WESTLAKE, Ohio –  September 30, 2005 –    Nordson Corporation  (Nasdaq:NDSN) today announced that   Jeff Pembroke has joined the company as vice president of sales and marketing for its Finishing and Coating business segment. The Finishing and Coating businesses include powder, liquid and container.  In this position, Pembroke will be responsible for all global sales and marketing activities as well as application engineering and domestic and international customer service for this $131 million business group.  

Prior to joining Nordson, Pembroke spent 15 years in sales and marketing positions with General Electric’s (GE) Advanced Materials Group. Upon joining GE in 1989, he entered the company’s two-year rotational Financial Management Program, spending the majority of his time on assignments in Singapore. Afterwards, Pembroke entered into a sales position as an account manager for Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. From there, he was promoted to a field market development role and later went on to become the marketing director for Chicago. Pembroke’s other positions include region general manager for Cleveland, Ohio, and director of commercial operations. Most recently, he was the general manager-distribution operations.  

Pembroke holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore School of Business and Economics.  

Nordson Corporation is one of the world's leading producers of precision dispensing equipment that applies adhesives, sealants and coatings to a broad range of consumer and industrial products during manufacturing operations.  The company also manufactures technology-based systems for curing and surface treatment processes.  Headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, Nordson Corporation has 3,600 employees worldwide and direct operations and sales support offices in 30 countries.


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Contact:   Derrick Johnson, Director, Corporate Communications
Phone:     440.414.5639
E-mail:     djohnson@nordson.com