TORONTO, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Group Technologies Limited (RYG-TSX; RYG-NYSE) today announced the appointment of Helmut Hock as President of its Royal Pipe Systems division. Mr. Hock succeeds Stephen Kleynhans who has resigned from the company, with effect from the end of January 2006, to focus on several private business interests. "In recruiting Helmut Hock to join Royal Group, we have been able to attract an executive with extensive senior management experience and a very successful record in all aspects of plastic injection molding and extrusion," said Lawrence J. Blanford, Royal Group's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Under Stephen Kleynhans' leadership, Royal Pipe Systems sales have grown tenfold during the 15 years he has been President of this profitable core business unit. Stephen's strong entrepreneurial inclination has led him to new challenges, but he has agreed to assist with the transition and to be available to assist the pipe unit as necessary in the future," Mr. Blanford said. Prior to joining Royal Group, Mr. Hock was President of Progressive Moulded Products Ltd., Concord, Ontario, a Tier 1 supplier of interior sub-systems to the North American automotive industry with 10 manufacturing plants in Ontario, Missouri, and Texas and some 1,700 employees. In the face of waning demand for auto parts from the OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), he maintained profit margins and won new business to position the company for future growth. Mr. Hock's 24-year career includes senior management positions in Europe as well as Canada with several manufacturers, including Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., Paintplas (1989) Inc., Angus Environmental Limited, Magna International, Standard Products Ltd., and Schlegel Canada Inc. Born and raised in Brampton, Ontario, he holds a Bachelors of Applied Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo. "I have enjoyed my 15 years with Royal Group, helping to build a team that has successfully grown the pipe & fittings business unit," said Stephen Kleynhans. "I decided to leave to pursue other exciting investment opportunities. I have every confidence that Helmut Hock and the outstanding team at Royal Pipe Systems will maintain the great relationships that we have forged over the years with our customers, suppliers, and our dedicated employees." Royal Pipe Systems Royal Pipe Systems is a manufacturer of plastic pipe and fittings for the municipal, plumbing, and electrical construction industries. With its head office in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada, it has extrusion and fabrication facilities in Woodbridge, Ontario; Abbotsford, B.C.; Surrey, B.C., and an injection molding plant in Shelby Township, Michigan. Sales offices are located in Woodbridge; Surrey; Calgary, Alberta; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Laval, Quebec; and Shelby Township, Michigan. Royal Group Technologies Royal Group Technologies is a manufacturer of innovative, polymer-based home improvement, consumer, and construction products. The company has extensive vertical integration, with operations dedicated to provision of materials, machinery, tooling, real estate, and transportation services to its plants producing finished products. Royal Group's manufacturing facilities are primarily located throughout North America, with international operations in South America, Europe, and Asia. Additional investment information is available on Royal Group's web site at http://www.royalgrouptech.com/ under the "Investor Relations" section. The information in this document contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to Royal Group Technologies Limited, its subsidiaries and affiliates. These statements are often, but not always made through the use of words or phrases such as "expect", "should continue", "continue", "believe", "anticipate", "suggest", "estimate", "contemplate", "target", "plan", "budget", "may", "will", "schedule" and "intend" or similar formulations. By their nature, these forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant, known and unknown, business, economic, competitive and other risks, uncertainties and other factors affecting Royal specifically or its industry generally that could cause actual performance, achievements and financial results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the ongoing shareholder value maximization process and its outcome; the ongoing internal review and investigations by the Special Committee of the Board of Directors and its outcome; the outcome of the ongoing assessment and review of the Royal Building System's compliance with the smoke generated elements of the US building code and the safety of buildings constructed with the Royal Building System; fluctuations in the level of renovation, remodeling and construction activity; changes in product costs and pricing; an inability to achieve or delays in achieving savings related to the cost reductions or increases in revenues related to sales price increases; the sufficiency of our restructuring activities, including the potential for higher actual costs to be incurred in connection with restructuring activities compared to the estimated costs of such actions; the ability to recruit and retain qualified employees; the level of outstanding debt and our current debt ratings; Royal's ability to maintain adequate liquidity and refinance its debt structure by April 30, 2006, the expiry date of its current bank credit facility; the ability to meet the financial covenants in our credit facilities; changes in product mix; the growth rate of the markets into which Royal's products are sold; market acceptance and demand for Royal's products; changes in availability or prices for raw materials; pricing pressures resulting from competition; difficulty in developing and introducing new products; failure to penetrate new markets effectively; the effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs, nationalization, exchange controls, limitations on foreign investment in local business and other political, economic and regulatory risks; difficulty in preserving proprietary technology; adverse resolution of any litigation, investigations, administrative and regulatory matters, intellectual property disputes, or similar matters; changes in securities or environmental laws, rules and regulations; currency risk exposure and other risks described from time to time in publicly filed disclosure documents and securities commission reports of Royal Group Technologies Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates. In view of these uncertainties we caution readers not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Statements made in this document are made as of December 20, 2005 and Royal disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any statements made herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. DATASOURCE: Royal Group Technologies Limited CONTACT: Mark Badger, Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications, Royal Group Technologies Limited,Phone (905) 264-0701

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