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                                                                   Exhibit 10.10
           


                             TUSCARORA INCORPORATED

                     SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

                              STATEMENT OF INTENT

         The Employer has adopted this Tuscarora Incorporated Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan ("Plan") in order to provide certain eligible
executive and senior management employees of the Employer with supplemental
retirement benefits, in addition to amounts provided by the Employer's
qualified retirement plans and by Social Security. The Employer acknowledges
that the Plan is an "employee pension benefit plan" within the meaning of
Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA"). The Plan is intended to be an "unfunded [plan] maintained primarily
for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of
management or highly compensated employees" which is eligible for the
exemptions applicable to such plans under Titles I and IV of ERISA (and which
is not subject to any requirement imposed under Section 401(a) of the Code);
the Plan is further intended to provide for benefits that are not taxable as
income to each Participant until such time as such benefits are paid to the
Participant. The Plan is intended to be generally effective as of March 1,
1996.

         1. ELIGIBLE EXECUTIVES. In order to be eligible to receive an
allocation to a book account for any Plan Year hereunder, an individual must be
(i) an employee of the Employer in active employment with the Employer during
all or part of a Plan Year, (ii) who is an executive or senior management
employee, and (iii) who has been previously designated by the Compensation
Committee of the Employer's Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, as
eligible to participate in this plan, has been provided a Participation
Agreement providing for participation herein, has executed and returned the
Participation Agreement as provided therein, and such designation and agreement
has not been revoked by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion prior
to such date. An individual who satisfies these requirements, who has had an
amount credited to a bookkeeping account on his/her behalf hereunder, and who
has not yet been paid out all of the amounts credited on his/her behalf
hereunder shall be hereinafter referred to as a "Participant." For purposes of
this Plan, the "Plan Year" shall be the 12-month period beginning on September
1 and ending on the succeeding August 31 (with an initial "short plan year"
beginning on March 1, 1996 and ending on August 31, 1996).

         2. PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION. A Participant shall have allocated to a book
account on his/her behalf under this Plan for each quarter during a Plan Year,
the applicable percentage of his/her Compensation for such quarter. For
purposes of this Plan, "Compensation" shall mean the Participant's salary and
bonus paid by the Employer, plus any elective contributions which are
excludable from gross income under Code Section 125 (cafeteria plans) or
Section 402(e)(3) (401(k) cash or deferred arrangements). The applicable
percentage for any Participant shall be the amount determined by the
Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, as the applicable percentage
and disclosed to the Participant in his/her Participation Agreement; such
amount may be changed from time to time by the Compensation Committee, in its
sole discretion, with written notice to affected Participants, without the
necessity for a formal Plan amendment.

         3. CREDITING TO PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS. Amounts allocable on behalf of a
Participant under paragraph (2) above shall be credited to an account on the
Employer's books in the Participant's name, as of the last day of each quarter
during the Plan Year for which such amounts are to be credited. There shall
also be credited to a Participant's account for each quarter on such date
simple interest at the "Plan Rate." The "Plan Rate" for each quarter shall be

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the rate announced by Mellon Bank, N.A. as its prime rate as in effect on the
first day of such quarter.

