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Visit us at METPACK 2008

Press Release - Don Cochran Receives 2008 Automated Imaging Achievement Award

New Patent Issued

Another New Patent Issued

Thank you for visiting us at the K 2007 show

New Patent issued

Pressco wins Leading Edge award

Thank you for visiting us at CANNEX and FILLEX April 2007

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Visit us at METPACK 2008

Come visit us at METPACK, the International trade fair for metal packaging professionals.

What METPACK 2008 Metal Packaging show
Where Essen Germany
When April 22-26, 2008
Booth Hall 3 Stand #217

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For additional information, please contact:

Al Storey
Marketing Communications Specialist
Pressco Technology Inc.
29200 Aurora Road
Cleveland, OH USA 44139-1847
440-298-2600
e-mail: astorey@pressco.com

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Press Release - Don Cochran Receives 2008 Automated Imaging Achievement Award

(Orlando, Florida - February 13, 2008) Don W. Cochran, Chairman and CEO of Pressco Technology Inc., was presented with the 2008 Automated Imaging Achievement Award during a ceremony held at the Automated Imaging Association’s (AIA) 16th Annual Business Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Mr. Cochran was nominated by AIA members and selected from a talented pool of candidates by its Board of Directors, who wished to recognize Mr. Cochran for his accomplishments and for his outstanding contributions to the machine vision and imaging industry. The award was presented by John Merva, AIA’s 2007 President and Vice President - Business Development of CCS America Inc.

Said Mr. Merva, “Don was a pioneer in the machine vision industry and has been a driver and innovator to this day. Through his efforts and business practices, he has brought the benefits of machine vision inspection to many companies”. Mr. Merva continued, “in doing so, he has helped the industry obtain a respectable, legitimate image from which we all benefit. We are all indebted to Don for this."

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New Patent Issued

Pressco is proud to announce an addition to our impressive patent list!

Patent # 7,220,378: Method and Apparatus for the Measurement and Control of Both the Inside and Outside Surface Temperature of Thermoplastic Preforms During Stretch Blow Molding Operations

Abstract:

A stretch blow molding system that condition preforms such that the temperature distribution within the cross-section of each preform is optimized prior to blow molding operations is provided. The system has a temperature measurement and control system capable of directly monitoring both the outside as well as the inside surface temperature of preforms at different stages of transport throughout the thermal conditioning section of the system.

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Another new patent issued!

Pressco is proud to announce an addition to our impressive patent list!

Patent # 7,227,166: System and Method for Associating Container Defect Information to a Specific Path of Manufacturing

Abstract:

This application relates to an apparatus and method for automated inspection of formed metal containers. More specifically, it pertains to the use of machine vision systems to identify and correlate manufacturing defects occurring in formed food and beverage containers to specific manufacturing paths or sources of origin (e.g., body makers) used in the container forming process. The disclosed invention is enabled by the placement of a machine-readable code on specific portions of the can body during the forming process and the use of machine vision reading techniques.

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Thank you for visiting us at the K2007 show

Thanks to all who visited our booth at the K 2007 show in Dusseldorf, Germany in October.

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For additional information, please contact:

Al Storey
Marketing Communications Specialist
Pressco Technology Inc.
29200 Aurora Road
Cleveland, OH USA 44139-1847
440-298-2600
e-mail: astorey@pressco.com

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New Patent issued

Pressco is proud to announce an addition to our impressive patent list!

Patent # 7,204,943: Method and Apparatus for Handling Parts Ejected from an Injection Molding Machine

Abstract:

This invention relates to a method and apparatus for handling parts ejected from an injection molding machine. More particularly, in one aspect, the invention is directed to a system whereby data molded into the ejected part is used to provide useful feedback for the molding process. In another aspect, molded parts formed in a multiple molding die are ejected from the die in a manner to maintain the relative sequential or matrix organization so that useful feedback information can be generated. This system is particularly useful with subsequent machine vision and inspection applications.

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Press Release - Pressco wins Leading Edge award
 
Pressco Technology Inc. was one of the 101 Northeastern Ohio companies to receive The Leading Edge Award at a luncheon during the month of May, 2007. This honor is for companies that have created the most value for themselves and the region based on 2006 employee compensation and EBIT figures.

For additional information, please contact:

Al Storey
Marketing Communications Specialist
Pressco Technology Inc.
29200 Aurora Road
Cleveland, OH USA 44139-1847
440-298-2600
e-mail: astorey@pressco.com

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