The winds of change: 28 November 2011

This week’s movement in the printing industry sees Claudia Sagripanti step down as CEO of Publishers Australia, plus Epson expands the knowledge base of its industrial label business with Trevor Crowley and Roger Lundgren joining the team.



PA CEO steps down

Claudia Sagripanti has finished her one-year contract as CEO of Publishers Australia, leaving the association to focus on the mobile media space.

According to Sagripanti, with the launch of its inaugural Magazine Week conference accomplished, it is time to move on to focusing specifically on tablet and mobile opportunities.

“I’ve enjoyed working with the members of Publishers Australia, and delighted with what I’ve achieved on areas such as digital publishing, and the launch of Young Minds and Women in Publishing,” she says.

Geoff Hird, association chairman, wishes Sagripanti the best in her new role. "We thank Claudia for her contribution to the evolution of Publishers Australia over the past 12 months. The PA team delivered a great conference for Magazine Week and an exceptional Excellence Awards.”


Epson sure about its SurePress

Epson has called upon the technical experience of Trevor Crowley and Roger Lundgren to develop new opportunities for its first digital label press, the SurePress L-4033A.

Craig Heckenberg, Epson Australia’s business unit manager, is extremely happy to have both experienced professionals join the commercial and industrial teams.

“I look forward to working with both of them as we expand our print business into the industrial label market,” he says.

Crowley (pictured) has been appointed as Epson’s commercial and industrial BDM, while Lundgren has taken the position of hardware support engineer for industrial products.

With over 25 years in printing, Crowley previously held the NSW business manager hat for Avery Dennison for almost three years. Prior to this was a seven-year spell at Sericol/Fujifilm as an application specialist for the Label Ink division.

As a pre-press application specialist with the Currie Group for almost five years, Lundgren (pictured) handled everything related to HP Indigo digital presses from installation, training and support. He also helped customers handle HP’s plug-ins for Adobe InDesign and QuarkXpress, including modules for imposition and variable data.