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New owner and lab line for EDI
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ollowing the announcement of its sale to private equity firm Bertram Capital last year, US sheet/film flat die specialist Extrusion Dies Industries (EDI) has completed a recapitalisation with financing provided by Bertram. EDI has also added on a 1.6 m line to its lab.EDI designs and manufactures extrusion dies, coating heads and related products for producers of cast film, sheet, coatings and laminates. The company's customers serve a variety of dynamic end markets, including: plastic packaging, building products, consumer goods, electronics, medical and alternative energy. EDI has manufacturing operations in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; Reichshof-Wehnrath, Germany; and Shanghai, China.
Meanwhile, the expansion at EDI's Technology Centre consists of a 1.6 m extrusion line that can be used for cast film, coating or lamination and is fully equipped for laboratory-scale single or multi-layer production and web converting. The centre also includes a slot die or fluid coating line, a sheet line with six extruders and other product/process development capabilities.