Jeremy Rifkin to Deliver Keynote Address at FPA's 2003 Annual Meeting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Linthicum, MD, November 15, 2002 - The Flexible Packaging Association will hold its Annual Meeting from February 26-28, 2003 at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Arizona. The meeting, titled "Shaping A Flexible Future," will feature presentations ranging from the impact of imports…to security issues as they relate to protecting packaging…to forecasting and new opportunities within the flexible packaging industry.

Jeremy Rifkin, author of 14 books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society and the environment, will deliver the keynote address at the meeting's first general session on February 27, 2003. Rifkin will explain how future trends in science, technology and the global economy will shape the 21st century.

Winners of the 2003 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition will be announced at the Annual Meeting on February 28, 2003.

The Flexible Packaging Association has served as the voice of the flexible packaging industry since the Association was established in 1950. Its members convert or supply the raw materials used to produce bags, pouches, labels, liners, wraps, rollstock, and other flexible products. Produced from paper, plastic film, aluminum foil, or any combination of those materials, flexible packaging is now the second largest segment of the U.S. packaging market. The $20 billion industry serves a multitude of end use markets including food, pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, household goods, personal care products, pet food, lawn and garden supplies, and industrial applications.

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For more information, please contact Lourdes Pogue, Director, Marketing & Communications at 410. 694. 0800 or lpogue@flexpack.org.