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Roseland, NJ—08/20/08—Direction ’08, the Bobst Folding Carton Open House, will take place October 2 – 7, 2008 at the Bobst Group North America Demonstration and Training Center in Roseland, New Jersey. Direction ’08 will focus on sustainability in the folding carton arena. Product and process specialists will address the technology, innovation and best practices being used to meet and support the sustainability efforts of folding carton converters around the world and in our own communities. Direction ’08 will showcase the “Next Generation” of Bobst diecutters, foil stampers and folder-gluers. Many new models will be making their North American debut at the event. Live

ARCDALE, NC—07/09/08—Vecoplan, LLC has promoted Gary Kolbet to the newly created position of Vice President of Engineering. Vecoplan is a worldwide leader in size reduction technologies, including shredders, material handling machinery, separation equipment, and complete waste reduction systems. Prior to his promotion Mr. Kolbet was Engineering Manager at Vecoplan, during which time he won numerous engineering awards. In his new position Mr. Kolbet will oversee all aspects of Engineering, New Technologies Development and Complete Systems Integration. “During his seven years at Vecoplan, Gary and has played an integral part in our success. As such, the promotion is well deserved. As the company grows, and

ARCDALE, NC—07/09/08—Vecoplan LLC, a world-wide leader in size reduction technologies, has named Dale Walker to the position of Manager-Sales Engineering. Walker was formerly a Sales Engineer at Vecoplan working on project designs with the Sales Team. Walker’s responsibilities, as Manager-Sales Engineering, will expand to include the oversight and coordination of interactions between Customers, Sales Staff, and Sales Engineers as projects develop from initial contact with the customer through design, engineering, and production. “As the complexity of our machines and systems has grown, and the sophistication of our technology has increased, the need for Engineering expertise early-on in the sales process has also

ARCDALE, NC—June 25, 2008—Thomas Baker has joined Vecoplan, LLC as a Project Designer in their Engineering Department. Baker, formerly a Design/Project Manager for a leading manufacturer of equipment used in the rendering, food, and chemical industries, brings 17 years of machinery engineering experience to his new position at Vecoplan. Baker’s responsibilities will include working with Vecoplan’s sales staff in the design and development of individual projects, and then coordinating their manufacture and implementation with production at Vecoplan. “The rapid growth that we’ve experienced, especially in the design of large integrated systems, has made it necessary for us to expand both our facilities and

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—7/2/2008—After much preparation and effort the Drupa show held in Germany May 29 – June 11, 2008 has been and gone for another four years. Despite the current economy across the globe, the show proved to be surprisingly successful and the Kluge booth saw a lot of traffic during the two week event. Much interest was shown in our NEW EHG Series Half-Sheet Press, which boasts a small footprint, operator-friendly controls and make-readies, EZ Load Magazine and Togglebase Hoist System. I think the comment that summed up the press and speaks of all of these advantages, is one that we heard from a

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND—06/26/08—The initial conclusions drawn by Bobst Group coming out of Drupa are extremely positive, just as they were in 2004 following the introduction of numerous world firsts. After a record year in 2007, which stood out for its excellent profitability, Bobst Group has demonstrated that it is very well prepared for the coming years with its innovations, machine design, and new Bobst branding. Spread over some 1,200 m2 of stand space, each of the machines on show at Drupa were run in production with a running commentary several times a day. More than 5000 visitors representing about 2300 different enterprises and 108 countries

ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND—June 25, 2008—Drupa 2008 was the most successful exhibition of all time for the Graphic Division of Steinemann Technology AG. For example, the market and technological leader in the field of high-end print finishing sold more than 10 high-performance systems to customers from all over the world during drupa. In addition, the project situation at Steinemann Technology is currently excellent, holding the promise of extremely good follow-up business after the event. That applies not only to the entire product portfolio, but also to the further expansion of the company’s global presence. “drupa was an enormous success for our company, demonstrating once

ARCDALE, NC—June 25, 2008—Vecoplan LLC, a worldwide leader in size reduction technologies, has promoted Brad Goins to the position of Project Engineer. Goins has been with Vecoplan for 10 years and was formerly a Project Designer. As Project Engineer, Goins responsibilities will expand beyond project design, to include the engineering of complete size reduction and recycling systems. In addition, he will now become part of the Research and Development Team for New Technologies at Vecoplan. “Over the last decade, Brad has proven to be an invaluable asset as a Project Designer at Vecoplan” states Gary Kolbet, VP of Engineering at Vecoplan,

Spiel Associates Inc. is proud to announce the arrival of Frank Bagrosky to our company. He comes to us with a wealth of bindery equipment knowledge. Frank worked for James Burn for 17 years, first as a machinist, then as an engineer. He then worked for Performance Design Inc. for over 10 years. Frank worked there as an engineer and also in sales. After mastering each department he rose to the position of general manager. His ascent to management from an entry level machine shop job is a true American dream story. We are happy he chose to join us here at Spiel Associates.

DÜSSELDORF—GERMANY—May 29, 2008—GBC Commercial Laminating Solutions Group, part of ACCO Brands Corporation (NYSE: ABD) and world market leader in print finishing equipment and consumables, is exhibiting their range of thermal laminating solutions for commercial, on-demand and wide-format finishing at drupa 2008. Explore! GBC’s new frontiers in print finishing at drupa 2008 With this year’s drupa promising to be the biggest-ever in the fair’s history, GBC is planning a memorable show. During live demonstrations, GBC will present their equipment and consumables for a variety of printing processes and applications. “Customers visiting drupa will be able to explore GBC’s new frontiers in print