Once again, it's time for our special report on over 100 contract converters - companies that turn raw materials or partially converted materials into finished products on a contract basis.

This year we are providing this listing exclusively on our Web site at www.convertingmagazine.com. Because this listing will remain online year-round, you still have a chance to include your company. Would you like a hot link from our site to yours? This service can still be offered as well. For updates and hot links, please send an e-mail to lmccluskey@cahners.com and your company will be added.

Also on our exclusive Contract Converting Guide Web site, you'll find articles from past issues about Contract Converters and their customers. Check out our November 2001 cover story on Russell-Field Paper Co. and their new contract converting services.

The 8th Annual Guide to Contract Converting is based on responses from a survey mailed to contract converters listed in our 2002 Machinery/Materials Buyers Guide, and unsolicited requests. It is not intended to be all-inclusive.

If you would like to receive a survey for the 2003 Buyers Guide, send a request on company letterhead to: Managing Editor, Converting, 2000 Clearwater Dr., Oak Brook, IL 60523, fax: 630/320-7484.