Buford, GA, July 23, 2007 – The new GlueGlider MAX® Continuous Adhesive Applicator received the prestigious “Most Innovative New Product Award” during the annual 2007 International Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) Convention and Trade Show held in Chicago. CHA and Art Materials Retailer magazine partnered in the award for the best-of-the-best hot and innovative products introduced at the show. Product design, function, packaging and sell-through potential were considered in the selection made by industry experts and dealers. CHA has more than six thousand member companies engaged in the manufacture, distribution and retail sales of products in the over $30 billion papercraft and hobby industry.

“The CHA award recognizes another creative adhesive solution from GlueArts® but the real winner is our customers,” says Jim Rudolph, President of RS Industrial’s GlueArts® division. “We listened to the market and our dealers for direction and this award recognizes our dealers’ intuitive knowledge for what their customers were looking for in an easy-to-use adhesive applicator,” Rudolph added.

The GlueGlider MAX® offers an adhesive system with an easy-to-load, snap-in disposable cartridge capable of dispensing a variety of adhesive strengths and widths, replacing the cumbersome threading process of the larger tape dispenser guns still used by many competitors. “It provides the best performing adhesive the industry has to offer specifically prepared for the craft and papercrafting industries,” said Rudolph.

“We could not be happier with the positive response to the GlueGlider® and its extremely gratifying for GlueArts® to be recognized by people who matter most – our dealers and customers,” said Tina Cousino, Product Manager. “Our GlueGlider® line was received with open arms at CHA. Our Crop & Glue® booth was constantly bustling and it brought recognition to our entire line of excellent products and the outstanding adhesion they also offer.”

About GlueArts®

GlueArts® is a division of RS Industrial® based in Buford, Georgia and is the manufacturer of
Crop & Glue®, GlueRings®, GlueGlider MAX® and GlueGlider PRO®, adhesive product lines specifically manufactured to fulfill the needs of scrapbookers and paper crafters worldwide. In serving this niche industry, GlueArts® is dedicated to bringing to this market a variety of exclusive product lines driven by 21st century technology and manufacturing expertise. GlueArts® has received the “Creative Home Arts Seal of Approval” and is proud to be a Charter Member of The National Scrapbook Association.