Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

UFP Technologies Announces Q2 Results

Georgetown, Mass., August 2, 2012.  UFP Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: UFPT), a manufacturer of packaging and component products, today reported net income of $2.7 million or $0.39 per diluted common share outstanding for its second quarter ended June 30, 2012, consistent with net income of $2.7 million or $0.39 per diluted common share outstanding for the same period in 2011.  Sales for the second quarter of 2012 were $33.7 million, slightly higher than 2011 second quarter sales of $33.5 million.  Net income for the six-month period ended June 30, 2012, was $5.1 million or $0.72 per diluted common share outstanding compared to net income of $4.9 million or $0.70 per diluted common share outstanding for the same period of 2011.  Sales for the six-month period ended June 30, 2012, were $65.6 million or 1% higher than sales of $65.0 million in the same period of 2011.

“I am pleased with our results,” said R. Jeffrey Bailly, Chairman & CEO.  “Sales were flat for the quarter, but last year’s second quarter included nearly $2.2 million in revenue from our long-running molded natural fiber door panel program for the Mercedes M-class SUV, which ended in June 2011. Excluding those sales from last year’s results, our quarter-over-quarter revenues grew 7.4%.”

“UFP’s diversity continues to be a powerful asset in changing market conditions,” Bailly added. “For example, an anticipated reduction in military spending will likely be painful for several competitors in that space.  But we can apply the resources and capacity freed up by a military slowdown to meet rising demand in other areas, such as medical sales. We are also continuing to invest in new systems, infrastructure, and equipment to improve efficiency and take our company to the next level. These investments include new state-of-the-art equipment at our Iowa facility to meet the strong demand for our molded fiber products.”

UFP Technologies is a producer of innovative custom-engineered components, products, and specialty packaging.  Using foams, plastics, composites, and natural fiber materials, the Company designs and manufactures a vast range of solutions primarily for the medical, automotive, aerospace & defense, electronics, consumer, and industrial markets. The UFP team acts as an extension of our customers’ in-house research, engineering, and manufacturing groups, working closely with them to solve their most complex product and packaging challenges.

This news release contains forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties, including statements about the Company’s prospects, anticipated trends in the different markets in which the Company competes, including the military and medical markets, potential effects those trends may have on the Company and its competitors, the relative strengths of the Company and its competitors to address those trends, including with regard to resources and manufacturing capacity, the Company’s ability to offset lost revenues, expectations regarding customer demand for the Company’s molded fiber product line, anticipated advantages the Company expects to realize from its investments and capital expenditures, including the development of and investments in its molded fiber product line, its acquisition strategies, its participation and growth in multiple markets, its business opportunities, the Company’s growth potential and strategies for growth, anticipated revenues and the timing of such revenues, the effects of the conclusion of the large automotive door panel program, and any indication that the Company may be able to sustain or increase its sales and earnings or sales and earnings growth rates.  Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation risks associated with the implementation of new production equipment in a timely, cost-efficient manner, risks that any benefits from such new equipment may be delayed or not fully realized, the identification of suitable acquisition candidates and the successful, efficient execution of acquisition transactions and integration of any such acquisition candidates, as well as other risks and uncertainties that are detailed in the documents filed by the Company with the SEC.  Accordingly, actual results may differ materially.  Readers are referred to the documents filed by the Company with the SEC, specifically the last reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.  The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only of the Company’s expectations as of the date of this press release.  The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

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