Transcontinental Inc. (TSX: TCL.A TCL.B) announces the appointment of Mr. H. Peter Brues to the Corporation's Board of Directors. Mr. Brues has had an impressive career spanning over 20 years in the Americas and Europe, as a senior executive in the packaging industry at Amcor, a US$9.1 billion multinational company which develops and produces packaging for a variety of end markets. He has extensive experience in international manufacturing operations as well as in acquisition strategies, combined with a proven track record in large-scale post-merger integrations. Additionally, Mr. Brues has a solid financial expertise and is recognized for his ability to maximize and drive performance across global network operations.

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Transcontinental Inc. (TSX:TCL.A) (TSX:TCL.B) ("TC Transcontinental" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has completed the previously announced acquisition (the "Acquisition") of the business of Coveris Americas, a business previously held by Coveris Holdings S.A. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Coveris Americas manufactures a variety of flexible plastic and paper products, including rollstock, bags and pouches, coextruded films, shrink films, coated substrates and labels. Coveris Americas operates 21 well invested production facilities in the United States, Canada, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and China. With this Acquisition, TC Transcontinental welcomes 3,100 employees, the majority of whom are located in North America and Latin America.