Direct Corrugated Press Solution

Will Goss, Day International, Inc.

FPPA, March 14, 2006

Day International Charter

Day is a leading designer, manufacturer and

marketer of highly engineered, consumable

image transfer products for the graphic arts

industry and fiber handling products for the

textile industry

Day International History

Offset printing blankets first manufactured

M.A. Hanna acquired Day

M.A. Hanna sold Day to American Industrial Partners

Varn and Accotex acquisitions

1,475 Day associates operate in 37 facilities worldwide

1945

1960

1995

1999

2000Custom Solutions acquisition

Today

Dayton Rubber and Manufacturing Company founded

Renamed Dayco Corporation; auto tire business sold to Firestone Tire & Rubber

Auto hose and belt business sold with Dayco name; renamed Day International GSC Partners and SG

Capital Partners acquired Day

Rotec acquisition

NDI and IPT acquisitions

Produced first printing rolls

1905

1936

1986

1987

2003

davidM acquisition

1997

1998

Packaging Industry

• Packaging Growth= ~ 5% = $120 Billion– Cautious Economy/Consumer Spending– Asia/Latin America Strong Growth– Oil Prices: Moderate Negative– Europe some Growth

• Forecast– Small Bull Marketplace– Strong Productivity Growth– Moderate Capitol Investments

Packaging Market Sectors

Percent of Total Market

72%

13%

10%

2%1%2%

Flexo

Litho

Gravure

Screen

Letter

Others

Packaging Segments

Percent of Market

Flexible, 20.7

Multiwall, 3

Labels, 10.2

Corr/Pre, 31

Fold Cart, 13.4

Envelope, 3.2

Can/Glass, 18.5

Corrugated/Folding Carton

• “Low End” Graphics: ~70% and falling– Brown Box– Thick Plates, Relief: ~.070”- .150”– Typically 1-3 colors

• “High End” Graphics: ~30% and rising– Smooth Board Stocks– Thin Plates, Relief: ~.025”-.060”– 2-4+ colors

Objective

• Develop an integrated system that utilizes an integrated carrier/cushion stock and combines the image transfer element via a direct digital workflow into a composite press ready corrugated construction.

Features

• Complete Integrated Article– Carrier Sheet with cylinder attachment mechanism– Cushion Layer(s)– Image Transfer Element (potentially replaceable)

• Photopolymer(s), Liquid and/or solid materials usable

• Direct Digital Curing of image transfer element– Day Patent #’s: 6,855,482 & 6,976,426– Other Patent Applications Pending

Cross-sectional Diagrams

Direct Digital Image Transfer Element

Value Added Technology to End Users

Element Current Art New System

Workflow •Complex

•Mostly Analog

•Simplified

•Digital

Components •Individual plate, mounting tape, carrier w/cushion

•“Stacked” tolerances

•Integration of all components

•Total Thickness tolerance

Technical Choices

•Component Vendor selection based on trial and error

•Integration of properties for application requirements

Registration •Varies with accuracy of mounting & analog system

•Digital imaging direct to carrier gives ‘perfect’ accuracy

Print Quality •Varies with all components

•Unpredictable until used

•Pre-determined by system design for application

“Plate” Quality •Analog •Digital

Summary of Benefits

• Lower Labor & Error Elements– Elimination of several steps in workflow– Efficiency of Digital Workflow

• Higher Quality– Improved Tolerances & Image Registration– Higher Print quality and predictability

• Potential Reusability– ‘Reimageable’ integrated support components

Questions?

Thank You for Your Attention!