Press Releases

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz, December 11, 2006 – Xyron is pleased to announce that four products – the Xyron® 2” Adhesive Runner, the Xyron® Personal Cutting System™, the Xyron® Design Runner™ and the Xyron® Wishblade® Personal Media Cutter – have recently been recognized by leading US trade and consumer publications as among the best creative tools available for the creative consumer.
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> Readers of Creating Keepsakes Magazine have selected Xyron cutting and adhesive products as finalists in three categories in their annual Readers’ Choice Awards. The nominated products are:
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> In Die-Cut Equipment
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> The Xyron® Personal Cutting System™
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> The Xyron® Wishblade® Personal Media Cutter
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> In Specialty Cutting Tools
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> The Xyron® Wishblade® Personal Media Cutter
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> In Adhesives
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> Xyron® 2” Adhesives
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> Finalists in all Readers’ Choice categories were determined by consumer voting and will be published in the Creating Keepsakes Top Ten issue, on sale January 2007. The winners will be determined by Creating Keepsakes readers and announced in the March 2007 issue.
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> The leading trade publication in the scrapbooking/paper craft industry, Craftrends, has honored Xyron’s newest products – the Xyron® Design Runner™ and the Xyron® Personal Cutting System™ – with two finalist nods each in its 15th Annual Awards of Creative Excellence (ACE) competition.
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> 2007 AWARD NOMINATIONS
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> 2007 ACE nominations are:
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> In the Technology Category
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> The Xyron® Design Runner™
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> In the Scrapbooking Tools Category
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> The Xyron® Personal Cutting System™
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> For the Innovation Award
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> The Xyron® Personal Cutting System™
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> The Xyron® Design Runner™

The Craftrends' Awards of Creative Excellence are industry awards given exclusively to new products introduced and shipped to retail outlets during the eligibility year (October 2005 to October 2006 for the 2007 award). Entries were judged on overall quality, originality, attractiveness, clarity of instructions, retail support, advertising/marketing support, and whether the products and books met consumer needs, and winners will be announced at the Craft & Hobby Association Winter Show in Anaheim, California, January 28-31, 2007.