Sealed Air Corporation, the creators and makers of Bubble Wrap brand cushioning will be leading the nationwide celebration of the 9th Annual Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day on January 26, 2009. To kick off the day's festivities, the company will announce the Grand Prize Winner of its third annual Bubble Wrap Competition for Young Inventors (www.bubblewrapcompetition.com) - a nationwide competition for students in grades five through eight.

Bubble Wrap brand cushioning has been used and enjoyed by people of all ages around the world for nearly 50 years, and is now manufactured all over the world. Sealed Air has operations in 51 countries and offers a wide range of food and protective packaging solutions generating global sales in excess of $4 billion a year.

Source: Sealed Air Corporation