DAWSONVILLE, Georgia - March 28, 2006 - The new CTL 4640 coater from Nordson Corporation (Nasdaq – NDSN) enhances the company’s global laboratory capabilities to help customers accurately qualify nonwovens and web coating applications, hot melt adhesives and substrates in a controlled environment.

The CTL 4640 coater handles diverse customer demonstration and development trials at Nordson facilities in Dawsonville, Georgia, USA, and Lüneburg, Germany.

The coater provides coating and laminating on a variety of substrates or their combinations, including nonwovens, films, foams, fabrics, tapes, labels and elastics. Operating at line speeds up to 600 meters per minute with a maximum coating width of 350 millimeters, the coater features modular back plates and rollers that reposition to accommodate different substrates and web-path routing requirements.

A graphical user interface replicates production conditions, and an advanced tension control system provides ramp-up and ramp-down throughout the full line speed range without negatively affecting substrates.

To meet individual end-product requirements, the coater accepts numerous contact and non-contact Nordson hot melt adhesive dispensing technologies. These include the EP51 slot applicator; Speed-Coat® high-speed intermittent slot applicator; and Universal™ applicators with CF®, Summit™, SureWrap™, Control Coat®, meltblown spray or bead nozzles.

The CTL 4640 coater at the laboratory in Germany includes additional coating capabilities that include a non-contact curtain coat slot applicator; and contact BC40, Porous Coat®, EP series, and TrueCoat™ slot applicators. It is also equipped with a QuadCure™ system for ultraviolet-curable hot melt adhesives.

For more information about laboratory testing, call Nordson Nonwovens Systems or Web Coating Systems toll-free 800-727-7224, fax 706-216-2981, or view www.nordson.com.

Nordson Corporation is the world's leading producer of precision dispensing equipment used to apply adhesives, sealants and coatings to a broad range of consumer and industrial products during manufacturing operations, helping customers meet quality, productivity and environmental targets. The company also manufactures technology-based systems for curing and surface treatment processes. Headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, Nordson has direct operations in 30 countries and 3,500 employees worldwide.