Constantia Flexibles – Vienna, Austria – Alexander Baumgartner (1) has assumed the role of CEO at Constantia Flexibles.

DataLase – Widnes, Cheshire, UK – DataLase has appointed Martin Walker (2) and Adam O’Rourke (3) to help lead the expansion of the digital print business. O’Rourke will serve as the program manager of materials, and Walker will function as the technical services manager.

DuPont – Wilmington, DE, USA – DuPont has named Jon Kemp as president of its Electronics & Communications business. He succeeds David Miller, who has decided to retire after 34 years with the company.

Durst – Rochester, NY, USA – Durst has added textiles/soft-signage printing expert Bob Rychel (4) to its US sales team. In addition, the company has expanded the role of Large-Format Digital Sales manager Tom Green (5). He will now directly serve the Southeast Region in addition to his more general responsibilities.

Esko – Miamisburg, OH, USA – Esko has appointed Leonardo Cruz (6) to general manager of Latin America. He will be responsible for creating regional strategies to build both direct and indirect Esko sales and expand service and customer support coverage in Mexico, Central America and South America.

Flint Group – Willstätt, Germany – Cyrille Billouard has joined Flint Group Flexible Packaging EMEA as International Key Account manager. He will provide support to accounts situated in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Flint Group has also announced the appointment of Martina Nast as key account manager, Flexographic Products.

Heidelberg – Kennesaw, GA, USA – Harold Hoff has been appointed to serve as vice president, sales and service, while Jason Roth will continue his role as vice president, finance and operations.

Interflex Laser Engravers – Spartanburg, SC, USA – Interflex Laser Engravers has hired Neil Surber (7) to represent its anilox technical sales service.

ITW Dynatec – Mettmann, Germany – ITW Dynatec has hired Guido Schuermann to become the new market manager for the Coating & Lamination/Product-Assembly segment in the EMEA region.

Kocher + Beck – Suwanee, GA, USA – Cindy Keith has returned to Kocher + Beck to take on responsibilities in marketing and human resources.

Mark Andy – St. Louis, MO, USA – Mark Andy has promoted Joe Ray (8) to sales manager for Mark Andy Print Products in North America. He will be responsible for direct management of his sales team, setting overall direction for customer acquisition, as well as account growth and implementation strategies to grow market share.

MPS – Green Bay, WI, USA – MPS Systems North America has hired Michael Weyermann as its area sales manager, Northeast USA. Renee Rauscher has also been added as an office manager at the company’s corporate office in Green Bay.

Nordson Corporation – Warsaw, Poland – Nordson has appointed Lukasz Krzywaski (9) to be regional sales manager in Eastern Europe for the company’s Polymer Processing System range of melt stream components.

Pamarco – Atlanta, GA, USA – Pamarco has appointed Tiffany Mora (10) to customer service representative for its flexo division on the West Coast, while Andrew Reida (11) has taken over as technical sales engineer for the Northeast region.

RotoMetrics – Eureka, MO, USA – Keith Laakko has joined RotoMetrics as vice president of global marketing and business development.

SpencerMetrics – Melville, NY, USA – SpencerMetrics has welcomed John Sweeney to its business development team. He will be responsible for new business acquisition and driving expansion of the SpencerMetrics suite of productivity improvement solutions.

SPGPrints America – Charlotte, NC, USA – SPGPrints has named Jeffrey Ardo the graphic sales manager, taking responsibility for the company’s DSI UV-inkjet label press and rotary screen printing program. Tyler York also joins the SPGPrints Graphics Sales team in Charlotte.

Spinnaker Coating – Troy, OH, USA – Spinnaker Coating, a manufacturer of pressure sensitive paper and film products for the printing industry, has announced the hiring of: Michael Marasch (12), vice president, roll marketing and sales; Joseph Roth (13), director of technical consulting; and, Adam Shea (14), quality manager. 

Vetaphone – Kolding, Denmark – Camilla Peterson (15) has been named the head of order processing at Vetaphone.

Weber Packaging Solutions – Arlington Heights, IL, USA – Michael Brown has been named the executive vice president, North America, at Weber Packaging Solutions. He will report directly to president and CEO Scott Morris.



Hub Labels expands use of AVT 100% inspection technology
Hub Labels, a manufacturer of pressure sensitive labels, linerless labels and direct mail pieces in Hagerstown, MD, USA, is expanding its use of inspection and quality control solutions from AVT, a supplier of print inspection, print process control and quality assurance systems for the label converting industry. The expansion chiefly involves AVT’s Helios, a solution for 100% inspection and quality assurance in label and narrow web printing.

For Hub Labels, the announcement not only represents trust in AVT’s inspection systems but also growth in its own overall business needs.  After originally installing Helios on a pair of its labeling lines two years ago, Hub Labels is now adding the solution to three existing lines, as well as two newly purchased ones. The uptick in overall output from the new lines, combined with the increased efficiency yielded by AVT’s solutions, will result in a sharp surge in production capabilities for Hub Labels, the company says.

Helios deploys dedicated, advanced algorithms designed to detect any type of defect, including color misregister, color variations, misprints, text errors, spots, splashes, diecut problems, bar code problems and missing labels. The system works seamlessly on any substrate and any application. Helios also offers integrated archiving and reporting features, as well as an innovative, built-in reporting module named PrintFlow.

For Hub Labels, the ability of Helios to immediately detect developing defects – thereby decreasing overprinting and reprinting – will reduce waste and production costs. In fact, since its original AVT Helios installation, Hub Labels has clocked material waste as low as 2% even while running 400 feet of web per minute.  The resulting boost to overall productivity and efficiency is often instant and dramatic; Hub Labels estimates its own output has risen an impressive 15%.

In addition, Hub Labels has complemented its Helios installation with AVT’s optional WorkFlow Link solution, which provides reliable connection between presses and rewinders toward the efficient removal of defective material. WorkFlow Link provides remote access to PrintFlow data from all installed AVT 100% inspection systems, and can be deployed in conjunction with the optional PrintFlow Manager, an innovative quality reporting management tool.

“AVT’s inspection and quality control solutions increase not only our capabilities but our confidence, because its multi-tiered stopgaps reassure us that any out-of-spec labels are being recognized for potential rejection,” says Thomas Dahbura, president of Hub Labels.