Commemorating its 20th anniversary of being listed as a publicly traded company, Matthews International Corporation's (NASDAQ GSM: MATW) President and Chief Executive Officer, Joseph C. Bartolacci, together with members of the Company's Board of Directors, will ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell today, July 17, 2014, at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City. The Company's initial public offering was on July 20, 1994.
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