         4. VESTING OF ACCOUNT BALANCES. All amounts credited to a
Participant's bookkeeping account shall become fully vested upon the
Participant's completion of five Years of Service (as such term is defined in
the Tuscarora Incorporated and Subsidiary Companies Salaried Employees' Money
Purchase Pension Plan), or upon the Participant's termination of employment due
to death or a permanent disability which qualifies the Participant for benefits
under the Employer's long-term disability plan, and shall not be subject to
forfeiture thereafter except as provided in the following two sentences.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no benefits shall be payable under this Plan to
or on behalf of a Participant, and any benefits in pay status shall cease to be
paid, if the Participant's employment is terminated for cause amounting to
gross misconduct or if the Employer's Board of Directors determines, in its
sole discretion, that the Participant has taken actions which have willfully or
through gross negligence injured the Employer or any parent, affiliated,
subsidiary or related company. Injuring the Employer or any parent, affiliated,
subsidiary or related company willfully or through gross negligence would
include, without limitation, embezzlement, destruction of Employer property or
property of any parent, affiliated, subsidiary or associated company,
revelation of trade secrets, disclosure of customer lists, or violation of the
terms of any covenant not to compete between the Employer and the Participant,
any of which results in harm to the Employer's assets, reputation, good will or
business or those of any parent, affiliated, subsidiary or associated company.
Moreover, a Participant's right to receive or to continue receiving benefits
hereunder shall be subject to such additional conditions as may be set forth in
his/her Participation Agreement. A Participant who terminates employment with
the Employer for any reason prior to completion of five Years of Service, death
or disability shall forfeit his/her account balance and all right to benefits
hereunder, unless the Compensation Committee determines, in its sole
discretion, and subject to such conditions as it may determine appropriate, to
grant vesting of benefits hereunder.

         5. COMMENCEMENT OF PARTICIPANT'S BENEFIT PAYMENTS. Payment of the
Participant's account balance to the Participant shall commence as soon as
practicable after the later of the Participant's termination of employment or
the Participant's attainment of age 55 (provided, that where the Participant's
employment terminates due to a permanent disability which qualifies him/her for
benefits under the Employer's long-term disability plan, benefits may commence
upon the Participant's termination of employment without regard to the age 55
requirement). The Participant and Employer may mutually agree prior to the date
of distribution to change that date upon such terms and conditions as the
Employer shall, in its sole discretion, deem necessary or appropriate.

         6. FORM OF BENEFIT. The Participant's benefit shall be paid in one of
the following forms, as elected by the Participant: A single life annuity, a
joint and 50% survivor annuity, a joint and 100% survivor annuity, or a single
life annuity with 60, 120 or 180 months guaranteed, which in each case is the
actuarial equivalent of the amount credited to the Participant's book account
hereunder on the last day of the calendar quarter in which his/her employment
terminates (or he/she attains age 55, as applicable). Such election must be
made on a form provided by the Employer, and must be made at least twelve (12)
months before the date of commencement (and, where applicable, must designate
the Participant's survivor annuitant or the beneficiary of the Participant's
guaranteed payments). Upon such terms and conditions as the Employer shall, in
its sole discretion, deem necessary or appropriate, the Employer and
Participant may mutually agree prior to distribution to change the payment form
to any other actuarially equivalent form of payment, and/or the Employer may
determine to honor an election of form of payment made less than twelve (12)
months prior to commencement. Where the Participant elects a joint and survivor
annuity, and the survivor annuitant dies after commencement but prior to the
Participant's death, no new election shall be permitted, and the Participant
shall continue to receive his/her life annuity benefit in the amount in effect
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the survivor annuitant's death. Where the Participant elects a single
life annuity with guaranteed payments, and the person designated to receive
such guaranteed payments predeceases the Participant, the Participant shall be
permitted to substitute a new beneficiary. Actuarial equivalence for all
purposes under this Plan shall be determined using the factors specified on
Exhibit A hereof.  Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Compensation
Committee may pay a Participant's benefit in the form of a single lump-sum
distribution, immediately upon the Participant's termination of employment,
where it determines in its sole discretion that it is necessary or appropriate
to do so (including, by way of example and not limitation, where the benefit is
sufficiently small that periodic payment would be administratively burdensome),
provided that the amount of such lump-sum distribution would not exceed
$50,000.

         7.  DEATH BENEFITS.  The following death benefits are payable under
this Plan:

         (a) If a Participant dies after benefit payments have commenced under
         this Plan, a death benefit shall be payable only if the applicable
         payment form provides for a survivor benefit. The survivor benefit
         shall be payable to the survivor annuitant or beneficiary named by the
         Participant. If the Participant has not named a beneficiary at the time
         of his/her death, or his/her beneficiary predeceases him/her and no
         substitute beneficiary has been named, no death benefit shall be
         payable hereunder. 

