James Thomas joins KBA (UK)

KBA (UK) has appointed James Thomas as sales manager for the south-east within its sheet-fed press sales team following recent reorganization in the business unit.

Chris Scully was named as sales director at KBA (UK) earlier this year, with Tony Bennett joining the company with responsibility for sheet-fed sales in the midlands, north-west and Wales in January this year.

Thomas also has responsibility for digital and label press sales in the south-east, as well as in the south midlands.

Thomas has most recently served as national sales and trade development manager with WRH Marketing UK, which represents the Ferag and Denipro brands to the UK market, as well as spending six years with manroland GB. He also has more than 15 years of experience as a printer.

Following a visit to the KBA demonstration facility in Radebeul, Germany, Thomas said: ‘I’ve long been aware that KBA is a good press manufacturer but I was staggered by the performance of the latest presses on demonstration; the more I learn about the technologies and the performance, the more enthused I become.

‘And when I saw the extent of the customer support infrastructure that’s been put in place here in the UK, I knew that I could be part of a major change in the printing industry in this country.’

Scully said: ‘We know from our conversations with many of the country’s leading printers this year – across all the sectors – that the technologies shown so successfully by KBA at Drupa are just too good to be discounted; the impact they make on production performance and the bottom line could be a crucial factor in any operation’s competitivity.

‘And because every KBA press is built to the exact specifications of the user, it is essential that we have knowledgeable sales managers with a full appreciation of all the variables involved in the production process and the print marketplace in general. James has those qualities and we are delighted to welcome him to the team.’

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