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Polyconcept appoints Neil Ringel as new CEO
N
eil Ringel has been appointed as Polyconcept's new chief executive officer, effective from February 4.
Mr Ringel is a deeply experienced B2B distribution executive who built his career at Staples, serving recently as its president of North American Delivery. Based in Pittsburgh, Mr Ringel will assume full group of responsibilities for Polyconcept including its primary operating divisions: Polyconcept North America, PF Concept and other global operations.
Mr Ringel replaces Gene
Colleran, who served as CEO since 2015.
Josh Klevens, managing director of Charlesbank Captial Partners, of which Polyconcept is a portfolio company, said: "We appreciate Gene's many contributions to Polyconcept and wish him the very best. We are delighted to welcome Neil to the company and are confident that his impressive expereince and leadership track record will allow Polyconcept to continue its positive
momentum while finding new and better ways to serve its customers and forge an even stronger future."
Winner of Promotion & Branding Show prize draw announced
achievement of our Neil Ringel
Ralf Oster, CEO of PF Concept, added: "We warmly welcome Neil Ringel to the Polyconcept family. His experience and leadership – both within in the B2B domain and our market – will add greatly to the
challenging ambitions, and to the further development of our company. We are looking forward to working with Neil to build upon Polyconcept's robust foundation and to enhance our value to our distributor partners." Mr Ringel concludes: "Polyconcept is a market leader known for its
innovation, global capabilities and strong customer service. I am proud to join this talented, passionate management team and look forward to leveraging my experience to help the company strengthen its position as a market leader."
Graphtec GB upgrades its CAD/CAM software options
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Lynn Bruce of Woodview Embroidery Services being presented with her prize by Keith Mansfield, Scottish sales manager at GS UK
L
ynn Bruce from Woodview Embroidery Services was the lucky winner of the Promotion & Branding Show 2018 prize draw.
Ms Bruce entered the prize draw when she visited the roadshow at the Hilton Strathclyde in Scotland in October, looking for a new embroidery machine and suppliers.
She was presented with her two night weekend break by Keith Mansfield, Scottish sales manager at GS UK. Woodview Embroidery Services is a social firm based in the North East of Scotland creating training and employment opportunities for people with learning disabilities.
The 2018 shows ran at various locations throughout the UK and Ireland. Dates and venues of the 2019 Promotion & Branding Shows will be released shortly.
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raphtec GB is now supplying as standard its own-brand Graphtec Pro Studio and Graphtec Pro Studio PLUS software programs. These are based on the widely specified FlexiSIGN family of software developed by global specialist SAi for which Graphtec GB is a preferred business partner and exclusive UK and Ireland distributor. The software is included as part of the package on Graphtec cutting plotters and offers compatibility with over 30 different popular file formats, including AI, CMX, EPS and DXF. In addition to basic tool functions, the software provides more advanced options such as shape editing and auto trace and weld combined. Key features include automatic registration mark creation, tiling, an ability to create multiple copies of the same object for cutting, the addition of weed and
border cut lines, and tool assignment and condition settings (including cutting force and speed). Graphtec Pro Studio also supports the latest Version 6 of Graphtecʼs proprietary ARMS (Automatic Registration Mark Sensing) system for optimum material alignment and cutting accuracy. The complementary Graphtec Pro Studio PLUS program provides additional and more advanced tool functions for increased productivity. These include the ability to transform graphics and characters, enable automatic sequence numbering, bar code, QR and serialised number creation, power nesting and template production for rhinestone applications. Graphtec GB also now supplies Cutting Master 4 as a plug-in software option for Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw graphics suites and EnRoute V6 that provides 2D and 3D routing functions. Available in four different editions, comprising a suite of over 40 design and production tools, it is considered to be the most advanced software of its kind so far developed by SAi.
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