News Avery Dennison Appoints New Graphics Solutions Marketing Leadership Avery Dennison has appointed Roxanne McSpadden as marketing director, Graphics for Materials Group North America. McSpadden will lead the product innovation and management team for digital and screen & cut media, manage the technical team as well as channel programs for the Graphics Solutions business segment. McSpadden will report to Shelley Woods Whiting, who was recently appointed as vice president marketing, Materials Group North America. In her new role, Whiting will lead the marketing organization and oversee development and implementation of commercial strategy for two business segments: Label and Packaging Materials and Graphics Solutions. MyPRINTResource.com/ 10003974 Roxanne McSpadden Shelley Woods Whiting Cully Receives IRgA 2015 George Bukovsky Award Michael Cully, president of AIR Graphics in Boston, has been awarded the 2015 George K. Bukovsky Award from the International Reprographic Association (IRgA). The Bukovsky Award recognizes individuals who have made significant, long-term contributions to the reprographics industry. Cully has been involved in the reprographics industry since working for Miller Blueprint while attending Northeastern University in the early 1970s. He became co-owner of that company in the mid 1970s, and sold it in 1986. Together with his brother Kevin and partner Kevin O’Neill, Cully opened Applied Image Reprographics in 1986. He remains president of that progressive reprographics firm, which is today known as AIR Graphics and has three locations in the Boston area. “As president and CEO of AIR Graphics, Mike leads a diverse group of talented professionals dedicated to serving the design community, making AIR Graphics a leading provider of services in New England,” noted Bob Roperti, owner of Jiffy Reprographics in Clearwater, Florida, in his nomination of Cully for the award. Roperti is a member of IRgA’s Presidents’ Council, which chooses the Bukovsky honorees. “I’m extremely honored to have received this award,” Cully says. “It has special meaning because I had the pleasure of meeting George Bukovsky on many occasions early in my career.” MyPRINTResource.com/10006071 The Mosaica Group and FiberMark Partner The Mosaica Group and FiberMark have announced an agreement whereby The Mosaica Group will become a full line distributor of conVerd wide-format media. The conVerd line consists of wide-format mainstays as well as inventive medias that provide a competitive advantage. “The Mosaica Group is an excellent choice for the conVerd line with its ability to distribute from one of four locations in the Midwest,” said Paul Paulette, VP of sales and general manager of conVerd. “We look forward to a great relationship with The Mosaica Group and their clients.” MyPRINTResource.com/10006308 ND Graphics Named Exclusive National Branded Distributor for Drytac Canada Drytac has announced the appointment of ND Graphics as its exclusive national branded distributor for Canada. ND Graphics will be responsible for business growth in the sign and large format graphic markets. According to Mike Wildbore, Vice President of Sales, “It is imperative that Drytac focus on manufacturing and custom coating in Canada. By partnering with ND Graphics, we will be able to shift our attention to industrial and non-graphic markets that offer untapped potential for our business.” MyPRINTResource.com/10005009 INX International Begins Operations at New Facility After breaking ground 15 months ago, INX International Ink Co. has begun the process of moving into its new 63,000 square-foot facility in Lebanon, OH. The manufacturing operation is home to nine employees who have moved from a smaller building about 21 miles southwest in Blue Ash, a suburb of Cincinnati. INX will employ approximately 38 people in Lebanon. The new facility sits on 11 acres of property in the Lebanon Commerce Center business park,. When completed, it will offer increased manufacturing space, a full service lab for color management and development, Quality Control and testing areas, and more space for employee training and customer meetings. For now, water and paste ink production is underway but more developments are expected to take place by the end of March. MyPRINTResource.com/10008768 6 Wide-Format Imaging | April 2015 MyPRINTResource.com
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