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Duplo Corporation has announced a new vice president of global marketing with Dominic Quennell stepping down from his position at the end of this month, following five years in the Japan-based role. Ryuji Nagase, who joined the marketing team three years ago, assumes responsibility for most of the marketing functions and in particular looking after Duplo’s printer vendor partners, which include Canon, HP Indigo, Kodak NexPress, Océ and Xerox.

Duplo’s finishing products are sold in New Zealand by sole distributors, T S Wilson Jnr. Ltd, based in Auckland.

Dominic Quennell transferred to Japan in 2001 after 16 years running international operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Duplo International. While he is relinquishing his executive role at Duplo Corporation (Japan) to return to the UK, Dominic remains a non-executive director of Duplo International, Duplo’s distribution arm in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

During his tenure in Japan, Dominic’s team over-hauled Duplo’s booklet-making range, launched a series of in-line and near-line solutions, invented an entirely new product segment of slitting, cutting and scoring machines, designed a brand new concept suction folder and, most recently, showed Duplo’s new high-end perfect binder at Ipex.

Tokio Sakamoto, President of Duplo Corporation says that Dominic Quennell has been part of the team which has been instrumental in Duplo’s graphic arts sales increase in Japan by 84%.

“We have expanded our product range for both offset and digital customers and we acknowledge Dominic’s tremendous contribution to the corporation.”