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| | PORTOLA PACKAGING, INC. MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. Securities Registration: Business Combination (S-4/A) BUSINESS |
 | | Our products provide our customers with a number of value-added benefits, such as the ability to increase the security and safety of their products by making them tamper evident and leak-resistant. |
 | | On June 16, 1995, we purchased for $13.6 million the 50% interest we had not previously owned in Canada Cap Snap Corporation, a British Columbia corporation engaged in manufacturing and distributing small closures in western Canada, together with all the capital stock of two affiliated plastic bottle manufacturers. |
 | | On September 1, 1996, we purchased for $2.1 million Rapid Plast J-P, Inc., a company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec engaged in manufacturing and distributing plastic bottles, primarily in eastern Canada. |
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