V.M. Bud Philbrook was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer in September 2006. In May 2006 he had been appointed President of Operations. Mr. Philbrook joined the Company in November 2003 as President of our Plastic Films Group. From October 2002 until October 2003 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Plassein International, Inc., which filed petitions for protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in May 2003, and was ultimately sold as an on-going concern in September 2003. From October 2000 until October 2002, Mr. Philbrook served initially as Executive Vice President and later as Group Vice President of Consumer Packaging, North America, a diversified packaging unit of Huhtamaki Packaging Worldwide. From May 1998 through September 2000 he was President of Van Leer Flexibles, L.P., a specialty films business. From 1987 through 1997, he held various positions with The Chinet Company, a disposable packaging subsidiary of Van Leer Packaging Worldwide.
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