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Mission Statement To exceed our customers’ expectations in quality, delivery and cost through continuous improvement and customer interaction.

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Product Safety & Quality Statement Cheer Pack North America operates using documented systems designed to assure consistent product safety and quality. We have achieved this by diligent focus on the following items: •

Populating our workforce with employees chosen for their skill, knowledge and commitment

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Creating our Product Safety System based on the HAC techniques

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Creating our Quality System based on industry standards

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Product Safety and Quality enforced with Good Manufacturing Practices

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Reviewing our systems through scheduled Management Review of equipment and facilities, organization, and training as well as internal and external audits with focus on continuous improvement

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Cheer Pack NA Ownership CDF Corporation 40% ownership…. USA 150 employees Vacuum forming, blow molding and film conversion 3 facilities located in Plymouth, MA Hosokawa Yoko 30% ownership…Japan and China 700 employees 550 million spouted pouches sold annually Producer of flexible packaging, printing lamination and converting 4 facilities in Asia Gualapack Group 30% ownership…Europe 1200 employees Producer flexible packaging, injection molding, equipment, printing and converting 2 facilities in Europe

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Why Cheer Pack? Cheer Pack is ed by Hosokawa Yoko and Gualapack making our group the largest single producer of spouted pouches in the world. Over 2 billion+ pouches in 2012 will be produced by our global partners. Product R&D conducted by Hosokawa Yoko in Japan and Gualapack in Italy.

Over 20 years of experience worldwide. Filling machinery designed for high and low acid products Including yogurt and ice cream. Single source supply of packaging and filling equipment.

Retort capable packaging.

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What is Cheer Pack? Cheer Pack is a flexible spouted pouch for packaging liquids such as baby food, kids snacks, yogurts, beverages, etc….

Cheer Pack – Special Features Re-closeable child-safe, screw-on cap Patented, tamper evident cap U.S. Patent # D547,657 S Anti-swallow (won’t go down the choke tube) Material: HDPE Maximum filling temperature is 92°C °C:

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Cheer Pack Features Pouch contents can be resealed; no need to use product all at once Freezable and lightweight

High Impact Strength 8.6mm (5/16”) straw for viscous products No spoon required Squeezable (100% of the contents can be dispensed = no waste) Great insulation compared to bottles Up to one year shelf life depending on product and film structure Excellent printability – high resolution and vibrant colors

Large display areas on the retail shelf A good method of portion control

Cheer Pack Capability Multiple sizes 

40ml (1.35 oz.) to 1000ml (33.8 oz.)

Product appearance 

High quality production process allows for maximum shelf impact

Wide range of products can be packaged 

High acid, low acid, refrigerated or frozen

Multiple film choices  

Foil, metalized and clear for specific products PET, OPA, ALU, PE, PP

Marketing Visibility  Cheer Pack’s innovative and modern new packaging creates buyer interest  Cheer Pack has great shelf visibility and customer appeal (Unseen is Unsold)  Cheer Pack’s high resolution rotogravure printing attracts the consumer eye

Benefits  Cheer Pack package is light weight and re-closable, making it very convenient  Cheer Pack offers a wide range of packaging sizes and configurations  Cheer Pack handles a wide range of product categories: high acid, low acid, refrigerated, and frozen products

Marketing Experience  Cheer Pack is well accepted in Europe and Asia as the package of choice. Our group alone produces well over a billion spouted pouches annually 

Cheer Pack’s flexible pouch offers consumers a wider choice rather than glass or traditional packaging

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Cheer Pack is tougher and can handle the bumps in manufacturing and at the consumer level

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No broken glass to deal with!

Cheer Pack: Retail Shelf Display

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Cheer Pack: A Sustainable Alternative Sustainability is a broad concept that promotes source reduction (using less material) and the recovery of material throughout the lifecycle of a product to better ensure healthy living standards. Less energy to produce  Less overall weight than traditional packaging  Drastic reduction in landfill volume  Fewer trucks therefore reduction in greenhouse gases 

Cheer Pack: Hot Fill products Pureed fruit Smoothies Sorbet

Hot Fill Pasteurized Process

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Cheer Pack: Cold Fill Products Ice Cream Yogurt Milk Milkshakes

Cold Fill Process

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Cheer Pack: Retort Products

Cheer Pack: Retort Products • •

Danone Pharmaceutical (Nutricia product) 500, 1000 and 1500ml

Retort Process PRODUCT PREPARATION

GUALAPACK TANK

AUTOCLAVE STERILIZATION IN BATCHES 15 MIN. @ 120°C @ 1.3 bar depending on the product CASING AND STORAGE

VOLUMETRIC DOSING PUMP 3 STEP FILLING VALVE @ 20-40 °C: VACUUM DOSING BLOWING

Cheer Pack Highlights 2011 NA increased staff from 2 to 45 in the last year to customers needs. NA added manufacturing and injection molding. The owners have invested in the future of NA allowing us to add the infrastructure to our customers growing demands. NA will move into a 180,000 sq.ft. facility in May 2012 with injection molding, pouch forming and straw sealing. NA has qualified a North American printing and lamination supplier to our customers requirements. Sold filling machine capacity to 500 million units annually.

Cheer Pack North America New Facility

Located 25 miles south of Boston Immediately off Route 24 and less than six miles from Interstate 495 One United Drive West Bridgewater, Massachusetts  Industrial Warehouse Facility  180 sq.ft. Location One United Drive  Enough manufacturing space to meet West Bridgewater, MA and exceed customer demands

Some of West Bridgewater’s largest employers:  Shaw’s Supermarket’s Inc.  Edico Federal Credit Union  J.P. Nounan Transportation Inc.  Trucchi’s Supermarket

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Pouch Increasing Forecast

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NA Sales by Product Category

# of Skus 147 50 13 4 Total Sku’s 214

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NA Co-Packers *

Skjodt-Barrett Foods 2395 Lucknow Drive Mississauga, Ontario L5S 1H9

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Skjodt-Barrett Contract Packaging LLC 401 South Enterprise Blvd. Lebanon, IN 56052

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Truitt Brothers Inc. 1105 Front Street NE Salem, OR 97301 PouchTec Industries LLC 347 Sheridan Road Foley, MN 56329

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SunOpta Machine Location: Initiative Foods 1117K Street Sanger, CA 93657

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SunOpta 2nd Facility King of Prussia, PA

R LiDestri Foods 568 S. Temperance Fresno, CA 93727

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Filling Sites - North America

Truitt Brothers

PouchTec Skjodt-Barrett Foods SunOpta Skjodt-Barrett Contract Packaging

LiDestri Foods Initiative Foods

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Us

To learn more visit Cheer Pack's website www.cheerpack.com To speak with a sales representative, Call 888.593.2214

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