         (b) If a Participant dies before benefit payments have commenced
         hereunder, a death benefit shall be payable to the beneficiary named by
         the Participant to receive such benefit. If the Participant has not
         named such a beneficiary at the time of death, or his/her named
         beneficiary has predeceased him/her and no substitute beneficiary has
         been named, no death benefit shall be payable hereunder. The death
         benefit shall be payable in the form of a single-life annuity for the
         life of the beneficiary (who must be a natural person), which is the
         actuarial equivalent of the Participant's account balance on the last
         day of the calendar quarter of his/her death. Payment shall commence as
         soon as practicable after the Participant's death. The Compensation
         Committee, upon request of a Participant or beneficiary, may agree in
         its sole discretion to permit distribution upon a Participant's death
         prior to commencement to be made in a different time or form, on such
         conditions and subject to such restrictions as it may deem necessary or
         appropriate.

         8. PLAN IS NOT FUNDED. All benefit payments made pursuant to this Plan
shall be paid in cash from the Employer's general assets. No Employer assets
shall at any time be set aside in a trust or other separate account or
arrangement to make benefit payments under this Plan. The Participant and any
survivor annuitant or beneficiary shall have only the rights of a general
unsecured creditor of the Employer with respect to any rights they may have
hereunder. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as constituting a
guaranty that the Employer's assets will be sufficient to pay any benefits
under this Plan.

         9. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF BENEFITS. The rights of each Participant and
any survivor annuitant or beneficiary under this Plan are not subject to the
claims of their creditors and may not be voluntarily or involuntarily
transferred, assigned, alienated, accelerated or encumbered. Notwithstanding
the preceding sentence, the benefits payable under this Plan may, in the
Employer's discretion, be offset by any liability of the Participant and any
other amounts owed or otherwise payable by the Participant to the Employer. An
amount will be subject to offset hereunder if owed or otherwise payable by the
Participant at any time and for any reason, including (but not limited to) a
loan to the Participant, recovery of amounts due to misconduct of the
Participant, or any other liability or obligation of the Participant of any
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         10. EXPENSES. The expenses of administering this Plan shall be borne
by the Employer.

         11. TAX LIABILITY. The Employer may withhold from any benefit payment
made pursuant to this Plan any Federal, state or local taxes required to be
withheld with respect to such payment. Moreover, amounts allocated to a book
account hereunder are subject to withholding as required under the Federal
Insurance Contributions Act (FICA); such withholding may be taken by the
Employer from a Participant's regular salary or other compensation.

         12. APPLICABLE LAW. This Plan shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the extent
applicable and not preempted by federal law.

         13. EFFECT ON EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS. Nothing in this Plan shall be
construed as giving any Participant any right to continued employment with the
Employer.

         14. SEVERABILITY. If any portion of this Plan shall be held invalid or
illegal for any reason, such event shall not affect or render invalid or
unenforceable the remainder of this Plan.

         15. BINDING EFFECT. This Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of each Participant, his/her survivor annuitant or beneficiary (as
determined in accordance with paragraphs 6 and 7, above) and the Employer and
its successors and assigns.

         16. NO TRUST CREATED. Nothing contained in this Plan, and no action
taken pursuant to its provisions by either party hereto, shall create or be
construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between
the Employer or any other person and the Participant, his/her designated
beneficiary, other beneficiaries of the Participant or any other person.

         17. DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS. The Employer shall make all
determinations as to rights to benefits under this Plan. Subject to and in
compliance with the specific procedures contained in the applicable regulations
under ERISA: (i) any decision by the Employer denying a claim by any person for
benefits under this Plan shall be stated in writing and delivered or mailed to
such person; (ii) each such notice shall set forth the specific reasons for the
denial, written to the best of the Employer's ability in a manner that may be
understood without legal or actuarial counsel; and (iii) the Employer shall
afford a reasonable opportunity to such person for a full and fair review of
the decision denying such claim.

