Flint Group appoints president of Packaging & Narrow Web division

Flint Group has appointed Daniel F. McDowell as president of its global Packaging & Narrow Web division.

From 1 February 2011 McDowell will report directly to Antoine Fady, chief executive officer, and also joins Flint Group’s executive management team.

McDowell started in the ink industry in 1990 with Color Converting Industries (CCI). He joins Flint Group from his current position as president of global operations, Siegwerk Druckfarben AG, having run Siegwerk’s North American business for six years.

‘I am delighted with the appointment of Dan to the role of president, Packaging & Narrow Web. His international experience and track record in the packaging ink industry will be a major asset to further drive our focus and performance in this critical sector. Dan's appointment is also an essential step to the strengthening of the Flint Group management team and the ongoing successful development of the Flint Group,’ Fady remarked.

Flint Group’s global Packaging and Narrow Web division offers a wide range of inks and coatings used for packaging and label printing, including conventional and UV curing flexo inks and gravure inks for wide web packaging printing – as well as UV curing narrow web inks for flexographic, lithographic, letterpress and screen printing.

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