Kodak GCG  appointments 
Eastman Kodak Company has named Kenneth Swanson as the new director of business development for its Graphic Communications Group (GCG). Swanson has more than 25 years of sales, marketing, business development, technology and operations experience in the graphic communications industry.

At Kodak, Swanson will be responsible for developing new business opportunities for GCG through external partnerships and relationships, and through the incubation and development of new technologies and product concepts.

He will serve as the primary contact and liaison with key external partners. Swanson will report to Jeffrey Hayzlett, chief marketing officer, GCG.

Swanson most recently served as senior vice president at Bowne & Company, the world’s largest financial printer and a diversified global document and information management solutions provider, based in New York City.

“I look forward to applying my business development skills to help Kodak develop the strong strategic partnerships needed to succeed in today’s complex graphic communications market,” says Swanson.

Earlier in his career, Swanson held management positions at a number of graphic communications and printing companies in the US.

is the world’s foremost imaging innovator, providing leading products and services to the photographic, graphic communications and healthcare markets. With sales of $US14.3 billion in 2005, Kodak, is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy.

Kodak currently provides solutions for prepress, conventional and digital printing and document imaging.