Clint Medlock

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Dennis Garrity, head of the DREC steering committee, announced the final details for the Diecutting Resource Exposition & Conference (DREC), which will be held in Kansas City, on Tuesday, Oct. 30; in Denver on Friday, Nov. 2; and in Salt Lake City on Monday, Nov. 5. This free one-day education, information, and problem-solving workshop has 18 exhibitors; two industry expert session leaders in Clint Medlock and Kevin Carey; and a technical solutions clinic combined with new products, new materials, and new techniques. For more information about this opportunity and to register call 1-800-227-7528, or visit www.drec.org

INDIAN TRAIL, N.C.—Stafford Cutting Dies, Inc. recently installed another automated rule bender manufactured by SDS and sold by Adams Technologies of Boulder, Colorado. President Clint Medlock stated "This equipment addition will be our third automated bender and should aid in streamlining our manufacturing flow.  Since this bender is capable of bending 4 point rule up to 2" tall, it also expands our capabilities in automation. The additional automated bender will enable us to improve quality and turnaround time for all tooling." Stafford Cutting Dies, Inc. is a supplier of laser produced rotary, flat, auto platen and specialty steel rule dies for the corrugated container

A simple purchase Andrew Carey made when he was 11 years old was his first step on a journey of significant contribution to the diecutting/diemaking industry. ANDREW CAREY SAID that his father, Kevin Carey, was always involved in the diecutting/diemaking business, so it seemed natural for him to follow in his father's footsteps. And he didn't wait too long to get started, or to move up the ladder of success. At the age of 16, Carey started his career in the industry working part time in the shipping and receiving department of Lasercomb America. Soon after high school, he went full time as