N E W S O F T H E P R I N T I N G I N D U S T R Y AT A G L A N C E
Glunz & Jensen Acquisition
Glunz & Jensen Group acquired NES Worldwide Ltd. in the
UK in November 2013. This acquisition is part of a strategy to
expand and consolidate the companyÕs position in the offset
prepress market, and to establish a solid platform for after sales
service in the UK/Ireland.
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ROBERT BORDER has
been named chief information officer at SGK
(formerly Schawk).
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OBITUARIES
MARY HADFIELD passed away on November 26, 2013. She and her late husband,
Bud, founded Kwik Kopy Printing and the
franchise parent company now known as
ICED. She also designed the original Kwik
Kopy logo.
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Betty Ewens
Quadracci
Mary Hadfield
BETTY EWENS QUADRACCI, co-founder and
long-time board member of Quad/Graphics,
died on December 9, 2013. She co-founded
the company in Pewaukee, WI, in 1971
with her late husband, Harry V. Quadracci.
Today Quad/Graphics has 25,000 employees
worldwide at 65-plus printing plants and
dozens of support facilities.
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DICK CHERRY passed away on
November 18, 2013 at his home
in Maryland. He and his wife
Nancy owned Southern Maryland Printing & Graphics in Clinton, MD, through 2008 when
they transitioned it to NancyÕs
son, Kirk Karwoski.
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ÒItÕs essential that the trade printer
considered isnÕt spread too thin, is
stable, and is in business for the long
haul.Ó
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PAUL TEACHOUT, techRobert Border
Paul Teachout
nical OEM accounts
manager for Harper Corporation of America, has been appointed
chairman of the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute, Inc.
(TLMI) Awards Competition.
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RONALD SHEPARD has been appointed national document sales
manager and Trillium Specialist for Xeikon in the USA.
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BRIAN W. SMITH is the new CFO and treasurer of 3D printer
manufacturer The ExOne Company.
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DOUG LOWARY has joined PriscoDigital as vice president salesÑ
Western region.
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Dick & Nancy Cherry
ROSE NOWAK-SMITH has joined GPA as a territory sales manager serving northern California, San Francisco, San Diego, and
Hawaii.
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RUDY VALENTA passed away on November
8, 2013. He was the former president of
Eltosch America, and was previously senior
product manager for sheetfed presses at
manroland and its predecessor company,
Rockwell International/Miehle.
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Rudy Valenta
Rose Nowak-Smith
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
RAMESH RATAN has been named chief executive officer for Bell and Howell, effective
January 3, 2014.
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Ramesh Ratan
KEN FULTZ has been named the general
manager of Bookmasters, Inc.
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Sonia Jackson Myles
Julie Chamberlain
SONIA JACKSON MYLES, founder, president, and CEO of The
Sister Accord, LLC, has been appointed to the board of directors
at The MATLET Group.
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JULIE CHAMBERLAIN has joined Rochester Software Associates
as customer service administrator.
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KIM RAMIEREZ has joined Fineline Printing Group as senior
account manager to help expand the promotional products
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