. DATASOURCE: Polyair CONTACT: Nancy Tamosaitis of Vorticom, +1-212-532-2208, , for Polyair Web site: http://www.polyair.com/

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