Curwood Earns Hormel Foods’ No. 1 Award

Source: Meredith Lauer : Marketing Communications Specialist

Date: 10/18/2006

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Given out only once per five- year period, Hormel Foods' No. 1 Award is granted to supply partners who consistently exceed Hormel's performance expectations.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin - October 18, 2006 - Flexible packaging company Curwood, Inc., has earned Hormel Foods' prestigious No. 1 Award for performance excellence from 2001 through 2005. The award is an honor given to suppliers who meet five points of criteria, including earning Hormel Foods' annual Spirit of Excellence Award a minimum of four times in the last five years. Curwood is one of 22 suppliers to receive the No. 1 Award for the 2001-2005 period.

"Our suppliers are vital to our business," said James Snee, directory of purchasing, Hormel Foods. "The Hormel No. 1 Award is given to those partners who exceed our expectations. It is our pleasure to acknowledge these companies and their employees."

Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minnesota, is a multinational manufactuer and marketer of consumer-branded food and meat products, many of which are among the best known and most trusted in the food industry.

Curwood is known throughout the world for technological leadership in high-barrier packaging, and is a preferred supplier of innovative packaging materials and systems for food, beverage, household, industrial and personal care industries. Curwood maintains strategic manufacturing and service centers throughout North America, South America and Europe, and is well-positioned to meet global distribution and marketing needs. Headquartered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S.A., Curwood is part of the Bemis family of companies.

For more information on Curwood's products and services, call Curwood customer service at (800) 544-4672, email curwood@bemis.com or visit http://www.curwood.com/.