chemicals  appointments  Printcity 
Sun Chemical, the world’s largest producer of inks and pigments, yesterday appointed Gerry Schmidt to PrintCity’s Advisory Council, the governing body of the strategic alliance that connects global graphic arts expertise from over 40 independent companies.
Working as the European Heatset Technical Service marketing manager at Sun Chemical and based in the UK, Schmidt has more than 20 years’ experience in the printing and associated industries. He has played an active role since PrintCity was formed in 1998 and is already the chairman of the alliance’s Publishing, Commercial & Web Activity Group.

Schmidt is also jointly leading with fellow Sun Chemical employee Paul Casey, a PrintCity cross-process project group that is evaluating how newspaper printers can increase revenues, in a project announced at IPEX called Value Added Printing of Newspapers (VAPoN), where first results have already been shown.

“My appointment reaffirms Sun Chemical’s commitment to PrintCity,” says Schmidt. “I look forward to playing an even more active role in the alliance’s future, helping to develop cross-industry expertise that will benefit the partners’ customers in the long run.”

John Dangelmaier, president of PrintCity, says, "We are delighted to welcome Gerry and his wide-ranging expertise to the PrintCity Advisory Council. He is already jointly leading a group of experts working on the VAPoN project that will establish world-class solutions to benefit their customers.”

PrintCity is a strategic alliance that connects worldwide expertise from over 40 independent companies within the graphic arts industry.

Members work together in partnerships within a complete workflow – from prepress to press to post-press – within the packaging, commercial and publishing sectors.

PrintCity members work together through different suppliers to demonstrate practical solutions using complete, compatible systems to industry-wide issues and to promote the power of print in today’s communications mix.

PrintCity was founded in 1999 and is now an established long-term alliance that is present in more than 180 countries, representing more than 40 businesses with 160,000 employees and a combined turnover of €30bn.