Ken Specialties

WOOD DALE, Ill.—Ken Specialties, Ken Die Cutting Supplies, and American Die Supplies has completed a strategic merger of the companies and will now be known simply as AmeriKen. “For over 50 years the companies’ names have been synonymous with quality, ingenuity, and dependability,” said Dale Kengott, president. For the last 6 years, after the purchase of American Die Supplies, the companies have been working under the unified umbrella of the Ameri-Ken Companies. “Although there is a great deal of history, and sentiment, in the Ken Specialties and Ken Die Cutting Supplies’ names,” said Kengott, whose father and uncle, Donald Kengott and Raymond Kengott respectively,

With a keen ability to put industry before the individual, Rex Williams has helped secure the future of the IADD. by Jessica Millward, Associate Editor A painting without a signature? An article without a by-line? A movie without credits? Achievement without specific acknowledgement isn't exactly commonplace in today's world; pats-on-the-back seem contracted before the first ounce of effort is expended. It's understandable, then, that the International Association of Diecutting and Diemaking should want to shine its spotlight squarely on Rex Williams, general manager of Dies, Inc., in Kansas City, whose specialty lies in making "stars" out of other members, through example and