Piedmont National Acquires Rights to Distribute Lantech Packaging Systems in Southeast



Tuesday, March 18, 2008

For Immediate Release

Atlanta, GA – Piedmont National Corporation, the southeast's largest independent packaging distributor, has acquired the rights to sell the packaging systems of Lantech, the inventor of pallet stretch wrapping technology and world market leader with more than 65,000 installed machines.  Headquartered in Atlanta, Piedmont will cover the southeastern U.S. from its offices in Charlotte, Greenville, Tampa, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Birmingham, Decatur, Dothan and Montgomery, AL.

"Piedmont shares our passion for improving the cost efficiency of our customers' operations, and for providing the ongoing support to ensure the success of our customers packaging processes," said Ric Lee, Lantech Executive Director of Sales and Marketing.  "Customers of Piedmont have high respect for the company, so the association of our two names in this region should propel the success of both."

Piedmont National is factory-certified to sell and service Lantech’s full product line of semiautomatic, Simple Automation™ and automatic stretch wrapping, case handling and shrink packaging systems.

About Piedmont National

Piedmont National Corporation is the largest independent packaging distributor organization in the southeastern U. S. The company is family-owned and operated, and has the flexibility of programs to meet the specific packaging needs of the customer. A professional, tenured sales and customer service staff, along with a team of factory-trained packaging technicians and dedicated product specialists, is well prepared to provide the most innovative packaging products and unique solutions.

About Lantech

Lantech's packaging and productivity solutions include semiautomatic and automatic stretch wrapping; automatic case handling; shrink packaging and pallet-load conveying systems.  Lantech is the originator of stretch wrapping technology and the world's largest manufacturer, with 65,000 systems placed around the world.  Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, with manufacturing operations in the U.S. and Europe, Lantech products are sold and serviced by a network of 175 distributor locations.  Visit the company's website at lantech.com for more information.

Piedmont Contact
Eric Felton
Piedmont National
1561 Southland Circle N. West
Atlanta, GA 30318
Tel: 404.351.6130

Lantech Contact
Jerry Todd
Advertising & Promotion Mgr.
Lantech.com
11000 Bluegrass Pkwy.
Louisville, KY 40299-2399
Tel: 800.866.0322
E-mail: jerryt@lantech.com

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