Oden Corporation Acquires Crandall International


Oden Offers Customers an Expanded Universe of Liquid Filling Machinery
with the Acquisition of Crandall International

Tonawanda, NY (July 2007)... Expanding its universe of liquid filling machinery to further meet the needs of its customers Oden Corporation has acquired Crandall International. With this transaction Oden adds the widely known Crandall International filling machinery line to its own well established family of advanced technology liquid filling, dosing and blending systems.

Oden Vice President of Sales Gary Laidman said the acquisition extends Oden's liquid filling machinery line capabilities as well as its geographical market reach. Crandall International's filler products complement Oden's rotary pump volumetric fillers and flow meter net weight fillers. Crandall International specialized in scale based net weight filling of bulk liquid products into drums, totes and pails. Laidman said Oden will continue to manufacture and service Crandall International filling machinery, which will now be identified as 'Crandall International by Oden(TM), or CI by Oden(TM).

The CI by Oden(TM) machinery line will be manufactured at Oden Corporation's manufacturing and sales facility in Tonawanda, New York. Iver Phallen, Oden's President, said that CI customers will find both companies shared a similar culture as well as the philosophy that high quality machinery and customer satisfaction are first priorities. He reinforced Laidman's message and said that Oden Corporation will continue to partner with its customers to provide filling machinery designed to meet their needs and maximize their filling line productivity.

For more information on Oden's product line capabilities
contact Gary Laidman, Vice President Sales, Oden Corporation, 199 Fire Tower Drive, Tonawanda NY; phone 716-874-3000, email sales@odencorp.com.

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