SUNOCO AND EPSILON ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS UNDER WHICH SUNOCO WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF EPSILON

Philadelphia, October 19, 2001 -- Epsilon Products Company (Marcus Hook, PA) and Sunoco, Inc. (Philadelphia, PA) today announced they have entered into agreements under which Sunoco will assume responsibility for general management, sales, and support functions on Epsilon’s behalf. Epsilon Products Company is a joint venture between Sunoco, Inc. and BAR-L, Inc., whose 760 million-pound plant at Marcus Hook, PA, manufactures a full range of polypropylene products. The joint venture was formed in June 2000. Although Epsilon will continue as a distinct legal entity for ownership purposes, Sunoco will combine elements of Epsilon’s current organization with its own resources to provide a wider range of services and products to all customers. Sunoco will market Epsilon production under the Sunoco name in combination with production from its own two polypropylene plants. Total combined productive capacity will now equal approximately 2.3 billion pounds per year. Both companies expect the process to be completed by early 2002.

Sunoco Chemicals, a business unit of Sunoco, Inc., currently operates 1.5 billion pounds of polypropylene capacity at its LaPorte, TX and Neal, WV plants, selling products predominantly throughout North America and utilizes a supporting technical center in Pittsburgh, Pa. Sunoco Chemicals is also a leading marketer of phenol and related derivatives and plasticizers.

Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN) headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of petroleum and petrochemical products. With 730,000 barrels per day of refining capacity, almost 4,100 retail sites selling gasoline and convenience items, interests in over 10,000 miles of cured oil and refined product pipelines and 35 product terminals, Sunoco is one of the largest independent refiner-marketers in the United States. Sunoco is a growing force in petrochemicals with over nine billion pounds of annual production capacity, largely chemical intermediates used in the manufacture of fibers, plastics, film and resins. Sunoco also manufactures almost two million tons annually of high-quality metallurgical-grade coke for use in the steel industry.

BAR-L, Inc., a privately-owned company headquartered in Washington, PA, is an affiliate of Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc. and Uniform Color Company, Inc., and a member of the Audia Group of companies. Washington Penn Plastic is a leading, high quality producer and distributor of a wide variety of compounded polypropylene and polyethylene products. Uniform Color Company is a leading producer of color concentrates. Together, the Audia Group of companies supplies products and services to major manufacturers of automobiles and finished goods in North America and Europe.