PRIMIR 2016 Service Awards Presented at NPES Annual Conference and Fall Meeting

PRIMIR, the Print Industries Market Information and Research Organization, the research unit of NPES, announced the recipients of its 2016 Service Awards at the NPES 2016 Annual Conference and PRIMIR Fall Meeting, held Nov. 14-16, 2016 in Marco Island, FL.
 
Themed “PRINTscape: World-Wide Markets & Megatrends,” the combined program was enriched with data and content from two new PRIMIR research studies: “Megatrends in Printing Applications” and, from the first ever co-produced study by NPES and VDMA (the Mechanical Engineering Industry Association of Germany), the “Worldwide Market for Print 2.0 —Packaging.”
 
“Producing PRIMIR’s tremendous portfolio of industry research takes an enormous amount of effort, professional guidance, and many volunteers who serve on each of the study task forces,” said NPES president Thayer Long, in appreciation of the dedicated volunteers who served as PRIMIR study co-chairs in 2016.
 
Together, PRIMIR immediate past chairman Eric Frank and PRIMIR managing director Rekha Ratnam acknowledged with plaques of recognition the 2016 PRIMIR task force chairs present at the meeting, which included:

• Deanna Klemesrud, global marketing director — brand and promo, packaging and narrow web at Flint Group; and, Tony Laurino, marketing research and analytics for Sun Chemical, the task force co-chairs who worked diligently to produce a very successful panel presentation at last year’s PRIMIR 2015 Summer Meeting, which evolved into the formal 2016 PRIMIR study, “North American Food Packaging Compliance: Impact on the Printing Industry,” produced by LPC.

• Richard Mullen, VP of market development and analysis at Domtar, for his leadership as a task force co-chair on the latest PRIMIR study, “Megatrends in Printing Applications: A Refresh and Expansion of the 2010 Study Data and Future Outlook.” Recognized, as well, was Paul Jaynes, who served as a co-chair to guide this research conducted by Marco Boer of I.T. Strategies.
 
Equally acknowledged also for their dedication in guiding impactful recent PRIMIR research studies were:
• PRIMIR chair Frances Cicogna, manager, business development and segment marketing, Canon U.S.A.; and, John Foley, Jr., president/CEO, interlinkONE, for serving as co-chairs on the “Digital Printing Technology’s Influence on the U.S. In-Plant Printing Market” study.

• Chris Calomino, marketing and communications manager, ACTEGA North America; and, Mark Barrington, business director Americas, Trelleborg Coated Systems US, for their service as co-chairs in guiding the “Coatings Market in North America by Applications and by Chemistry” study.

• Frank was commended, as well his task force co-chair, Mark Hunt, director, Strategic Alliances, Standard Finishing, for his guidance and work on the “In-line Finishing Solutions in the Digital and Offset World” study.

Extending appreciation on behalf of both organizations, NPES Treasurer Mark Hischar, concluded the PRIMIR Service Awards presentations by presenting a plaque of recognition to Frank, SVP marketing and product management, KBA North America, Inc. for his service as PRIMIR chairman from 2011 to 2015.