EX-99.1 11 y59506ex99-1.txt LETTER RE: ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP Exhibit 99.1 PLIANT CORPORATION 1515 Woodfield Road Schaumburg, IL 60173 April 18, 2002 Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Ladies and Gentlemen: Pliant Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), has received a representation letter from Arthur Andersen LLP ("Andersen"), the Company's independent public accountants, in connection with the issuance of Andersen's audit report included within this Registration Statement on Form S-4. In its letter, Andersen has represented to us that its audits of the consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001, were subject to Andersen's quality control system for the U.S. accounting and auditing practice to provide reasonable assurance that the engagements were conducted in compliance with professional standards, that there was appropriate continuity of Andersen personnel working on the audits, availability of national office consultation and availability of personnel at foreign affiliates of Andersen to conduct relevant portions of the audits. Very truly yours, /s/ Brian E. Johnson Brian E. Johnson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer