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Chuck Ganzer Awarded Nordson's Fellowship of Distinguished Inventors Award
June 21, 2017 | NordsonEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Chuck Ganzer, senior project engineer Nordson Adhesives Division, was recently recognized and honored with the Nordson Corporation Fellowship of Distinguished Inventors Award.
Ganzer is only the eighth recipient of the Fellowship Award. The award was established in 2001 when the inaugural award was given to Nordson co-founder Eric Nord. The Fellowship of Distinguished Inventors recognizes individual inventors who have made an important contribution to Nordson's patented technology.
In his 27 years with Nordson, Ganzer has been granted 24 U.S. patents. His patents were instrumental for product development across all Nordson's Adhesives Division served markets. Some of the industry-known products Ganzer has helped bring to market include SureBead applicators for packaging applications and Allegro nozzles for nonwovens product manufacturing.
About Nordson Corporation
Nordson Corporation engineers, manufactures and markets differentiated products and systems used for the precision dispensing of adhesives, coatings, sealants, biomaterials, polymers, plastics and other materials, fluid management, test and inspection, UV curing and plasma surface treatment, all supported by application expertise and direct global sales and service. Nordson serves a wide variety of consumer non-durable, durable and technology end markets including packaging, nonwovens, electronics, medical, appliances, energy, transportation, construction, and general product assembly and finishing. Founded in 1954 and headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, the company has operations and support offices in more than 35 countries. Visit Nordson on the web.
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