ThermoFlexX appoints flexo pre-press product manager

ThermoFlexX has appointed Bart Calis as its product manager for flexo pre-press with responsibility for promoting its imagers.

ThermoFlexX has appointed Bart Calis (right) as its product manager for flexo pre-press with responsibility for promoting ThermoFlexX imagers

For 17 years Calis (pictured, right) worked at Belgian repro house Athena Graphics, the last five as technical director, and for much of this time he specialized in the development of new software and hardware technologies. This included pioneering work into process automation and online repro services.

Calis said: ‘The team at the ThermoFlexX factory in Ypres has 20 years of experience in building CtP systems and since moving into the flexo industry in 2012 they have really pushed forward the boundaries of what can be achieved in this area.

‘I particularly like the company’s ‘no nonsense’ approach. The flexo industry has seen rather a lot of marketing hype over the last few years, but ThermoFlexX gets on and does exactly what it says it will. With the recent integration of its imagers within a highly efficient workflow, ThermoFlexX now provides a total pre-press solution for the flexo sector that exceeds anything else available. I am certainly excited at being part of the ThermoFlexX team.’

Christophe Lievens (pictured, left), director for sales and marketing for basysPrint and ThermoFlexX, said: ‘We’ve brought together at our Ypres factory a combination of experts in software, engineering, electronics and optics and it’s only by maintaining the highest calibre of people at the site that we are able to continually achieve breakthroughs in the field of CtP.

‘We are delighted that Bart has joined us. His comprehensive hands-on experience in packaging pre-press, RIP and screening technologies, plus flexo printing, makes him a very important addition to the team.’