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Kamco Plastics Acquired by KPI Holding Company

Will Continue Operations in Tandem With CIMA Plastics Corporation

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 -- KPI Holding Company ("KPI") today announced it has acquired the assets of Kamco Plastics Inc. ("Kamco") (http://www.kamcoplastics.com/) of Schaumburg, Illinois. KPI will assume the name Kamco Plastics, Inc.

Kamco, a 35-year old custom plastic injection molder and sub-assembly provider owned and operated by Norb Kaiser, specializes in value-added technologies and services for the appliance, automotive and industrial markets. KPI Chair Alicia Campos says, "Kamco will continue serving without disruption all of its customers with skilled employees in the US and in Kamco's facility in Reynosa, Mexico."

Campos says Kamco will join forces with KPI's sister company CIMA Plastics Corporation ("CIMA" (http://www.cimaus.com/). Located in West Chicago, Illinois, CIMA is a Tier II plastic injection molding company offering several molding technologies for decorative components used by the automotive and electronic industries. "Combining CIMA's expertise in two-shot molding, in-mold decorating, engineering and production with Kamco's tool-making capabilities such as sonic welding, assembly, decoration, packaging and logistics, the new company will be able to provide a total solution to its customers," says Campos.

Norb Kaiser, owner of Kamco, says, "I'm proud of the organization and business that we have built. My wife, Lyn, and I are confident that Alicia Campos will guide the company successfully into the future. I am looking forward to working with her in the coming years to ensure a successful and smooth transition."

Billow Butler & Company, LLC ("BBC"), a boutique middle market investment bank in Chicago, represented the Kaiser Family in the sale of Kamco and introduced the transaction to Campos and KPI. BBC specializes in plastics industry transactions.

Financing of the transaction on behalf of KPI was provided by BLN Capital Funding, LLC and GSL of Ill, LLC, both "niche" players in providing acquisition and working capital funding for transactions of this nature. BLN and GSL have been providing financing to middle market companies for many years. Norman Lynn, manager and counsel for Kamco and CIMA says, "We were very impressed with the performance by Kamco over the past 12-months and we believe that the synergies between Kamco and CIMA will have a very positive effect on the combined performance of these entities in the near future."