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Graham Packaging Company Inc. is a worldwide leader in technology-based, customized blow-molded plastic containers for the branded food and beverage, household, personal care, and specialty and automotive lubricants markets. The company produced more than 20 billion units at nearly 100 plants in more than 15 countries and had pro forma worldwide net sales of more than $2.2 billion in 2004. The company is a leading United States supplier of plastic containers for hot-fill juice and juice drinks, sports drinks, drinkable yogurt and smoothies, nutritional supplements, wide-mouth food, dressings, condiments and beers. Graham Packaging Company Inc. is the leading global supplier of plastic containers for yogurt drinks and liquid laundry detergent. The company is also a top supplier in the U.S., Canada and Brazil of one-quart/one-liter plastic high-density polyethylene containers for motor oil.

The Container Research Corporation is a leading manufacturer of specialized steel, aluminum and composite containers for shipment and long-term storage of many types of military and commercial equipment. Its products and services range from initial design to production and testing of shipping and storage containers, production and maintenance platforms, aircraft engine transportation stands and electronic enclosures. The company s capabilities include fabricating, forming, welding, robotics welding, CNC machining and water jet cutting. Products manufactured by Container Research are used by aircraft and aerospace companies, ordnance and utilities companies and in a variety of commercial applications. The Container Research Corporation maintains it corporate offices in Glen Riddle Lima, Pa.

Independent Can Company is the parent company of Western Specialty Container, which provides customers with container designs and cost effective packaging solutions. The company has the versatility in packaging concepts to meet the demands of the most modest to the most extensive budgets. Founded in 1984, WSC has developed a product line that has made it a leading packaging distributor and manufacturer in the United States. As a division of Independent Can Company, the company s primary focus is manufacturing decorative tins. It also offers stock design tins in round, square, rectangular and irregular shapes, which are decorated at an in-house lithography facility. Western Specialty Container also specializes in custom designed tins. Other products include accessory products, inserts and dividers for tins, candy pads, tamper evident shrink bands and individual mailing cartons.