Video: Sealed Air Corporation Searches for America's Next Young Inventor

Students in Grades Five Through Eight to Compete for Top Prize of a $10,000

Savings Bond in Second Annual Bubble Wrap(R) Competition for Young Inventors

ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Are you America's next great inventor? Can you come up with a creative new invention using Bubble Wrap(R) cushioning, the iconic packaging material we all love to pop?

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Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE), the creator of Bubble Wrap(R) brand cushioning, is asking students in grades five through eight to "think outside the bubble" for their chance to win a $10,000 U.S. savings bond in the second annual Bubble Wrap(R) Competition for Young Inventors. With the back-to-school season underway, students have until November 1 to enter their invention for a chance to win.

"Last year's competition, which generated nearly 800 entries from 38 States, featured an array of really creative inventions that ranged from the fun and wacky to the scientific and serious," said Rohn E. Shellenberger, Business Manager, Air Celluar Products at Sealed Air Corporation. "With a little less than two months before the judging begins, we're getting very excited about seeing what kinds of inventions students dream up this year."

Original inventions must incorporate the use of clear Bubble Wrap(R) cushioning, and entries must include a visual and written description that explains the name of the invention, the purpose it serves, how it works and how the idea was formulated. Fifteen semi-finalists will be selected in the first round of judging and announced on November 12, 2007. Three finalists will later be selected and awarded a three-day trip to New York City, where the grand prize winner will be announced on Bubble Wrap(R) Appreciation Day on January 28, 2008.

The grand prize winner of the competition will receive a $10,000 savings bond, while the second and third place winners will receive $5,000 and $3,000 savings bonds, respectively. The deadline for all entries is November 1, 2007.

The Bubble Wrap(R) Competition for Young Inventors is sponsored by Sealed Air and administered by the National Museum of Education. For additional information on the competition, educators, parents and students can visit www.BubbleWrapCompetition.com.

About Sealed Air

Sealed Air is a leading global innovator and manufacturer of a wide range of packaging and performance-based materials and equipment systems that serve food, medical, and an array of industrial and consumer applications. For more than half a century, Sealed Air employees have applied deep understanding of customers' businesses and global trends to deliver sustainable packaging solutions. Operating in 51 countries, Sealed Air's widely recognized and respected brands include Bubble Wrap(R) cushioning, Cryovac(R) food packaging technologies, Jiffy(R) protective mailers and Instapak(R) foam-in-place

systems. For more information about Sealed Air, please visit the Company's web site at www.sealedair.com.

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    /CONTACT:  Ken Aurichio of Sealed Air Corporation, +1-201-703-4164,
Ken.Aurichio@sealedair.com; or Tai Green of Weber Shandwick, +1-212-445-8239,
tgreen@webershandwick.com, for Sealed Air Corporation/
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