Gerhardt International Forms Alliance with DMS Inc.

LAKE ZURICH, Ill.—Gerhardt has teamed up with DMS to provide a comprehensive range of tooling products, technical support, and customer service. Gerhardt now adds the DMS product line to its existing line of rotary hot stamping and embossing products currently supplied by Falcontec Ltd., a Gerhardt subsidiary located in the U.K. According to the company, this gives Gerhardt the opportunity to offer DMS drop-in hot stamping systems and a complete range of tooling and equipment for all cutting, hot stamping, and embossing requirements worldwide.

DMS Inc., located in Lake Zurich, Illinois, has been providing solutions for rotary hot stamping, heat sealing, and embossing for more than 30 years. DMS maintains broad internal engineering capabilities and builds all its own equipment and tooling.

Gerhardt International, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, has been producing magnetic cylinders, flexible dies, rotary dies, and related tooling for the printing and converting industries for more than 50 years. The company has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Denmark, Holland, Australia, and the United Kingdom, and sales offices throughout the world.