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                                                                   Exhibit 99.2

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Brian C. Mullins                         INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT:
         412/843-8200                             John Nesbett/Jason Thompson
                                                  Lippert Heilshorn & Associates
                                                  212/838-3777

                        TUSCARORA ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION
                          OF UK PACKAGING MANUFACTURER

     NEW BRIGHTON, PA - July 25, 1997 -- Tuscarora Incorporated (NASDAQ NM:TUSC)
today announced is has acquired the business and operations of Arrowtip Group, a
manufacturer of custom molded and fabricated foam packaging products. Arrowtip
Group has annual sales of approximately $8,000,000 (L5,000,000), and serves more
than 500 customers throughout the United Kingdom. Arrowtip has a foam molding
facility in Norwich and molding and fabricating operations in London. Arrowtip
is a major supplier of packaging to the consumer products and automotive
industries. 

     This acquisition, completed today, will bring Tuscarora's annual United
Kingdom sales to approximately $30,000,000 (L19,000,000), further strengthening
the company's position as the largest custom molder of foam plastics products in
the UK. Tuscarora first entered the UK market in February 1995 with the
acquisition of M.Y. Trondex Limited, with a plant in Northampton, England. The
company subsequently opened a facility in Spennymoor, England in June 1996, and
acquired EPS Moulders Limited, a foam molder in Livingston, Scotland in October
1996.

     John P. O'Leary, Jr., president and chief executive officer, said, "We are
extremely pleased to have this opportunity to combine the strengths of the
Arrowtip organization with our current Tuscarora operations in the UK. This
acquisition will provide added service and capabilities to the Arrowtip customer
base, and should result in enhanced profitability for Tuscarora's shareholders."

     The company plans to consolidate the operation in Norwich into the London
molding facility and its Northampton plant. Certain key manufacturing personnel
from Norwich will

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be relocating among the company's four manufacturing facilities in the UK. The 
Northampton site will continue to serve as administrative headquarters for all 
Tuscarora activities in the UK.

                       FISCAL FOURTH QUARTER PERFORMANCE

        Tuscarora also announced that it continues to experience lower than
expected gross profit margins at certain manufacturing facilities, principally
at sites recently acquired and at plants newly opened this fiscal year.
Shipments to one of the company's large customers also continue to be
substantially below prior years' levels. These factors, combined with additional
selling, administrative and interest expenses resulting from the May 30, 1997
acquisition of an integrated materials business in Hayward, California, will
negatively impact net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997.

        O'Leary commented concerning fourth quarter performance, "Clearly, the 
rapid expansion of our business in the past year has not been without a cost to 
current profits. Time and management skill are required to raise the 
profitability levels of the businesses we have acquired. Similarly, new 
manufacturing facilities amass many start-up costs before achieving desired 
efficiency levels. As production is moved from profitable plants and added to 
the base of business in a new facility, margins generally diminish in the short 
term. In response, we are concentrating out best management abilities to raise 
profit margins at all facilities to the high standards that we expect, and 
generally achieve, in our mature operations. In the long run, I believe the 
actions for growth that we have taken this year, as well as this current 
transaction involving the Arrowtip business, will pay off handsomely."

        Tuscarora Incorporated custom designs and manufactures interior 
protective packaging, material handling solutions and componentry from a broad 
range of materials. One of the world's largest manufacturers of custom molded 
products made from expanded foam plastic materials, Tuscarora also integrates 
multiple materials, such as corrugated paperboard, molded and/or diecut foam 
plastics, thermoformed plastics and wood, to meet each customer's specific 
end-use requirements. Tuscarora serves over 3,000 customers located in the 
United States, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom from 34 manufacturing 
locations. Among the company's customers are major manufacturers in the high 
technology, consumer electronics, major appliance and automotive industries.