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Parkinson Technologies Creates Advisory Board

August 6, 2007
Woonsocket, RI-USA

Parkinson Technologies announces the creation of an Advisory Board to provide perspective and feedback as Parkinson continues to successfully secure growth opportunities in technology-driven segments of the continuous web processing industry. The following industry leaders have agreed to join the board:

Randy Barko, Vice President of Corporate Development, Flextronics, a $30 billion provider of electronics design and manufacturing services. Formerly Corporate Vice President of Nypro, a $1 billion, employee-owned contract manufacturer in the plastics industry.

Ed Homonoff, President, Homonoff Associates, a technology and marketing consulting company whose principle customers are in the nonwovens industry. Formerly with Dexter, a nonwovens producer now owned by Ahlstrom.

Phillip Morgan, President & CEO, Morgan Construcion, a $250 million privately-held business that designs and manufactures large-scale rolling mills for the steel industry. Founded in 1888 and located in Worcester, MA, they have operations in China, India, and Brazil.

Kate Putnam, President, Package Machinery Company, a privately-held company in West Springfield, MA, that designs and manufactures wrapping equipment for customers in the food, retail goods, personal care and confectionery industries.

Harold Wrede, former CEO of Egan Machinery (now a part of Davis-Standard) and former chairman of Battenfeld Gloucester, both designers and manufacturers of plastics processing machinery for the blown and cast film markets.

About Parkinson Technologies. Parkinson Technologies Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of large-scale web-handling, winding and plastics processing equipment. With a world-class pilot plant facility, Parkinson also offers its customers complete flexibility to conduct plastics sheet/film extrusion and orientation R&D and to produce commercially viable marketing samples. Parkinson's customers include a broad range of companies, from venture-backed startups to Fortune 50 enterprises, all of whom demand innovative solutions to their web processing challenges.