Melissa Monster-van Golverdingen, Managing Director of Pnt state of the world due to the global health crisis and how it has affected his company. He also provides some insight on what he believes the future will bring for his business.

2019 IADD Cutting Edge Award winner Petra Schweitzer of Sperrholzwerk Schweitzer GmbH joins hosts Gino Gualitieri and Lisa Boyd to talk about her dieboard manufacturing company out of Austria. Originally producing wood veneers at a mill for the furniture industry, this family-owned company has transitioned into the diemaking world, supplying customers in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Petra talks about the struggles the company faced to establish rotary dieboard standards and find customers within the diemaking industry, and the elements of their ultimate success. Sperrholzwerk Schweitzer GmbH continues to do research and development as well as pay close attention to their products and customers to fulfill industry needs.

2019 IADD Cutting Edge Award winner Petra Schweitzer of Sperrholzwerk Schweitzer GmbH joins hosts Gino Gualitieri and Lisa Boyd to talk about her dieboard manufacturing company out of Austria. Originally producing wood veneers at a mill for the furniture industry, this family-owned company has transitioned into the diemaking world, supplying customers in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Petra talks about the struggles the company faced to establish rotary dieboard standards and find customers within the diemaking industry, and the elements of their ultimate success. Sperrholzwerk Schweitzer GmbH continues to do research and development as well as pay close attention to their products and customers to fulfill industry needs.

Rick Ruckh of Carton Craft Supply Inc. was the 2019 IADD Presidential Award winner and has been in the industry since 2003. Originally starting as a salesperson for Atlas Die then working with Wagner Die Supply, he learned many things that eventually landed him a position in equipment sales at Carton Craft. Rick helps supply the latest technology from Serviform, Boxplan and Lasercomb to the industry. Rick talks about the changes he has seen in technology over the years and how the newer equipment has helped the industry become more automated and made processes more efficient. Rick has been involved with the IADD for several years and now serves as the VP of Technical Services on IADD's Board of Directors. He continues to spread the message he was once told: "You get out of it what you put into it." Podcast host Gino Gualtieri of Central Die Supplies was joined by special co-host Austin Murray of Stafford Cutting Dies for this interview.

Rick Ruckh of Carton Craft Supply Inc. was the 2019 IADD Presidential Award winner and has been in the industry since 2003. Originally starting as a salesperson for Atlas Die then working with Wagner Die Supply, he learned many things that eventually landed him a position in equipment sales at Carton Craft. Rick helps supply the latest technology from Serviform, Boxplan and Lasercomb to the industry. Rick talks about the changes he has seen in technology over the years and how the newer equipment has helped the industry become more automated and made processes more efficient. Rick has been involved with the IADD for several years and now serves as the VP of Technical Services on IADD's Board of Directors. He continues to spread the message he was once told: "You get out of it what you put into it." Podcast host Gino Gualtieri of Central Die Supplies was joined by special co-host Austin Murray of Stafford Cutting Dies for this interview.

Jack Kane is President of Acu-Gage Systems, a company that has been involved with IADD for nearly 30 years, and was first purchased in 1990 by Jack's father. Jack explains how versatile his company is and the different industries they serve with machines that inspect a wide variety of parts with a range of tolerances. Find out how products from Acu-Gage Systems can also help measure machines to determine which one is running most accurately, and which one needs to be serviced. Acu-Gage Systems is a family-run business that has strived to keep up with its customers' needs, including the increasing demands as tighter tolerances are required.

Jack Kane is President of Acu-Gage Systems, a company that has been involved with IADD for nearly 30 years, and was first purchased in 1990 by Jack's father. Jack explains how versatile his company is and the different industries they serve with machines that inspect a wide variety of parts with a range of tolerances. Find out how products from Acu-Gage Systems can also help measure machines to determine which one is running most accurately, and which one needs to be serviced. Acu-Gage Systems is a family-run business that has strived to keep up with its customers' needs, including the increasing demands as tighter tolerances are required.

What started as a $1500 USD investment in 1974 from his grandfather has led Mark Pierce to becoming the President of Davis & Pierce Die Service, Inc., a 3rd-generation family-run die shop that makes almost every kind of cutting die you can think of. Mark talks about the importance of quality assurance and what kinds of things they implement to maintain relationships with their customers. He also explains what he thinks is one of the most crucial areas of diemaking. Mark believes communication is an important key to success and something that can always be improved upon from the customer and throughout the shop. With his state-of-the-art equipment and talented workforce, Mark is optimistic for the future but expects to continue to see change as developing equipment starts to produce parts without cutting dies.

Forty years ago, Butch Schomber saw a rotary printing press for the first time and asked the simple question "What is it?" That curiosity ultimately led him to his current role as Global Innovation Manager for RotoMetrics, as well as an IADD TechTeam expert. Seeing how quickly the diecutting industry grew from stickers to cartons, Butch turned his focus to developing new products and solutions to increase his customers' profitability. With several manufacturing facilities internationally, RotoMetrics takes pride in "bringing rotary to a flatbed world." Today, Butch's question paving the way for RotoMetrics is "Can we do it?" Listen in on how Butch uses his customer visits and interactions to continue to stay up to date on changes, plan ahead for development and inspire further innovation.

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