Tufco Technologies Announces Planned Retirement of Louis LeCalsey III

Tufco Technologies TFCO today announced that Louis LeCalsey, III will retire on September 19, 2011. Until that time, he will continue to function as President and CEO. Concurrent with Mr. LeCalsey's retirement, James F. Robinson, currently Tufco's Senior Vice President Contract Manufacturing Sales and Marketing, will assume the positions of President and CEO, as well as become a member of the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. LeCalsey will remain on the Company's Board of Directors and will also become a Senior Advisor to the Company under a consulting agreement. Mr. Robinson has been with the Company since January 11, 2010. Prior to joining Tufco he served as Business Development and Technical Director and Business Director-Latin America for Mondi, an international paper and packaging group with revenues in excess of $8.5 billion. Mr. Robinson was also a founding member of Hygenitec, a Wisconsin wet wipes manufacturer. He received a BA in Business Administration/Economics from Lakeland College and attended graduate school at La Universidad Autonoma Del Estado de Morelos-Centro Bilingue in Mexico.