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                                                                    Exhibit 3.19


                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

                                     TO THE

                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                  HUNTSMAN CONTAINER CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL

                           EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 30, 2000

            In accordance with Section 16-10a-1006 of the Utah Revised Business
Corporation Act ("URBCA"), Huntsman Container Corporation International, a Utah
corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby declares and certifies as follows:

            1. The name of the Corporation is Huntsman Container Corporation
International.

            2. Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation
(the "Articles") is hereby amended (the "Amendment") to delete Article I of the
Articles in its entirety and to substitute the following provision:

                                   ARTICLE I

                         THE NAME OF THE CORPORATION IS

                        PLIANT CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL.

            3. The Amendment does not provide for an exchange, reclassification,
or cancellation of issued shares.

            4. The Amendment was adopted as of November 15, 2000 in accordance
with the provisions of the URBCA.

            5. The Amendment was approved by the shareholder of the Corporation
(the "Shareholder"). The designation, number of outstanding shares, number of
votes entitled to be cast by each voting group, number of votes of each voting
group indisputably represented, and the total number of votes cast for and
against the Amendment were as follows:

                                Votes
               Outstanding     Entitled       Votes        Votes      Votes
 Designation      Shares        to be      Represented      For      Against
                                Cast
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Common Stock      1,000          1,000        1,000        1,000        0
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The number of votes cast for the Amendment was sufficient for approval.

            6. Pursuant to Section 16-10a-123 of the URBCA, these Articles of
Amendment shall be effective on November 30, 2000.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, these Articles of Amendment have been executed
by the Corporation on November 30, 2000.

                             Huntsman Container Corporation International, a
                             Utah corporation

                             /s/Ronald G. Moffitt
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                             Ronald G. Moffitt
                             Senior Vice President, Secretary and
                             General Counsel

                                 MAILING ADDRESS

            If, upon completion of filing of the above Articles of Amendment,
the Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
elects to send a copy of the Articles of Amendment to Huntsman Container
Corporation International by mail, the address to which the copy should be
mailed is:

                              Nathan W. Jones, Esq.
                                 Stoel Rives LLP
                        201 South Main Street, Suite 1100
                           Salt Lake City, Utah 84111