         18. ADMINISTRATION. The Board of Directors of the Employer (or its
authorized delegate) shall have full discretionary power and right to
interpret, construe and administer this Plan. The interpretation and
construction of this Plan by the Board of Directors of the Employer (or such
delegate), and any action taken hereunder, shall be final, binding and
conclusive upon all parties in interest. No member of the Board of Directors of
the Employer or any person acting on its behalf shall, in any event, be liable
to any person for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection with
the interpretation, construction or administration of this Plan, so long as
such action or omission to act is made in good faith.

         19. AMENDMENT. This Plan may be amended at any time and from time to
time in the sole discretion of the Employer, through a resolution adopted or a
written instrument issued by the Board of Directors or by a duly authorized
officer of the Employer.

         20. TERMINATION. This Plan may be terminated, in whole or part, at any
time and from time to time in the sole discretion of the Employer, through a
resolution adopted or a written instrument issued by the Board of Directors or 
by a duly authorized officer of the Employer.













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                                   EXHIBIT A

                          ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT FACTORS

MORTALITY TABLE: 1983 Individual Annuity Mortality Table (1983 IAM)(Male)

INTEREST RATE: 7.5%
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                             TUSCARORA INCORPORATED

                       CONSENT OF COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
                     SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
                                OCTOBER 11, 1996

         The undersigned, being all of the members of the Compensation Committee
appointed by the Board of Directors of Tuscarora Incorporated, a Pennsylvania
corporation, (the "Company") to administer the Company's Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan ("SERP"), do hereby adopt, by unanimous written consent, the
following preambles and resolution in accordance with Section 1727(b) of the
Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, with the same force and effect as
if such preambles and resolution had been adopted at a meeting of the
Compensation Committee duly called and held on October 11, 1996:
 

            WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 1 of the SERP, the Compensation
         Committee has the power and authority to designate, in its sole
         discretion, certain executives or senior management employees to
         participate in the SERP and to determine the applicable percentage of
         compensation and bonus that will be paid by the Company on the
         participant's behalf; and

            WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee wishes to designate certain
         employees for participation in the SERP effective as of September 1,
         1996;

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Compensation Committee
         hereby designates the following named persons as participants in the
         SERP effective as of September 1, 1996, and hereby establishes the
         percentage set opposite each designee's name as the applicable
         percentage of compensation to be credited each fiscal quarter to the
         book accounts of each of the participants, commencing with the first
         fiscal quarter for the 1997 fiscal year:

         John O'Leary, Jr. -- 6.2%

         Brian Mullins --     6.0%
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         James Brakebill --  8.3%; and

            RESOLVED FURTHER, that in accordance with Section 1 of the Plan, the
         Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion and without the
         necessity for formal Plan amendment, may change the percentages
         indicated above, provided written notice is given to affected
         participants.

         It is hereby directed that this Consent be duly filed with the records 
of meetings of the Compensation Committee.

/s/ Thomas S. Blair                            /s/ Harold F. Reed, Jr.
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    Thomas S. Blair                                Harold F. Reed, Jr.

/s/ Robert W. Kampmeinert                      /s/ Thomas P. Woolaway
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    Robert W. Kampmeinert                          Thomas P. Woolaway




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                             TUSCARORA INCORPORATED

                     SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

                            PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

         THIS PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, between ________________ ("Participant") 
and TUSCARORA INCORPORATED ("Employer"), dated as of ______________, 19__.

         1. STATEMENT OF INTENT. The Employer, by action of the Compensation
Committee of its Board of Directors, has determined to offer Participant the
opportunity to participate in the Tuscarora Incorporated Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan ("SERP"), a copy of which is attached hereto. The SERP
conditions a Participant's eligibility to participate in the SERP, among other
things, on his/her entering into a Participation Agreement ("Agreement").
Participant desires to participate in the SERP. Therefore, in consideration of
the foregoing, Participant and Employer hereby enter into this Agreement.

