18 email: news@printmonthly.co.uk November / December 2024 - Issue 351 PEOPLE / NEWS PrintMonthly printmonthly PrintMonthlyMagazine The Printing Charity has announced the appointment of Peter Ashcroft as its new director of services. The role has been newly created by the charity in order to ensure practical, emotional, and financial support from the charity remains “fit for the future” as the organisation approaches its 200th anniversary. Previously Ashcroft worked in the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund as head of Community Welfare Programmes where he oversaw several welfare services. New Director of services at The Printing Charity Reshuffle at Walstead Group Walstead Iberia and Walstead UK will now be managed together as a single west European division. Grzegorz Czech, previously chief executive officer of Walstead CE, will run the CE and Leykam businesses (Central and Eastern Europe) while Debbie Read, previously the chief executive officer of Walstead UK, will run the new Western European division. Walstead has also announced the appointment of Grant Murray as its new group chief financial officer. The British Coatings Federation (BCF) has celebrated its chief executive officer, Tom Bowtell, winning what it calls a “highly contested” award at the Memcom Excellence Awards in London. Bowtell received the CEO Leadership Award while the BCF also won the Highly Commended rank for sustainability and was shortlisted for Best Use of Video and Team of the Year. The BCF says that Bowtell has significantly increased the organisation's membership in his 12-year and has help it run successful awareness campaigns during his tenure. Tom Bowtell honoured with award Student outreach programme aims to inspire the next generation of print Paper and packaging company, Antalis, has announced the winners of a student design competition which it ran in collaboration with Norwich University of the Arts. Antalis partnered with Brief Cases, a mediator between academia and business for the Smart Luxury Packaging competition, doing so for a fourth consecutive year. The competition aims to raise students’ awareness of printed packaging and its applications. The competition forms part of the university’s BA (Hons) Graphic Design course, which aims to put the students’ skills to the test with a packaging-focused brief. This year, the students were tasked with creating luxury packaging for the fragrance sector using materials from Antalis’ paper and paperboard ranges. The brief required students to explore how to make the designs eye-catching, reflect luxury in packaging design, and communicate a message of sustainability through the packaging concept. The three projects that best met the brief were awarded gold, silver, and bronze from the submissions received. The competition was won by student Erin Lemon. The design, titled ‘Wash Brook’ was inspired by her great grandfather, who was the head herdsman of the largest milking Jersey cow herd in the British Isles. The packaging concept of ‘Wash Brook’ is for a scented bath soak containing daisy, clover, and Jersey cow’s milk. It is presented in a traditional glass milk bottle with a cork stopper and printed label. A postcard insert features a black and white photograph of Jersey cows on one side and a note handwritten by Erin’s grandmother on the other. Speaking of her experience working on the competition, Lemon comments: “The project has provided insight into working with a client and suiting its specific requirements. Antalis’ support and informative review of my designs pushed the outcome further, introducing me to a plethora of paper substrates.” The Smart Luxury Packaging competition aims to raise students’ awareness of printed packaging and its applications Strategic changes at Onlineprinters In line with international strategic realignment at the Onlineprinters Group, Simon Cooper has been named managing director of both Onlineprinters’ and Solopress’ online business. Cooper has been managing director of Solopress since 2019 and in his role, will now oversee both businesses in the Onlineprinters Group. Describing the move as the result of a “realigned joint focus”, Cooper says both businesses are now in a much better position to conquer the European market. “We will continue to produce locally in Germany, the UK, and Spain in order to be as close to our customers as possible.” By integrating its two online business models, Onlineprinters Group expects to leverage existing synergies more efficiently, and strategically boost international growth. The international management board now includes Cooper, Esben Mols Kabell, Tobias Volgmann, and Sascha Krines. Simon Cooper, managing director of Solopress since 2019, will now oversee both the Onlineprinters and Solopress online businesses By Jonathan Pert Durst appoints new global sales director software Chris Schowalter has been appointed as the new global sales director software at Durst Group. Bringing over 20 years of experience in print, primarily in inkjet, both in the US and Europe, Schowalter’s appointment is said to reinforce Durst Group’s “expanding software solutions” for the printing industry. In his new role, Schowalter will oversee the development and execution of Durst’s global sales strategy for the software division as well as support the company’s international sales teams. Other responsibilities include playing a key role in strengthening customer relationships, identifying customer needs, and driving efficiencies throughout the process following the company's ‘Pixel to Output’ strategy.
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