Pre-press company Hamillroad Software has appointed Plastex, a flexographic platemaker, to take its Bellissima DMS screening to the Slovakian and Hungarian markets.
Plastex operates across two locations, supplying flexo printing plates to printers across Slovakia and Hungary, and maintains direct relationships with brand owners.
Klaudia Maňúrová, production manager at Plastex, said: ‘We approached Hamillroad after receiving interest from our printing clients who want to trial the Bellissima screening technology. We were intrigued to plate and print the ultra-HD flexo results ourselves.
‘We have over 20 years of experience in flexo platemaking, and our customers rely on us to provide them with cutting-edge technologies to stay competitive. We look forward to working with Hamillroad and Bellissima to provide our customers with next-generation flexo. The whole team at Plastex is very pleased to secure a position within the growing Bellissima Network and can share this good n
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Prepress company Hamillroad Software announced today that it appoints Plastex, a flexographic plate-maker, to take its Bellissima DMS screening to the Slovakia and Hungary market.
Slovakia and other regions in Eastern Europe have received significant investment and grants to support growing businesses. Production companies within the FMCG space are receiving considerable investment from the European Union.
Plastex operates across two locations, supplying flexographic printing plates to printers across Slovakia and Hungary, and maintains direct relationships with brand owners.
Klaudia Maúrová, Production Manager, Plastex, comments: “We approached Hamillroad after receiving interest from our printing clients who want to trial the Bellissima screening technology. We were intrigued to plate and print the ultra-HD flexo results ourselves.”
MacDermid Graphics Solutions has appointed Dirk Schimmack as sales distribution director, EMEA.
Schimmack worked in a regional sales director role at Flint Group. He has over 17 years in the graphics supply chain with significant experience in flexographic printing plates and workflows and international distributor management.
With this appointment, the company has added a strategic resource for its network of distributors throughout the region. Schimmack said: ‘I am delighted to be part of the MacDermid team. I look forward to enhancing our distributor network and establishing our sales distribution strategies in the EMEA region.’
Matt Bennett, vice president, EMEA, MacDermid Graphics Solutions, said: ‘We have an aggressive strategy to grow MacDermid in the EMEA region, our distributors are key to this growth. With the addition of Dirk, we can now better partner with our distributors to provide value to our customers and the entire graphics supply chain.’
MacDermid Graphics Solutions has partnered with Soma to install Optima2 printing press with new intelligent automation features at its innovation center and global headquarters in Atlanta.
This partnership expands both companies’ histories of collaboration with flexo focused partners to drive product development. It will transform MacDermid’s headquarters into an innovation center designed to help the flexo and packaging industries explore new technologies.
Leigh Carpenter, marketing manager for MacDermid Graphics Solutions, said: ‘MacDermid is thrilled to work with Soma. Our innovative products and systems combined with Soma s world-class press technology allow us to expand our sales and service capabilities to better serve our customers.’