DEKALB, ILLINOIS – – Tegrant Alloyd Brands, Inc., a subsidiary of Tegrant Corporation and America’s leading supplier of custom thermoformed high visibility retail packaging, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Dot Packaging Group, Inc.  Based in Batavia, Illinois, Dot has been a leading supplier of blister cards, clamshell inserts, and folding cartons for major consumer goods companies for over twenty years.

Commenting on the acquisition, Ron Leach, President and Chief Executive Officer for Tegrant Corporation, stated: “Our mission at Tegrant is to delight our customers. With the addition of Dot, our Alloyd Brands unit becomes the only North American manufacturer of custom thermoformed retail display packaging to offer a complete, end-to-end solution. That means our customers no longer have to incur the additional time and unnecessary costs associated with working with multiple vendors to produce a single package solution for their products. I can’t think of a better way to delight our customers.”

William Kelly, President of Alloyd Brands, added: “This is the first major step in the execution of our strategy to provide fully integrated, innovative, custom-engineered packaging solutions for our customers. Our goal is to exceed their expectations in helping them enhance and differentiate their brands in the marketplace.”

In addition to its Batavia facility, Dot is also located in Spartanburg, S.C., providing it with two locations from which to serve its customers.  Jim Shaw, President of Dot Packaging, stated: “I am excited that Dot is joining this world class company and I am looking forward to our working together to offer our customers the most complete packaging solution in the industry.”

Tegrant Corporation is the premier manufacturer of a variety of highly engineered packaging solutions and energy efficient building products. Tegrant has three Strategic Business Units with over 35 manufacturing and testing facilities across North America and approximately 2,100 employees. Additional information on our products, services and locations is available at www.tegrant.com.