Released on = December 12, 2006, 8:54 am

Press Release Author = Vikki Hudak

Industry = Retail

Press Release Summary = The RPI Group, Inc. is the Second Fastest Growing Company in
Northeast Ohio

Press Release Body = The RPI Group, Inc., headquartered in Solon, Ohio, earned
second place recognition at the Annual Weatherhead 100 Awards event on December 5,
2006. The winners of this years' award were based on sales growth from 2001 through
2005. The RPI Group experienced 1,626% sales growth during that time.

The Weatherhead School of Business Management at Case Western Reserve University,
along with COSE, the Council of Smaller Enterprises, presented the 2006 Weatherhead
100 Awards. This prestigious event has been honoring the 100 - fastest growing
companies in Northeast Ohio, each year, since 1978.

This was the second year that The RPI Group was proud to be honored as a recipient
of a Weatherhead Award, placing 3rd in the Upstarts Category in 2005.

The RPI Group, Inc. manufactures, designs and distributes unique and hard-to-find
housewares items, food storage containers and home organization products to national
chains and major catalog companies as well as smaller retail establishments. The
company has over 800 items in their product line that ship from its 240,000-square
foot warehouse in Brook Park, Ohio to customers across the country. The RPI Group
has been in business since 2000 and currently employs 45, including office,
warehouse and design staff.


Please Contact:
Vikki Hudak
The RPI Group, Inc.
31225 Bainbridge Road
Suite A
Solon, Ohio 44139

Phone: 440-914-0434
Fax: 440-914-0319


Web Site = http://

Contact Details = Vikki Hudak
31225 Bainbridge Rd
Suite A
Solon, Ohio 44139
vikki@therpigroup.com
440-914-0434
440-914-0319 fax