Kodak Hires John Anderson as Flexo Product Manager
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 12-Kodak hired John T. Anderson as Flexo Product Manager, Americas, Packaging Products, Kodak's Graphic Communications Group (GCG).
Prior to joining Kodak, Anderson served as a Technical and Education Director of the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA), North America. Anderson also held technical positions at the European Flexographic Technical Association and the Welsh Center for Printing and Coating at the University of Wales Swansea, both in the UK.
"John Anderson brings a compelling combination of technical and educational experience in the flexo market to Kodak and our customers," said John Cross, General Manager, Packaging Products, GCG. "We're excited to have Anderson join Kodak and support our flexographic plate products in the important packaging segment."
In his position, Anderson drives efforts to grow sales of current products and successfully launch new products in the United States, Canada and Latin America. The portfolio includes analog flexo plates, as well as the recently announced KODAK FLEXCEL NX Digital Flexographic System, which enables packaging printers and converters to achieve near offset quality and improve productivity.
"I believe that the FLEXCEL NX Digital Flexographic System will be revolutionary for the flexo industry, providing digital resolution while improving press consistency through the flat top dot structure," said Anderson. "I'm excited to join Kodak to champion this product's commercial introduction and support Kodak's growth towards market leadership in packaging."
Anderson holds a bachelor's in engineering and Ph.D. in physical aspects of screen printing from the University of Wales.
About Eastman Kodak Company
Kodak is the world's foremost imaging innovator. With sales of $10.7 billion in 2006, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on helping people better use meaningful images and information in their life and work. Consumers use Kodak's system of digital and traditional products and services to take, print and share their pictures anytime, anywhere; Businesses effectively communicate with customers worldwide using KODAK solutions for prepress, conventional and digital printing and document imaging; and Creative Professionals rely on KODAK technology to uniquely tell their story through moving or still images.
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For more information about Kodak's Graphic Communications Group, visit www.graphics.kodak.com. For downloading photos from Kodak's image library, visit: www.kodak.com/go/gcg_images.
