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MPS and Paramount Home Entertainment Win Top Honor for Grease Package
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New York, NY — June 26, 2007. Hollywood Reporter's Key Art Awards, honoring excellence in movie marketing, awarded first place in the DVD Packaging category to Multi Packaging Solutions and Paramount Home Entertainment for the Grease satin and leather Thunderbird jackets. The Grease jackets were judged the best DVD package from among a field of 48 entries.

Now in its 36th year, the Key Art Awards is the premier event for the movie-marketing community to honor the creative individuals who generate the eye-catching promotional materials that help drive movie attendance and DVD sales. The Key Art Awards is the only competition in which working professionals honor their peers for designing and creating motion picture marketing materials. More than 400 movie advertising and marketing professionals served as judges to view and rank the entries.

Multi Packaging Solutions collaborated with Paramount Home Entertainment to create a DVD package that epitomizes the iconic imagery of the Grease film. The Multi Packaging Solutions team managed the project from development through manufacturing.

"We were thrilled to work with Paramount Home Entertainment to create a package that is a stand-out at retail and a real collectible for Grease fans" commented Paula Doherty, Vice President of Sales for Multi Packaging Solutions. "Tim Hakes from our Special Packaging Team managed the project with attention to every detail, translating the jacket concept into reality right down to the working zippers."

About Multi Packaging Solutions
Multi Packaging Solutions is a leading entertainment packaging company offering an array of special packaging and standard print for the music, home video, and games/multimedia markets. Founded by Marc Shore with the financial backing of Bear Stearns Merchant Banking, MPS has recruited a seasoned management, sales, and design team with vast experience in media packaging. Unlike traditional packaging companies, MPS is unique in its depth of industry experience, breadth of technologies and range of resources. Key accounts include Concord Music Group, Electronic Arts, EMI, Koch Entertainment, Rhino Records, Sony/BMG, Sony DADC Take Two Games, Universal Home Entertainment, Universal Music, and Paramount Home Entertainment.