diff --git a/planetstack/importer/plclassic/slice_importer.py b/planetstack/importer/plclassic/slice_importer.py
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+from core.models import Slice
+
+class SliceImporter:
+
+    def __init__(self, api):
+        self.api = api
+        self.remote_slices = {}
+        self.local_slices = {}
+
+    def run(self, remote_sites={}, local_sites={}):
+        if not remote_sites:
+            sites = self.api.GetSites({'peer_id': None})
+            for site in sites:
+                remote_sites[site['site_id']] = site
+        
+
+        if not local_sites:
+            from core.models import Site
+            sites = Site.objects.all()
+            for site in sites:
+                local_sites[site.login_base] = site            
+
+        db_slices = Slice.objects.all()
+        for db_slice in db_slices:
+            self.local_slices[db_slice.name] = db_slice
+        print "%s local slices" % len(db_slices)
+
+        slices = self.api.GetSlices({'peer_id': None})
+        print "%s remote slices" % len(slices)
+        count = 0 
+        for slice in slices:
+            self.remote_slices[slice['slice_id']] = slice
+            if slice['name'] not in self.local_slices:
+                site = local_sites[remote_sites[slice['site_id']]['login_base']]
+                new_slice = Slice(name=slice['name'],
+                                   instantiation=slice['instantiation'],
+                                   omf_friendly = False,
+                                   description = slice['description'],
+                                   slice_url = slice['url'],
+                                   site = site)
+                new_slice.save()
+                count += 1
+                self.local_slices[new_slice.name] = new_slice
+        print "Imported %s slices" % count
+
+          
+