Next Generation Films looks forward to the upcoming plant expansion. The new building will house three 7-layer lines. Two recent articles have been published in Plastics News. We have included excerpts from these articles below.

GLOBAL COMPETITION CREATES LOCAL CHANGES
Angie DeRosa

LEXINGTON, OHIO --
March 19, 2007

At Next Generation Films Inc., officials are moving the company out of commodity films into areas like barrier. The firm recently introduced its nylon/polyethylene barrier bag for food packaging, which expands the firm's modified-atmosphere packaging mix.

"If we get beat by anybody, it will be because we're not efficient," Chief Executive Officer David Frecka said in a recent interview at Next Generation's Lexington campus.

The firm is installing its second Windmöller & Hölscher three-layer Varex blown film extrusion line, which will be operational by August.

"I'm trying to establish a world-class facility here," Frecka said. "We're investing in the highest output lines that money can buy. Being entrepreneurial is a good thing today. We're focused on technology and how to use substitution in raw materials."

That's the fundamental goal as foreign competition increasingly affects the market, forcing companies to become low-cost producers.

Frecka also restructured management. Dana Boyd becomes vice president of technology, Brian Plew is director of quality, Troy Carns is technical director and Jamie Keller is shift supervisor.

"We don't have a lot of people, so that the people we do have need to be good," he said.

OHIO FIRM PLANS NEW FILM PLANT
Angie DeRosa

LEXINGTON, OHIO --
December 18, 2006

Next Generation Films Inc. of Lexington, Ohio, is investing $10 million for a new facility that will be dedicated to five-layer barrier films.

The 45,000-square-foot building will be designed to host four lines, Chief Executive Officer Dave Frecka said in a Dec. 7 telephone interview. It will give the company 25 million pounds of capacity in the next year and a half.

Construction will begin as soon as the Ohio weather allows it in 2007. The first line will be installed by June.

The building will be Next Generation's fourth at its Lexington campus. It has 120 employees and will add 30 more.

"Going to five-layer is a big step for us," he said. "It takes a lot of know-how and knowledge. Just because you have the equipment doesn't ensure success."

The company has hired Oscar Mascarenhas as a polymer scientist, the first time the firm has had someone in such a position.

"We know who we're going after and why we're going after them," Frecka said. The company will make films for meat and cheese packaging. "We need economies of scale. We need to be the low-cost producer. We have to keep going. We're trying to upscale our mix."

Frecka said his firm is achieving barrier properties now with five-layer films that it had previously reached with seven-layer and nine-layer films. The firm now is on target to reach $100 million in sales within five years, he said.

For more information please contact Next Generation Films' Customer Service Department at 419-884-8150 or Email: next@nextgenfilms.com.