SUPPLIER news
Gans Ink & Supply has named Keith Duchene the commercial ink division manager. Duchene has been a field technical representative for Gans Ink for the past nine years. Replacing Duchene in the field is Aaron Sures, who has been with Gans for one year as the pressroom supplies division manager.
A revision to a safety standard affecting vertical post ink mixers was announced by NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies (NPES) and the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM). B65/NAPIM 177.2-2006, Safety Standard—Printing Ink Vertical Post Mixers, was approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). This standard revises and replaces B177.2-1997, and is currently available from NPES. The 2006 standard incorporates significant changes to the 1997 standard, including the addition of requirements relating to emergency stop.
