Orangeville

PHILADELPHIA—July 9, 2007—Clondalkin Group, the international producer of flexible and specialist packaging products with over 40 production locations throughout Europe and North America and annual sales in excess of $1 billion, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Direct Plastics Group – one of Canada’s leading privately held converters of flexible packaging. Direct Plastics, located in Orangeville, ONT, is an integrated producer and converter of flexible packaging products serving customers in Canada and in the United States of America since 1988. Utilizing its well invested manufacturing and converting technologies, Direct Plastics supplies high quality packaging products to the frozen food, confectionery, horticulture and