Oct. 2, 2009 (PR Newswire) -- NEW YORK, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Diversapack LLC, a major supplier to the flexible packaging industry, today announced that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has denied a preliminary injunction sought by Cenveo Corporation (NYSE: CVO) against Diversapack LLC and certain officers and minority shareholders. Cenveo sought the injunction in an effort to deny workers at its troubled envelope manufacturing plant in Altoona, Pennsylvania the opportunity to seek better, more secure employment at Diversapack's new manufacturing facility in Tyrone, Pennsylvania.

In the Court's decision, Judge Shira Scheindlin found that Cenveo and Diversapack are not competitors and that Cenveo had not proved that it was likely to succeed on the merits of its lawsuit. In her opinion, Judge Scheindlin said, "An injunction would impose an undue hardship upon current Cenveo employees." She said further, "Cenveo also provides no support for its claim that the reduction in productivity is a direct result of the loss of these fourteen employees as opposed to the loss of the more than one hundred employees Cenveo has laid off at the same plant or the more than one thousand employees Cenveo has laid off nationwide."

Woodrow A. Hall, Chairman and President of Diversapack said, "We are delighted by today's Court ruling, which supports our belief that Cenveo's claims are baseless."

Cenveo's action sought to limit hiring in Diversapack's plant in Blair County Pennsylvania, which was recently lauded by Commonwealth Governor Ed Rendell for its "great growth potential."

Mr. Hall said, "We are especially pleased to bring new jobs and opportunities to workers in the flexible packaging industry. We know that fair treatment of employees is the only way to realize long-term success.

"We were outraged that at a time when it was slashing jobs and threatening to close the plant, Cenveo, which is not even a competitor of ours, sought to prevent its employees from seeking better jobs elsewhere, while retaining the right to fire them at any time. We even understand that Cenveo went so far as to urge Governor Rendell not to embrace the stimulus package designed to create over a hundred manufacturing jobs at Diversapack's new plant in Western Pennsylvania.

"This denial of a preliminary injunction is a resounding strike against the coercive tactics employed by Cenveo.