06.03.15
Anderson & Vreeland – Bryan, OH, USA – Sean Sawa, director of Canadian sales, has announced that Martin Schofield (1) will take over as the new technical sales representative for Anderson & Vreeland Canada. The company has also announced the appointment of Alex Baltodano (2) as technical sales representative. He will be stationed in Southern California.
Avery Dennison – Mentor, OH, USA – Avery Dennison’s Board of Directors has elected Georges Gravanis (3) as the new president of the Materials Group. Mitch Butier, president and chief operating officer, previously handled the duties on an interim basis.
Brother Mobile Solutions – Broomfield, CO, USA – Dave Crist (4) has been named the president of Brother Mobile Solutions (USA).
CIP4 – Pittsburgh, PA, USA – The Advisory Board of International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress Organization (CIP4) has elected Mark Bohan of Printing Industries of America to its Board of Directors as its membership officer.
C&M Conveyor – Mitchell, IN, USA – C&M Conveyor has named James Owens (5) as its new chief financial officer.
Davis-Standard – Somerville, NJ, USA – Rick Keller (6) has been promoted to VP of extrusion coating and solution coating at Davis-Standard.
EFI – Fremont, CA, USA – EFI’s Board of Directors has announced that Marc Olin will take over as the company’s chief financial officer.
Frimpeks – Clifton, NJ, USA – Frimpeks, a global manufacturer of self-adhesive laminates, has recruited Dave Casey to head up the company’s new UK-based operation.
Gidue – Firenze, Italy – Lance Shumaker (7) has been named president of Gidue North America. He has held senior management positions with Advanced Vision Technology (AVT), Indigo, Scitex and Scodix.
Herma – Filderstadt, Germany – Nathalie Grang (8) has joined Herma as the international area sales manager, and she will manage customer accounts in French-speaking countries.
IIMAK – Amherst, NY, USA – International Imaging Materials, Inc. (IIMAK) has promoted Douglas C. Wagner to chief executive officer. He has also been appointed to the Board of Directors.
MACtac – Stow, OH, USA – MACtac has announced that Ed T. LaForge will take over as the president of MACtac North and South America. He most recently served as the vice president of sales and marketing, Americas.
Mark Andy – St. Louis, MO, USA – In a move to coincide with the company’s continued growth in the European market, Mark Andy has promoted Phil Baldwin to Europe aftermarket director, Sam Adams to facility manager, Darran Goodwin to European service manager and Andy Clarke to European parts supervisor.
Michelman – Cincinnati, OH, USA – Bill Magee has been hired as the group director, Printing & Packaging, at Michelman.
Neenah Paper – Neenah, WI, USA – Neenah’s Board of Directors has elected Margaret Dano to serve as director. She replaces Mary Ann Leeper, who retired earlier this year.
Nilpeter – Slagelse, Denmark – Nilpeter has announced a more focused representation on the Canadian market. Fran Mayo will be responsible for the Eastern region of Canada, including Ontario, while Robert Wray (9) will support the West.
Pamarco Global Graphics – Atlanta, GA, USA – Pamarco has promoted Nick Blondell (10) to plant manager for the company’s anilox roll manufacturing facility in Batavia, IL, USA. The company has also expanded its customer service department and appointed Vernon Crowe (11) as customer service representative for the Flexo and Embossing divisions in the Northeast.
PCT Engineered Systems – Davenport, IA, USA – Tony Carignano has joined PCT Engineered Systems’ global sales and marketing team.
Ritrama – Cleveland, OH, USA – Ritrama has appointed Jouko Lahepelto to global business advisor.
Sato – Charlotte, NC, USA – Sato has appointed Michael Beedles to president of Sato America. Beedles currently serves as head of North America for the Sato Group and will take on his new role immediately.
Semper International – Boston, MA, USA – Semper has appointed Rick Littrell (12) to the position of vice president, Direct Hires and TechCreative talent.
Sun Chemical – Parsippany, NJ, USA – Robert O’Boyle has received the 2015 National Association of Print Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM) Pioneer Award. The award honors those who have given at least 25 years of service to the printing ink industry through their work with one or several printing ink companies or suppliers, in addition to service work with ink associations.
ThermoFlexX – Eede, the Netherlands – ThermoFlexX has strengthened its sales team by adding Doug Mawdsley and Tony Teh. Mawdsley will be responsible for the UK and Ireland, while Teh will oversee sales in Asia.
Univacco – Tainan City, Taiwan – As part of the company’s expansion into the Nordic region, Univacco has added Jan Riber Hansen (13) as a local representative. He is based in Denmark.
Acknowledging over 30 years of achievements in the ink industry, the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM) bestowed a Printing Ink Pioneer Award to INX International Ink executive Jim Bailen at its Centennial Convention’s awards and black tie dinner, March 23, 2015, in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA.
Bailen has served as lead project engineer for every major facility expansion and equipment installation INX International has instituted in the last 20 years. His team has completed the design and managed construction of three recent multi-million production facility projects in the US and overseas. Bailen has served as the company’s vice president of engineering since 1999.
“Jim has an extremely observant eye to find safety situations and engineer safer ways to make ink,” says Rick Clendenning, INX president and CEO. “Jim has pioneered many developments over the years and truly deserves recognition for his contributions to the industry. Without him in this role, we would not be where we are today as a company with our world-class manufacturing facilities.”
In 1984, Bailen joined CPS, the in-house ink division of Sullivan Graphics in Dunkirk, NY, USA, and began work as an electrical supervisor in the maintenance department. In 2004, he oversaw completion of the new modern metal decorating facility in Charlotte, NC that produces ink for customers around the world. Four years later, he did the same for the new liquid ink plant in Homewood, IL that produces water-based technologies.
Bailen played a major role in introducing new media mill grinding equipment at these facilities. He also pioneered the development of intrinsic production safety devices for ink production equipment, introducing the Nip Guard Safety Interlock System that assures no 3-roll mill at INX can be run in cleaning mode.
Since 2004, Bailen has served on the NAPIM/ANSI B65 Equipment Safety Committee, which has developed several safety standards, including the 3-roll mills, to help guide equipment manufacturers to construct safer machines.
Bailen established the development of the INX TPM elements for planned maintenance and early equipment planning within the company, which included the training of maintenance personnel at all facilities. He also developed an engineering design and installation program for all new equipment at INX International.
Bailen has also been an active supporter of NAPIM for many years. In 2002, he presented a paper at the NAPIM Manufacturing Symposium on “Equipment automation and data collection system designs.” The same year, he began serving on the pilot committee for the Manufacturing Symposium and did so through 2004. He also served for two years on the NAPIM Equipment Safety committee and presented a paper on the “Failure Mode Effect and Criticality Analysis” at the NPIRI Technical Conference in 2006.