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Norske Skog promotes Leighton and McKean, as Chrisp heads home
Norske Skog has named Andrew Leighton as regional president Australasia, with Andrew McKean taking on his former position as sales, marketing and logistics vice president.

KBA names new chief financial officer
Appointment of new chief financial officer Axel Kaufmann will allow KBA president and chief executive Helge Hansen to focus more intensely on the group’s strategic realignment, the company says

manroland puts two into KL for regional service
manroland has strengthened its support team in South East Asia with the appointment of two experienced printing experts in manroland Malaysia, the regional headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

Atex puts Sahlman in charge of digital
Atex has appointed Gustaf Sahlman group digital director, moving from the role of chief executive of the Polopoly web CMS provider it acquired in 2008.

Another Post: David Armstrong named chairman of Cambodia’s Post Media
Former editor-in-chief of the ‘Australian’ and ‘South China Morning Post’ David Armstrong (62) has been appointed chairman of Post Media as part of a major editorial and commercial reshuffle at the Cambodian publisher.

Fretwell joins manroland in NZ
Former Kodak New Zealand general manager Derek Fretwell has joined manroland Australasia as sales manager for the country, where he join operations manager, Mark Hawkey in developing business.

Huon Valley apprentice takes state print award
Stuart Heather, a third year apprentice at the ‘Huon Valley News’ was named Tasmanian ‘apprentice of the year’ at an event at Wrest Point Casino in Hobart.

Prime UV’s David Samide dies, aged 32
David Samide, who as marketing manager of Prime UV was instrumental in developing the use of UV technology for newspapers, has died aged 32.

Family ties – and an ‘awesome opportunity’ – lure Wilton back
Former Creo Australia marketing manager – and most recently global director of partner and sustainability initiatives for Kodak’s graphics communications group in Vancouver, Canada – Mark Wilton has returned to Australia to a new role with DES Group.

manroland Augsburg farewells press assembly aces
German manufacturer manroland has bid farewell to the two sexagenarians who have been running its Augsburg web press assembly.

Ex-chief executive Mittelbach leaves merged WAN-Ifra
Reiner Mittelbach, whose role as Ifra chief executive disappeared with last July’s merger, is to leave WAN-Ifra at the end of May.

Former Harris IT guru gets top job at Heidelberg
Howard Hutchings, an American who joined Heidelberg with its Harris Web takeover and stayed after the web division’s sale to Goss International, has been appointed the German press maker’s chief information officer.

DTI looks wide with new appointment
DTI is looking beyond newspapers with the appointment of Glenn Reinemund director of global market development.

manroland, Bottcher staff win GAMAA scholarships
Erin Mercieca of manroland Australasia and Mark George of Böttcher are among recipients of this year’s GAMAA Leadership Programme scholarships.

Navarre moves up with global Goss role
Jacques Navarre has been promoted to Goss International’s senior vice president of sales, marketing and product management. With more than 30 years experience in the printing industry, he most recently headed Goss’s European sales organisation.

Brignoni takes early cut as Wifag exits new press sales
Wifag marketing and sales vice president Marco Brignoni is taking early retirement following the Swiss newspaper press maker’s decision to get out of the new equipment market.

PrintCity names fairs director for Ipex year
PrintCity Alliance has named Ilka Grabener as its new director of fairs and events in the Ipex year of 2010.

technotrans adds sales director for Asia Pacific
technotrans has strengthened its team in Asia with the appointment of Dirk Luedken (40) as sales director for the Asia Pacific region.

Gustafson takes Americas role with Baldwin
Former president of US press maker Tensor Group has joined Baldwin’s American subsidiary, Baldwin Graphic Systems Inc as its president.

Asia role continues after Sutis' retirement
Dick Sutis – for many years familiar as sales director in Australia and the Asia Pacific – is retiring at the end of July, having worked for Goss International and its predecessors for 44 years.

DRUPA leadership ready for 2012
New president of DRUPA – in good time for the 2012 event – is Martin Weickenmeier, a board member of Körber and chief executive of Körber PaperLink, the first time the post has not been held by a press manufacturer.

Sun Chemical names new duo
Sun Chemical has named Felipe Mellado its chief marketing officer and Bradley Schrader vice president of strategy and business development.

Holt, Wilton in CIP4 roles
LithoTechnics founder Rohan Holt – the Australian who invented SuperImpose (now Kodak’s UpFront) and Metrix – has won a place on CIP4’s advisory board as a full member following the organisation’s biannual election.

David Armstrong steps down at 'Bangkok Post'
David Armstrong has retired from full-time work after 40 years in journalism. Armstrong, 60, will step down at year’s end as president and chief operating officer of the ‘Bangkok Post’s publisher, Post Publishing.

Kron moves on from Tolerans
Tolerans AB has announced that its president, Michael Kron is leaving the company after almost nine years in the position.

AVT chair goes to former Scitex chief
Former Scitex president Yeoshua Agassi has been appointed chairman of the board of colour registration systems developer Advanced Vision Technology.

Britsch hands reins to Eckenwalder at Nela
Veteran of family-owned plate management systems vendor Nela Brüder Neumeister, Helmut Britsch, has handed over the role of director of sales and marketing to Guido Eckenwalder.

Steve Green gets worldwide prepress role
Steve Green gets worldwide prepress role
He was general manager at Creo Australia when Kodak bought it ... now Steve Green is continuing his progress through the company's Graphic Communications Group with a new appointment as marketing vice president for prepress solutions.

New roles within DTI
DTI has announced three employees to new positions within the company.

Bleesen leads investor and public relations
Andrea Bleesen has been named head of manroland’s investor relations and public relations in a new role reporting to chief financial officer Ingo Koch.

Hiflex's Vlayen makes KBA Complete
KBA has named Belgian Lode Vlayen (49) to succeed Roland Kastner, the newly-appointed managing director of KBA Complete – the consultancy business established by KBA and Hiflex – who died suddenly a week after DRUPA closed.

AVT/GMI Asia support role
Advanced Vision Technology has appointed Glyn Evans as director of customer support and operations for Europe, Middle East and Asia. He will manage customer support activities in the region for both AVT and Graphic Microsystems (GMI).