Goss strengthens European operation

Goss International has promoted Rutger Jansen, an executive with extensive company and web offset industry experience, to head its customer service operations and network supporting customers in Europe.

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Jansen will manage the Goss Europe customer service network providing emergency and routine service and parts, as well as unique, proactive maintenance and enhancement programs for Goss customers throughout across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His team will also work closely with the company’s large-scale European parts warehousing and distribution operation based in Boxmeer, The Netherlands.

 Jansen was worldwide director of sales and service for Goss Contiweb for the past decade. The Goss subsidiary is an industry leading supplier of splicers, heatset dryers and other web offset auxiliary components, including VITS Rotocut sheeters.

He previously held various management positions since joining the Contiweb organization in 1990.

Theo Buchmeyer, head of the Goss Europe organization, said: ‘Rutger’s appointment provides continuity for our customers while also representing another positive step in the transformation of Goss and the strengthening of our world-class regional support hub in Europe.

‘He is a dynamic industry expert with a strong sense of the modern, responsive parts, service and support capabilities our customers need in order to excel in today’s environment.’

Jansen’s promotion in Europe comes shortly after the appointment of Matt Adler and John Kulak to the company’s packaging team, with the two industry experts to support packaging printers and growth of the new Goss Sunday Vpak web offset press platform.

Of those appointments, Jacques Navarre, Goss International senior vice-president of sales and marketing, said: ‘We are diversifying our product portfolio to drive revenues in new, neighboring markets where our expertise delivers differentiating advantages.’

Of his appointment in Europe, Jansen said: ‘Our customers in Europe have installed more than 10,000 Goss printing units in the past two decades. I look forward to aligning the talent, resources and commitment of the Goss team in Europe to help them optimize the performance of these platforms to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities of the current business climate.’