History

Our name says it all. Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC designs and builds flat extrusion dies and coating heads for plastics processors and web converters. This was our mission back in 1971, when EDI started out as a machine shop of four people in a small town in the U.S. Midwest. Now we are a global force - the world's largest manufacturer of flat dies and the field's technological leader. But our sole business is still the same: to provide producers of cast film, sheet, coatings, and laminates with value, quality, and dependable service.

To help our customers innovate and grow, we are constantly developing new die systems with enhanced capabilities. EDI's initial innovations were the Autoflex and Ultraflex dies, now worldwide industry standards in gauge control. Today, we are the only flat die builder whose manufacturing capabilities are totally three-dimensional, from initial concepts through engineering to the cutting of tool steel. This enables us to produce dies with flow-channel geometries that used to be impractical, if not impossible, to achieve. The results: dies that provide better product quality, greater raw-material economy, and higher productivity than ever before.

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.A. remains our world headquarters but we also serve customers through our wholly-owned subsidiaries, EDI GmbH in Reichshof-Wehnrath, Germany and EDI Precision Dies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China and a licensed rework facility in Japan. In Latin American, Europe, Asia and Australia, our extensive network of agents provides comprehensive sales and technical support.

EDI’s dedicated remanufacturing facilities in Chippewa Falls, Reichshof-Wehnrath, Germany and Shanghai, China – along with our licensed rework technology in Japan – helps customers protect their investments in EDI equipment by returning dies to original specifications and upgrading them with advanced systems.

Besides innovation and worldwide access, EDI helps processors and converters succeed by assuring them of dies that arrive on time, start-up quickly, and run reliably for years to come. Some of our original dies, in fact, are still in full production. Our design and manufacturing operations are ISO 9001:2000 compliant, and our commitment to quality embraces not only performance, but service - before, during, and after the sale. This is what brings customers back to EDI time and again.