Business - Appointments

PaperlinX has appointed Chris Grice as Head of Commercial Print for PaperCo, Howard Smith Paper Group and Robert Horne Group and Ian Hunt as Commercial Director - moves that signal the Group’s intention to cement its market leading position in the commercial print business.

PaperlinX Procurement Director, Grice, has 30-years industry experience and has worked for the company for 24 years. Hunt has extensive experience in leading sales operations and has previously worked for Thomas Cook, American Express and RAC. Both are charged with developing and growing the Group’s business and services provided through all three OpCos - PaperCo, Howard Smith Paper and Robert Horne.

Commenting on the appointment, Dave Allen, PaperlinX Executive Vice President said, “Commercial Print is our core business, we are the market leaders; the Strategic Review is now complete and our focus is firmly on growth.

“Our aim is to provide customers with an unparalleled portfolio of products and services. Chris and Ian have a clear brief to define and deliver a sales strategy and process that will further improve the division’s customer-centricity, performance and profitability.”

PaperlinX has also announced that Adrian Dennis, Divisional Director Sign & Display and Mike Thomsett, Divisional Director, PaperlinX Procurement Solutions Division and Brightstream; will join the UK Leadership Team. These two new appointments signify its commitment to diversified business areas that also includes packaging.

Paul French, PaperlinX Director UK & Ireland, is to leave the company at the end of September. French is to join Metamark, a specialist sign and digital materials manufacturing business as CEO.

Hollywood Monster has appointed Nuz Chagan as the new marketing and sales support manager to help raise the profile of the business within new target sectors.

Nuz Chagan originally joined Hollywood Monster as a project manager in July 2011.  Prior to that, Nuz worked for Birmingham City Council, managing its advertising assets across the city. It was during her time at the council that Nuz first came into contact with Hollywood Monster as they have produced graphics for them.

Nuz says, “I was excited at the offset to be joining a dynamic family at Hollywood Monster and I have been lucky in finding my place in this well-oiled machine. It is an honour to be asked to now take up the position of marketing and sales support manager for a company that has such an excellent reputation in the industry: it means that the people that work for it have a lot to give, and I hope to add to that in my new role.”

Tim Andrews, managing director of Hollywood Monster, says, “We are really pleased to welcome Nuz and are very excited to see how she can contribute to Hollywood Monster. We are an ambitious company that is continuing to win new business, and we are confident that Nuz has the knowledge, experience and proactive approach required to grow our marketing function even further.”

Nuz adds, “With the new sales team in place it is proving to be a vibrant and fast paced environment, with new target markets to reach and sustaining our strong position. My role is to support them in project managing new clients’ projects and tenders. Further to this I will be instrumental in carrying on the marketing function, which has been finely managed and really proved to be our strength"

For more information on Hollywood Monster, please visit www.hollywoodmonster.co.uk

 

Australia-based Positive Camtec Pty Ltd has appointed long term Technical Director, Philip Trumble, as its new Managing Director.

Following a career span of more than 15 years with Positive Camtec, Philip has great experience in all facets of the industry – technical, applications and sales.  He comments, "In an ever changing economic climate and rapidly developing industry there will be many challenges ahead for all businesses. I look forward to working with my team to overcome these challenges and continue our growth as a company.  The team we have built at Positive Camtec comprises individuals with high-level product and technical competence right across our diverse industry. Combine this with a first-rate product range and we have an exceptional offering to the market.”

Positive Camtec is the exclusive distributor for swissQprint and Teckwin UV flatbed printing systems, Sensient sublimation ink and Transjet sublimation paper. It is one of the few Roland dealers to be both Sales and Service Certified and is also an Epson reseller. Positive Camtec has long been renowned for its high-level technical service and support and is a specialist in offering integrated solutions for the signage, display graphics and printing industries.

Ray Clarke, former Managing Director, has stepped down due to family commitments.  He adds, “It has been a pleasure serving as Managing Director of Positive Camtec over the past 20 years.  We have cemented ourselves as a leading supplier in the industry and I am very proud of the achievements of our close knit team.  I fully support Philip in his new role and have full confidence in his commitment and abilities.”

Ray has provided invaluable leadership and direction over the past 20 years is still associated with the company in a consultative role.

Michael Crook has been appointed as product manager for the Sign & Display division at Antalis McNaughton.  He will be based at the company’s head office in Leicestershire.

Michael has worked within the large format digital market for the last 15 years, starting with direct sales before moving into product support and then product and business development, mainly for Robert Horne and latterly within the Paperlinx digital solutions team as Product and Business Development Manager (consumables).

On joining the team, Michael comments, “I am delighted to join Antalis McNaughton at this exciting time.  With great brands already in place and the recent launch of Coala across Europe, Antalis McNaughton is geared for growth with more innovative products coming soon. I look forward to meeting everybody and helping Antalis McNaughton to develop the digital knowledge base and product range as we continue to grow.”

Selectech, the UK-based specialist supplier of ink, media and accessories to the professional wide format sign and display print market, has appointed Kate Channon to the newly created position of Customer Services Manager.  In her new role, Kate will be responsible for ensuring that Selectech’s customers are fully supported from the moment they place an order through to the successful delivery of their chosen products.

Kate will be responsible for ensuring that Selectech’s customer service meets the standards laid out by the Selectech Customer Services Charter.  This Charter – which can be found online at www.selectech.co.uk – serves as Selectech’s mission statement and outlines the basic philosophy that all staff are expected to adhere to when dealing with customers.

On her appointment, Kate comments, “Selectech has grown rapidly because it has great products at very cost-effective prices.  Our goal now is to add exceptional customer service to the mix to ensure we continue this growth without compromising our valued customers.”

Selectech’s recent success and rapid growth has been boosted greatly by impressive sales of Colorific ink.  The company has been busy converting OEM ink customers across to this high quality, cost effective, alternative ink solution to ensure that they can make significant savings in their ink costs – typically around 30%.  Selectech is one of only two Colorific Premium Partners in the UK – the other being Robert Horne Group.

Kate Channon can be contacted on 01628 560890 or by email - kate.channon@selectech.co.uk

Robert Horne Group has announced two key appointments within its Sign & Display division. Angus Whiteman is the new Sales Director and Clare Rayment takes the role of Customer Service Director.

Formerly Key Account Director with DHL Express, Angus’ main responsibilities at Robert Horne will include driving sales on a local and national level, strengthening existing relationships and forging new ones.

Prior to joining Robert Horne Group, Clare was Sales Operations Director for Thomas Cook. In her new role, Clare will be responsible for managing the Sign & Display branch network and will implement new strategies and processes to better manage and enhance the customer experience.

“These two new appointments underline our commitment to the Sign & Display sector and to helping our customers leverage new business opportunities. Both Angus’ and Clare’s wealth of knowledge and commercial expertise will be a great asset to the company and to our senior management team,” says Adrian Dennis, Robert Horne Group Divisional Director Sign & Display.

“We’ve recently won some significant new pieces of business with leading brands such as Stansted Airport, Range Rover, McDonalds and Lufthansa and have a clear strategy for growth that will put customer-centricity at the heart of our business.”