Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. To Hold Conference Call On Monday, September 23 At 11:00 a.m.

Business Editors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2002

Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NMS:AETC) will hold a conference call on Monday, September 23 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

To listen live via the Internet, visit the Investor Relations section of AET's website at http://www.aetfilms.com. AET suggests that you check this link in advance of the conference call to ensure that your computer is configured to receive the webcast. To access the conference call by phone, dial 800-553-0351 and reference access code 653065. A taped replay of the conference call will also be available from approximately 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time on September 23, 2002 until midnight on September 27, 2002. To listen to the replay, dial 800-475-6701 from within the U.S. or 320-365-3844 from outside the U.S. and enter access code 653065.

The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. is a leading North American developer and manufacturer of specialized oriented polypropylene (OPP) films used primarily in consumer products labeling and flexible packaging applications.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this report are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including those risks related to the ability to implement a price increase and related volume losses, the timely development and acceptance of new products, fluctuations in raw materials and other production costs, the ability to satisfy our debt service requirements, the loss of one or more significant customers, the impact of competitive products and pricing, the timely completion of capital projects, the success of the Company's efforts to access capital markets on satisfactory terms, and to acquire, integrate, and operate new businesses and expand into new markets, as well as other risks detailed in Exhibit 99 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2001 and from time to time in the Company's other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.