Xeikon has grown its footprint in North America with a number of appointments expanding its sales and marketing staff to provide coverage to all markets the company serves.

In labels and packaging this includes:

  • Ron Brickner, who has become strategic account manager for labels and packaging. Mr Brickner brings more than 30 years of experience in the packaging market in key account sales, sales management and brand development roles. Having spent over a decade at Eastman Kodak, he then served as Americas sales manager for flexible packaging at Landa Digital Printing prior to joining Xeikon;
  • Frank Grecco, sales manager for labels and packaging in the mid-Atlantic region. His previous employers include HP, Canon, Konica Minolta and SPGPrints in North America;
  • Jeff Morgan, Southwest regional sales. He previously worked with Heidelberg and HP; and
  • Tina Robertson, labels and packaging sales manager. Having worked with All Printing Resources and Mark Andy Print Products for parts of her 20-plus year career, Xeikon noted that Ms Robertson brings experience necessary in assisting clients in selecting the right technology to navigate the transformation into digital printing.

Other members of the labels and packaging team include: Dennis Eaves, labels and packaging sales manager in the US Southeast; Tim Kirley, regional sales manager for labels and packaging in the Midwest; and Jim Murphy, business development manager, heat transfer and IML.

Its graphic arts team includes: Mark Pomerantz, manager, strategic accounts; and Deb Dorgan, Pam Fisne and Ilias Kapodistrias as sales managers.

Marketing and support is provided by: Kathryn Barwacz, marketing assistant; and Jim Pruett and Kent Wolford, technical marketing and sales support managers.