International Association of Diecutting and Diemaking Announces New Team of Engineering Specialists.

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. -- The International Association of Diecutting and Diemaking (IADD) announced today its team of consulting engineers and industry experts - TECHTEAM. The IADD TECHTEAM is a dedicated and experienced team of industry professionals who stand ready to assist converters and tool makers with all their technical questions and engineering issues. TECHTEAM's mission is to quickly research and answer technical diecutting and diemaking questions in an unbiased, confidential, current, and direct manner. The Team is also tasked with providing new information to, and updating existing information within, the IADD's online Resource Center Library.

"For many years we have had a very close knit network of engineers, business owners, production people, and niche market experts within the converting industry. What we have done with the TECHTEAM concept is to formalize this network of pros into a group that is accessible to everyone," says Mark Batson Baril - TECHTEAM's lead person. "We've set up our Team so client questions are answered quickly, and the technical information is documented the entire way through the process. The more questions we research and answer, the faster the system will become. This is very exciting to be involved with!"

Today's TECHTEAM is made up of the following industry professionals: Mark Baril, Michael Barkin, Barry Borrell, Peter Bendell, Tony Hoffman, Brett Johnson, Dan Mathys, Clint Medlock, Randy Norman, John Passantino, and Craig Pepper.

TECHTEAM serves all converting (diecutting) and tool making (diemaking) industries relating to but not limited to: folding cartons, corrugated containers, commercial print finishing, gaskets, medical devices, ASTM and specialty test markets, membrane switches, all plastic cutting industries, textiles, multi-contour trimming, cloth, creasing, decals, diaphragms, EMI shielding, electronics, envelopes, flexible packaging, foam, foil stamping and embossing, industrial parts, labels and tags, laminates, leather, puzzles, thermal diecutting, etc.

The IADD is The Definitive Resource to the Diecutting / Converting Industry.

The IADD serves companies and individuals that convert soft to semi-rigid materials into various cut parts. By sharing collective knowledge, expertise and information, the IADD promotes and stimulates creativity and innovation. The association serves the diverse needs of all industries engaged in diecutting and diemaking and provides technical and business resources which demonstrate the commitment to "progress through participation."

TECHTEAM CAN BE FOUND AT http://www.iadd.org