PC Industries, seeking to strengthen its presence in New England, has signed Hesser Associates LLC as a new sales representative. The partnership has been in effect since January.

Hesser Associates will provide high-level sales support for the Illinois-based manufacturer of quality improvement, automatic inspection and process control systems for the printing, converting, packaging and pharmaceutical industries. According to the company, Hesser Associates has a long history of service to label printers, wide web flexo, corrugated, web offset and graveure customers, and will be "a valuable addition to the PC Industries network."