         2. PARTICIPATION/EFFECTIVE DATE. Participant's participation in the
SERP shall commence on the first day of the calendar quarter which coincides
with or next precedes the date of this Agreement. He/she shall participate in
the SERP, subject to all applicable terms, conditions and restrictions set
forth therein and in this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms
of the SERP (as amended from time to time) shall be deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference.

         3. APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE. The Participant's applicable percentage (as
contemplated in Section 2 of the SERP) as of the Effective Date of his/her
participation shall be ___%. Such percentage may be changed at any time by the
Compensation Committee by written notice to the Participant; the change shall
be effective as of the beginning of the calendar quarter which coincides with
or next precedes the later of (i) the date of the notice or (ii) the effective
date specified by the Compensation Committee. Such notice will be deemed to
amend this Section 3 accordingly.

         4. BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION. In the event the Participant dies prior to
the date on which payout of benefits under the SERP commences, the Participant
hereby designates the following as his primary and contingent beneficiaries:


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       Primary Beneficiary
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Name
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Address
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Date of birth
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Soc. Sec. No.
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       Contingent Beneficiary
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Name
       -----------------------------------------------
Address
       -----------------------------------------------
Date of birth
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Soc. Sec. No.
             -----------------------------------------

         (The contingent beneficiary shall become the Participant's beneficiary
in the event the primary beneficiary predeceases the Participant.)

         The Participant may revoke or change these designations at any time
prior to his/her death by sending a written and signed notice thereof to the
Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

         5. FORFEITURE OF BENEFITS. In addition to the conditions and
restrictions set forth in Section 4 of the SERP, the Participant hereby agrees
that he/she will forfeit all right to any payment of benefits under the SERP
(and that any benefit payments that have previously commenced will cease) in
the event that the Participant, at any time during the three-year period
commencing on the date of his/her termination from employment with the
Employer, engages in any of the following conduct:

         (a) solicits or induces, or attempts to solicit or induce, any
employee, agent or independent contractor of the Employer or its affiliates to
terminate his/her/its relationship with the Employer or its affiliates; or

         (b) accepts any employment by (whether as employee, consultant,
independent contractor or otherwise), makes a substantial investment in, or
(with the intent to subsequently obtain an investment in, compensation from, or
employment by such person or organization) becomes actively interested in,
takes part in the affairs of, or gives advice and counsel to any person or
organization which is a competitor or which may reasonably be deemed to be a
competitor within the market areas in which the Employer's products are sold.

         Participant further agrees that in the event that Participant receives
any payment of benefits hereunder after he/she engages in any of the
above-described conduct, Participant shall be obligated to return to the
Employer any such benefits, plus interest at the Plan Rate from the date of
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overpayment from any amount otherwise payable to Participant by the Employer.

         6. CONTINUED PARTICIPATION/AMENDMENT OF TERMS. The Participant
acknowledges and agrees that his/her continued participation in the SERP is at
the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee, and that such participation
(and this Agreement) may be terminated or revoked at any time by the
Compensation Committee (provided, that except as otherwise contemplated in
Section 4 of the SERP and in paragraph 5 hereof, such termination or revocation
shall not cause the Participant to forfeit any right to vested benefits which
have been credited to the Participant under the SERP prior to such termination
or revocation). Moreover, Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Employer
has reserved the right to amend or terminate the SERP at any time, in its sole
discretion.

         7. EFFECT ON EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed as giving the Participant any right to continued employment with the
Employer.

         8. SEVERABILITY. If any portion of this Agreement shall be held
invalid or illegal for any reason, such event shall not affect or render
invalid or unenforceable the remainder of this Agreement.

         9. BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the Participant, his/her survivor annuitant or beneficiary and
the Employer and its successors and assigns.

         10. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the extent
applicable and not preempted by federal law.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Participant and the Employer, by its duly
authorized representative, have caused this Agreement to be executed on the day
and year first set forth above.

                                      TUSCARORA INCORPORATED

                                      By:
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