Ricoh Europe is continuing to drive innovation and opportunity in high speed inkjet systems and solutions with the appointment of Clive Stringer as Director, Continuous Feed and High End Software, Commercial and Industrial Printing Group. His appointment means clients across Europe can tap into his expertise and experience in optimising the effectiveness of inkjet installations.

Malin Bendz, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, will leave her position at Stora Enso as of 15 January 2020. After 20 years in the company, she will now pursue new career opportunities outside Stora Enso.

Axel Both and René Schumann come from the industry

Flint Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Dagmar Schmidt to President, Flexographic, with immediate effect. This appointment will ensure strategic consistency as the organisation continues on its journey to fully commercialise their innovative and market leading offering to print and packaging converters worldwide.

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. today announced the appointment of Dr. Douglas Edwards as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). With his extensive experience in the printing industry, Edwards succeeds Ghilad Dziesietnik, who recently retired after nearly 25 years with EFI, including the last 14 years as CTO. Edwards, who will take up his new responsibilities today, has many years of experience in management positions as well as in research and development. Prior to his appointment as CTO of EFI, Edwards was CEO of Xaar plc, a leading developer of inkjet print head technology based in Cambridge, England, and Chairman of Xaar 3D Ltd, the joint venture company with Stratasys Ltd for 3D printing.

As of February 1, 2020, Pascal Juery will become the new CEO of Agfa-Gevaert. He succeeds Christian Reinaudo, who will continue to support the company as member of the Board of Directors.

Xaar plc, the digital inkjet printing and 3D technology group, announces the appointment of Ian Tichias as Chief Finance Officer and Director of the Board from 1 March 2020.
Ian joins from Ibstock plc where he has been Group Finance Director and Deputy CFO, responsible for the Group’s Forticrete aesthetic clay business.

The new tesa Executive Board is complete - change also in the Supervisory Board

Milton Guerry elected vice president

The International Federation of Robotics has elected Steven Wyatt (ABB, Switzerland) as its new president. Wyatt succeeds Junji Tsuda (Yaskawa Electric Corporation), who has held the rotating position since December 2017. Milton Guerry (SCHUNK, USA) takes over from Wyatt as IFR Vice President.

Effective January 1st, 2020 Kasper Damgaard Boel Rousøe, the CFO of Mono Solutions, takes on new responsibilities as overall Finance Director for the global Bauer SME business. He assumes this role additionally to his current tasks at Mono Solutions, the leading white label small business Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform provider that joined Bauer Media Group in July 2019.

Giuseppe Campanelli has been appointed President, Minerals Services business area and a member of Metso’s Executive Team from January 2, 2020 onwards. Previously he has been a member of the Minerals Services business area management team heading Professional Services.

Professor Dr. Peter Zec, initiator and CEO of the Red Dot Award, was awarded the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his contribution to the design discipline by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on 9 August 2019. The award is based on a proposal by the Minister President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet. Zec made the Red Dot seal of quality an international symbol of outstanding design quality and enables people interested in design to access it. On December 19, 2019, he received the award from Essen's Lord Mayor Thomas Kufen in a festive ceremony.