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AIRP: Air Packaging Technologies Announces Capital Improvement Program

Productivity and efficiency to be upgraded as interest in the Company’s products increases

Valencia, California, USA, September 28, 2000/PR Newswire/- - Air Packaging Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: AIRP), award-winning innovator in patented inflatable packaging, today announced the commencement of a major capital improvement program. The program, which will involve all Air Box^TM production machinery, will increase production capacity while at the same time increasing machine efficiency, yield and reliability.

Donald Ochacher, CEO and President of Air Packaging Technologies stated: “The capital improvement program has been designed by Garry Newman PE, the Company’s Vice President of Manufacturing and Engineering, in consultation with outside machinery experts. The marked increase in interest in our products throughout the world - coupled with the strategic partnership which we have recently entered into with a Fortune 500 company - will, we believe, result in a substantial increase in sales during the next eighteen months. This capital improvement program will prepare us for these increases as they materialize. Thanks to the financial help provided by our investment banker, Givigest Fiduciaria SA, we have sufficient funds on hand to complete the capital improvement program.”

Mr. Ochacher added: “Mr. Newman is also working closely with outside consultants to develop a design for a new state-of-the-art machine, substantially boosting capacity beyond current levels. We anticipate requiring this added capacity within the next eighteen months.”

Air Packaging Technologies Inc. is an award-winning developer and manufacturer of inflatable protective, promotional and retail packaging. Its goal is to position the Company’s patented products as 21st century alternatives to conventional packaging such as bubble wrap, foam and polystyrene peanuts. A rotating visual demonstration of the Company’s products can be viewed by clicking on the following hypertext link: http://www.airbox.com/images/rotate.gif

Recent clients of Air Packaging Technologies Inc. include Motorola, Redken, Photronics, Dolce & Gabbana, Breitling, Chivas Regal, Nordstrom’s, Skin Market, Ha-Lo Industries, MTV Networks and Vasp Brazilian Airlines. Air Packaging Technologies Inc. has been recognized by the World Packaging Organization, Ameristar, Westpack, the Flexible Packaging Association and Packaging Magazine in categories covering commercial and industrial, shipping, process, electronics, innovative design and environmentally responsive packaging.

Further information on Air Packaging Technologies Inc., as well as visual demonstrations and technical specifications of its packaging solutions are available online at www.airbox.com, or directly from the Company, as listed below.

The foregoing information contains certain forward-looking statements that anticipate future trends or events. These statements are based on certain assumptions that may prove to be erroneous and are subject to certain risks including but not limited to the uncertainties of the Company's new product introductions, the risks of increased competition and technological change in the Company's industry and other risks detailed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Accordingly, actual results may differ, possibly materially, from the predictions contained herein.

Contacts: Donald M. Ochacher Air Packaging Technologies Inc. 25620 Rye Canyon Road Valencia, CA 91355 Telephone: /

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