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Worlds Largest Water-Activated Tape Dispenser Company Ships Its Millionth Machine and Unveils Packaging Security Products

Better Packages Donates Early Machine to Smithsonian and Gives the Newest Model to Swiss Army Brands as part of Million Machine Celebration

Swiss Army Brands'one-millionth BP 333 from Better Packages

Shelton, Conn., June 1, 2004 -- Better Packages, the worlds largest manufacturer of water-activated tape dispensers, on June 7, 2004, will celebrate the production of its millionth Better Pack 333 -- the worlds best selling machine of its kind. To coincide with this event, Better Packages will introduce an enhanced version of its BP333, called the BP 333 Plus and will launch a number of security-driven products in a move to recast itself as a packaging security company.

One-millionth BP 333 to reside at the Smithsonian

To commemorate the historic occasion, Better Packages will donate a tape dispensing machine made in the early1930s one of the oldest known existing machines of its kind -- to the Smithsonian Institution along with its more modern successor, the millionth BP 333, and give a BP333 Plus to Swiss Army Brands. Swiss Army is a Better Packages customer and fellow Shelton, Conn., -based company. In recognition of the milestone, Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti is proclaiming June 7, 2004, Better Packages Day.

Official proclamation of "Better Packages Day" from Shelton's mayor

UConn Husky Winner Maria Conlon

In recognition of Better Packages achievement , Maria Conlon, of UConns womens basketball fame, will speak on How to be a Part of a Winning Team at the companys Million Machine Celebration. Along with Conlon, state and local officials will be on hand at the June 7th celebration at Better Packages Shelton facilities.

Maria Conlon,former UConns womens basketball champion

We are extremely proud of ouremployees whose hard work and dedication has allowed us not only to reach this milestone but also to reinvent an 87-year-old company as a 21st century packaging security firm, said Philip L. White, Better Packages CEO & president.

Thomas Hennigan, senior vice president andCOO of Swiss Army Brands (L) and Philip L. White, Better Packages CEO & president

We are delighted to be the recipient of Better Packages new model, the BP 333 Plus and to be a part of this special occasion. Because we ship a wide range of well-known products from the Victorinox® Original Swiss Army knife to Victorinox Swiss Army Apparel, we rely on Better Packages tape dispensers and water-activated tape to help ensure our packages get to our customers safely, said Thomas Hennigan, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Swiss Army Brands, marketer of the renown Victorinox® Original Swiss Army knife . Their water-activated tape dispensers offer a level of quality and security that are unmatched in the industry.

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