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| Chris Morrissey
Sun Chemical
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John Kalkowski
Sun Chemical
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Sun Chemical chooses executive to lead
narrow-web offering in North America
Northlake, IL
- August 31, 2004 -- Sun Chemical, the world’s foremost ink manufacturer, has named Chuck Shuty as Director of Narrow Web Products for Sun Chemical North American Inks. Shuty will lead the U.S. introduction of Solaris™, its new global product line of inks and coatings formulated to meet the needs of narrow-web printers. Solaris will be launched at Label Expo Americas 2004, to be held Sept. 13-16 in Rosemont, IL.
“In this newly created role, Chuck will help establish Sun Chemical as a major player in the Narrow Web Label market,” said Michael Murphy, President, Sun Chemical North American Inks. “Currently, our Narrow Web products are offered by several Sun Chemical business units. Chuck will coordinate these resources into a focused, dedicated effort to serve this growing market.”
“We intend to make Solaris the narrow web printer’s ink supplier of choice by offering unparalleled value,” Shuty said. “Through the combined resources of Sun Chemical, Kohl & Madden and Coates Screen, we will deliver best-in-class products and service.”
Shuty began with Sun Chemical in 2003 as Director of Sales, Publication Inks. Before joining Sun Chemical, he had 17 years of sales and management experience with such companies as Nalco, Valspar and Akzo Nobel Inks.
Sun Chemical, the world’s largest producer of printing inks and pigments, is a leading provider of materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics, and other industrial markets. With annual sales of more than $3 billion, Sun Chemical has over 12,000 employees supporting customers around the world. The Sun Chemical Group of companies includes such well-known names as, Coates Lorilleux, Gibbon, Hartmann, Kohl & Madden, Rycoline, Swale, Usher-Walker and US Ink. In addition, Sun Chemical has many joint ventures, with the largest being its $1.5 billion Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG) joint venture with Eastman Kodak. KPG is a world leader in prepress products, services and equipment.
Sun Chemical Corporation in the United States of America and Sun Chemical Limited in England are subsidiaries of Sun Chemical Group B.V., the Netherlands. Sun Chemical has headquarters in Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S.A.; Watford, England; and Weesp, the Netherlands. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.sunchemical.com.
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