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IPIA founds new structure to drive industry growth
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he Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA) has welcomed fresh expert talent to its council. As part of the IPIA’s two-year rotational leadership structure, Charles Rogers (Portland Media) has moved to president, Alasdair Browne (Abbot Print) has stepped up to chair, and Mark Stephenson (Fujifilm Europe) has become vice chair.
These strategic appointments ensure continuity, while introducing fresh perspectives to the IPIA’s vision and operations.
Mr Browne said: “I see the future of the IPIA as a dynamic, collaborative hub – where dedicated professionals in print work together with passion and purpose. As Chair, I am privileged to have an opportunity to influence the IPIA’s future development path – a direction that has been so well established by my dynamic predecessors. But best of all, I owe the IPIA for this opportunity to collaborate on a regular basis with other passionate print professionals.” The IPIA has also announced the election of three new council members, reinforcing the association’s reputation
drupa chairman re-elected
fair takes further steps in planning for its exhibition in 2028.
He said: “It is a special honour for me to continue to actively help shape the development of drupa as chairman of the drupa committee.
Dr Andreas Pleßke D D
r Andreas Pleßke has been re-elected as chairman of drupa. The CEO of Koenig & Bauer AG, has continued with his role as the trade
“The world is changing rapidly, both in technical and political terms. Together with the committee we will ensure that drupa constantly develops further to also assert its pole position as a world-leading trade fair for print technologies in future and to orient the industry for the future.”
His deputy Wolfgang Poppen said: “drupa is the centrepiece of the
Drytac promotes employee to senior product and business development manager
rytac has a new senior product and business development manager after promoting Dennis Leblanc to
the role.
With more than three decades of experience in the industry, Mr Leblanc will now oversee the global footprint of current Drytac materials and will provide valued input for the development of new solutions. He will work closely with both the UK and Canadian manufacturing plants and R&D facilities, ensuring Drytac’s products meet customers’ needs across the world.
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He took the position having previously worked as the senior north business development manager for North America for 18 months. Mr Leblanc also has seven years of experience working as Drytac’s territory manager in Canada. Hayden Kelley, CEO of Drytac said: “We are delighted to promote Dennis, a long-serving member of the Drytac team, to this new, global role.
“Given his success in supporting growth in North America, I’m looking forward to seeing the impact he has on other markets around the world.”
industry, a place of innovations and technology launches.
“The coming months will be used intensively to further sharpen the profile of drupa’s position in 2028.” drupa works on an innovative concept that aims to particularly leverage new target groups in a constantly transforming industry and to promote high-calibre knowledge transfer. Alongside the proven trade fair format, innovative formats are being developed with a view of enabling even stronger networking within the industry. Here the focus will increasingly be on brand owners and multipliers.
Alasdair Browne from Abbot Print is the IPIA’s new chair
as an energetic and progressive force dedicated to fostering collaboration and growth within the print industry. Sarah Lees, head of marketing and communications at Compass Business Finance, Pete Horwood, commercial director at Imprint MIS, and Mike Hughes, managing director at Latcham, all join the council.
Dennis Leblanc
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