EDI Appoints Andrei Stapinoiu to New Position of Sales Manager for Europe and the Mideast


SANDHURST, UK, August 9, 2007: Andrei Stapinoiu has joined Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC (EDI) as European sales manager, it was announced today by Christopher W. Curtin, executive vice president of sales and marketing.

Mr. Stapinoiu will be based in the United Kingdom and serve customers throughout Europe (including Russia) and the Mideast. He will work closely with EDI's long-standing agents in these regions and with EDI GmbH, the company's subsidiary headquartered in Germany.

"Andrei has already worked with many of our European customers and agents in his previous position as a marketer of film and sheet gauging systems," Curtin said. "His experience in the extrusion processing and web converting industries and extensive background in international business will make him a valuable resource for our customers."

EDI has created the sales manager position in response to recent rapid growth of the company's business in Europe, according to Curtin.

Andrei Stapinoiu comes to EDI from EGS Gauging Ltd. (formerly Eurotherm), the supplier of measurement and control systems for web processes. He served that company for five years as sales and marketing director for western and central Europe, Russia, and the Mideast. In previous positions with other industrial companies, he held business development and sales responsibilities and supervised projects in Europe and the Mideast.

Mr. Stapinoiu holds a Master of Science degree in management from Purdue University in the U.S.A. and a B.Sc. in Sales and Marketing and an MBA degree from Budapest University. He speaks English, French, Russian, and his native Romanian.

His office will be at 6 Allendale Close, Sandhurst GU47 8NJ, UK. Tel +44 7704 325432. Fax: +44 208 4329971. Email: astapinoiu@extrusiondies.com.

EXTRUSION DIES INDUSTRIES, LLC is a leading international supplier of flat dies for sheet, film, extrusion coating, slot die coating, and pelletizing. The company designs and manufactures dies, feedblocks, deckling systems, vacuum boxes, and related equipment. Its subsidiaries include EDI GmbH in Reichshof-Wehnrath, Germany, and EDI China in Shanghai. In the U.S.A., Germany, and China, EDI operates facilities dedicated to reworking its own dies and those built by other suppliers, and it has licensed a fourth rework facility in Japan. Headquartered in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.A., EDI sells half of its dies outside the United States.

Visit www.extrusiondies.com and www.reworkdies.com. E-mail: sales@extrusiondies.com.

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