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May 22nd/23rd, 2012 - PLMA - Amsterdam For more than 26 years, PLMA’s annual “World of Private Label” International Trade Show has brought retailers together with manufacturers to help them find new products, make new contacts, and discover new ideas that will help their private label programmes succeed and grow. Today, the need for new products, contacts and ideas has never been greater. Private label market share stands at its highest ever. The future promises even more private label as retailers expand internationally and take a larger role in marketing themselves and the products that they sell. PLMA’s 2012“World of Private Label” International Trade Show will present more than 3,600 exhibit stands including 42 national and regional pavilions. PLMA’s 2012 “World of Private Label” International Trade Show will be held 22-23 May and attract buyers from the world’s supermarkets, hypermarkets, discounters, department stores, drugstores, wholesalers, importers and exporters. There is no other show like it. O-PAC will be present at NON FOOD SECTION - Stand 522

April 3rd/4th, 2012 - MDD - Paris This appointment is specialized in private labels and gathers the entire industry (food and non food), whether French or international (wholesalers, retailers, catering, restaurants and hotels, specialty shops, etc...) The Private Labels, real added value to stand out, open their doors with an exhibition, dedicated for over 10 years with these numbers: •700 manufacturers •21 countries represented •7189 professional visitors Anticipate and innovate is essential in the development of companies business! MDD EXPO is inspired by the needs and demands of consumers, bringing together all the products and innovations in trends. O-PAC will be present at Hall 3 - Stand D22

March 30th, 2012: WET WIPES IN CONGRESS On 30th March, 2012 will be presented the new productive and logistic centre of O-PAC to major national and international customers. This occasion will be celebrated with an exclusive event: WET WIPES IN CONGRESS, the first exclusive meeting where professionals and experts will show and develop the wet wipes world, with a forum on the fundamental components of product, the developments and the market trends.

March 24th, 2012: THE CEREMONY OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW HEADQUARTERS On March 24th, with an official ceremony was inaugurated the new headquarters of O-PAC, at the presence of the President Antonio Bartesaghi and the whole family Bartesaghi, and of the CEO Matteo Vitali and of most representative local authorities. The President Bartesaghi in his speech stressed that it is essential, to guide a company, to have always a new goal to reach, to have a dream in mind, that approaching day by day, with the help of institutions, employees and other stakeholders of the territory, to which asks you to share this dream and to work together to grow. Last Saturday, the dream has become reality: the new headquarters O-PAC, which covers a total area of 8500 square meters, a modern structure built according to the latest standards of sustainability and a production department designed for the production of high-quality cosmetics, which will allow the company to continue to grow, having as its historical growth of 5% annual over the past 5 years. Ambitious goal, especially in this dramatic economic period. The key is indicated by the President Bartesaghi: " Those who do not excel, loses." "And to ensure the excellence - added the CEO MatteoVitali -" we must invest in innovation in all areas. That's why every year on 8% of turnover is spent for this purpose. And beyond the numbers there is the passion, becoming almost an obsession for a well done job and to anticipate market needs. Even some of the authorities wanted to celebrate the event with their words. The Provincial Councillor to work, Fabio Dadati, praised the Omet Group (of which O-PAC is a part) for the investment made in a period when are most common corporate downsizing or closures rather than openings of new plants. Concepts that were also reflected by the Mayor of Oggiono, Roberto Ferrari.The Engineering district coordinator and representing Confindustria Lecco, Giovanni Pastorino, praised the entrepreneurial skills of the group, which preserves the spirit and courage of doing business that belongs to many industrial in the area of Lecco. At the end of its speech Pastorino, together with Giulio Sirtori, President of Confindustria Lecco, has handed to President Bartesaghi a plaque to commemorate the day. Even Monsignor Cecchin, provost of Lecco, stressed the role that the person must continue to have in a company and that values - such as the family - must be the center of the economic and human behavior. As the founder of O-PAC and the Omet Group, Angelo Bartesaghi, has always courageously demonstrated.

March 9th/12nd, 2012 - COSMOPROF - Bologna O-PAC will be present at Hall 26 - Stand C58

February 2012 - A COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE: THE NEW HEADQUARTERS The year 2012 began for O-PAC with one major innovation: the transfer to the new productive and logistics centre. The new centre will offer more than 50% of the existing spaces, providing a production capacity almost doubled, a warehouse more rational and more efficient logistics, security enhanced - thanks to the implementation of quality certification- and, last but not least, energy efficiency in line with growing environmental awareness. With a view to constantly improving production and quality, O-PAC will continue to offer its customers the best existing in the market for wet wipes.

January 2012 - THE KEY APPOINTMENT FOR LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION IN ITALY Marca, the only Italian exhibition devoted exclusively to the world of the private label, has in recent years become a crucial appointment for a sector that is continuing to exhibit strong growth rates and good prospects for future development. The excellent results of last year’s show, where attendance was up by 8,37% including 534 foreign buyers and professionals, confirmed Marca’s role as the ideal meeting point between the world of industry and the Italian and international distribution system and an excellent opportunity for retailers and private labels to develop their businesses. O-PAC will be present as always, with its exclusive new formulas for private label products at stand B132 in Hall 26.

October 2011 - SINGLE DOSE WET WIPES O-PAC is specialized in production and supply on behalf of a third party of personalized wet wipes in single dose, as always ensuring maximum customer satisfaction. Thanks to the use of the newest technology and the support of highly qualified suppliers you can customize any part of the product according to customer needs by choosing from different pack sizes, printing type, size of tissue, internal tissue (composition, treatment and weight) and of course cosmetic lotion. The choice also concerns the types of packaging (delivery of loose sachets/packed sachets), case (shape and material), merchandising (mini display stand). The continuous control over the production is, of course, another element that is the basis of a quality product O-PAC.

July 2011 - NAIL POLISH REMOVER WIPES With a growth of +6.9%, "products for hands" showed increases above the average in the Italian cosmetics market in 2010. O-PAC has launched the innovative nail polish remover wipes with exceptional effectiveness: 1 wipe eliminates any polish residue from 10 nails. Without acetone or alcohol, they don’t dehydrate the nail, like most of the solvents on the market, and are enriched with special ingredients exerting a reinforcing action against nail fragility. Hygienic in single-dose format, practical to keep always with yourself.

May 2011 - ANTI-MOSQUITOS WET WIPES A delicate lotion specifically studied in order to stave off insects, particularly MOSQUITOS with triple action: ANTIEDEMIGENIC ACTION - decrease the forming of swelling in the presence of bites LENITIVE ACTION - on the bite already presented on the skin CALMING ACTION - for itching With a delicate BALSAMIC FRAGRANCE pleasant for smelling, but disagreeable for insects. The special lotion is made up of a mixture of essential and natural oils as GERANIUM ( strong antiseptic action, its fragrance is disagreeable for insects); TEA TREE (antiseptic, lenitive and anti-inflammatory action); TARCHONANTHUS CAMPHORATUS (from African plant, with disorientating action for insects). Suitable for all the family, even for the sensitive skin of children.