Supplier news 11-01

Printing industry supplier Day International has announced the creation of the Image Transfer Group. The new business umbrella is designed to provide customers with more diverse pressroom products and services. The Image Transfer Group is made up of three divisions: Transfer Media Div./dayGraphica; Flexographic Products Div./Rotec; and Chemical Products Div./Varn. The company has also established the Advanced Development Center, an R&D operation focused on developing digital image transfer products. In other news, a new leadership team has been appointed. Key appointments include Stephen Noe, senior vice president and general manager, Transfer Media Div.; and Steven Wilson, president, Chemical Products Div. Day also announced the appointment of a new leadership team to head up its Image Transfer Group in North America. Reporting to Noe, they include: Bob Andrew, director, OEM marketing; Archie Doyle, vice president of sales, transfer media and chemical products; E.G. Mills, marketing director, news printer segment; Michael Neroni, vice president, marketing; Jeffrey Pieper, marketing manager, chemical products; and Michael Treadway, marketing director, offset blanket products.