XSYS appoints head of printing plates technical application department

As of December 1st 2005, Mr. Holger Neumann assumes the position of head of the Printing Plates Technical Application Department at XSYS Print Solutions.

After graduating from the printing technology department of the University of Wuppertal, Neumann joined the flexo printing plates technical application department at BASF Drucksysteme GmbH in Stuttgart in April 1994. There he worked with a focus on corrugated board printing until April 1996. From May 1996 to February 1997, he served as product manager coating plates. Then he was appointed head of the flexo printing plates technical application department with worldwide responsibility until December 1999.

In January 2000, Neumann took over a new responsibility in the USA where he managed all printing plate activities in North America and established new business connections. In August 2005, he returned to Stuttgart in order to prepare for his new job.

Flint Ink, Flint-Schmidt and XSYS Print Solutions now operates worldwide as a single company. The new group develops, produces, and markets printing inks, printing plates, and pigments/resins for the graphics, packaging, and colorants industries. Headquartered in Luxembourg and Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, the corporation’s main printing ink business is organized into regional units in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, and India/Pacific, with global business units for printing plates, narrow web printing inks, digital inks and equipment (through Jetrion LLC), and pigments and resins. Together, the group operates more than 160 facilities worldwide, employs approximately 8,000 people, and had sales for 2004 of about US $2.6 billion (€2.1 billion).