Company Snapshot - 2007

Composite Fibers Business Unit

Beyond PaperTM...is everything we do above and beyond making great paper – that makes us unique.

The Role of Filterpaper in SustainabiliteaFabrice WernerBusiness Unit Sales DirectorGlatfelter Composite Fibers Business Unit

2© 2007 Glatfelter Gernsbach GmbH & Co. KG • Composite Fibers Business Unit • P.O. Box 1155 • D-76584 Gernsbach • Germany


Company Snapshot - 2007

• Budgeted Sales: ~$1.14 billion

• Key Offerings: Papers for tea bags, coffee filters, trade book publishing, specialized envelopes, postage stamps, overlay papers, digital imaging applications and carbonless products

• Production Capacity: ~782k short tons per annum

• Production Facilities: Seven production facilities strategically located in the U.S., Europe & Philippines

• Timberlands: ~75,000 acres (owned & managed) located in U.S.

• Employees: ~3,700 (~ 1,000 Composite Fibers)

• Founded: 1864

• Headquarters: York, Pennsylvania

• Stock Exchange: NYSE, Symbol: GLT



#4 – Leadership positions in 4 market segments

#3 – 3 modern facilities in Germany, France & UK with world-leading incline wire capabilities

#2 – Merger of 2 world leaders in the tea & coffee market

#1 – One Company, One Culture, One Brand (1)

Composite Fibers Overview




Global Presence

Gernsbach, Germany

Customer Base

Africa

America: North

America: Central & South

Europe: UK & Ireland

Europe: South & West

Europe: North & Central

Europe: East

Middle East

Asia: Indian

Asia: Pacific

G. Europe66%

Americas14%

G. Asia20%



Global Leadership in Beverage Markets

• The Global leader in non-heat seal and heat seal teabag filter paper

• The European leader in metallized paper for beer label

• The Global leader in heat seal coffee filter paper



The Sustainability / Biodegradability Trend



Environmental Awareness is Increasing in the Food Sector

• Nestlé study on consumer habits in Western Europe:51% like products with additional inherent health benefits

• Low price ranks fifth in importance to consumers:preceded by taste, variety, affects on health, andbiodegradability/Environmental products

• 45% do not feel well-informed on food products and their impact on the environment

Increase in sales of organic products

beef

cerealspotatoes

fruit & vegetablespork

eggspoultrymilk

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%



Reasons for Purchasing Environmentally-Friendly, Organic, and Alternative Foods

Source: ZMP Zentrale Markt- und Preisberichtsstelle (a central market and price reporting

center for farming and forestry products) Attitudes and Consumer Profiles

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Purity

Important forchildren's nutrition

Protectnature/environment

Better value

Better, natural taste

Health



Consumers Support 100% Biodegradable Packaging

45% 44%

9%

1% 0% 1%0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Very good 1 2 3 4 Very bad

• How do you like the idea of replacing the traditional plastic bags by 100% biodegradable packages?

• Source: IBAW – Interessengemeinschaft Biologisch Abbaubare Werkstoffe e.V.



Tea Filter Paper & Sustainability?



Question – Tea leaves & banana?



Answer – Abaca

Abaca is a long and natural fiber used in the manufacturing of long fiber papers used in tea bag



The Tea Bag Papers from anEnvironmental Perspective

Heat-sealable tea bag papers

Non-Heat sealable tea bag papers

Approx. 75% biodegradable natural fibers

Approx. 75% biodegradable natural fibers

Approx. 25% synthetic polymer

fibers

Approx. 25% synthetic polymer

fibers

100% biodegradable natural fibers

100% biodegradable natural fibers

Approx. 90% o f all raw materials used in teabag paper are biodegradable and from a sustainable source



GLT answers to Sustainability



Certification of Wood Pulp Suppliers

• Glatfelter is engaged in new initiatives to insure that in the near future all it‘s wood pulp suppliers are certified in meeting good forestry practices and sustainable forest management



DYNAGREEN – A solution to improve sustainability

• Conventional heat-sealable tea bag papers (polymer fibers)

• Up to 65% to 85% biodegradable• 15% to 35% polymer fibers – non-

biodegradable

• New: DYNAGREEN 100% biodegradable heat-sealable teabag paper

• 100% biodegradable polymer figers

•Conventional heat-sealable

tea filter papers



Conclusion



Conclusion

• Environmental responsibility is one of Glatfelter’s core value – Member of Paper Industry Climate Change– On-going actions to Certified Pulp

• Glatfelter currently offers nhs teabag materials that are 100% biodegradable and produced with sustainable materials (abaca, pulp,…)

• Glatfelter continues to work on hs teabag material solution that are 100% biodegradable – Dynagreen is a first response to the issue of biodegradability and sustainability for hs teabag material

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