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SCREEN appoints Daria Mondi will take a ¤100m
IN BRIEF

Obłój as sales manager (£83m) impairment hit to
close its Stambolijski mill
in Bulgaria, which was
damaged by a fire last
month. The mill, located
Due to the growing num- quickly discovered how they around 120km from Sofia,
ber of customers in Eastern deliver exceptional printing makes brown kraft paper.
Europe and recognising its resolutions and speeds with The fire damaged its single
paper machine, which had
potential for growth and high uptimes, all in an afford- capacity of 100,000tpa. In a statement, Mondi said: “After
innovation, SCREEN has able package—qualities that evaluating the options for repairing the mill and the ongo-
appointed Daria Obłój as are crucial for the many mid- ing investment required for the mill to remain competitive
Regional Sales Manager for dle and small-sized compa- into the future, Mondi has concluded that closing the mill
and serving customers out of its network of other kraft
Eastern Europe, her experi- nies that dominate Poland paper mills is the best course of action overall.” The deci-
ence and drive to excel mak- and Eastern Europe,” Daria sion will affect around 300 Mondi Stambolijski employees.
ing her a perfect fit with their explained.As Sales Manager Mondi said the net closure costs were estimated at ¤100m
“primarily related to a non-cash asset impairment which
dedication to printing excel- for Eastern Europe, Daria is we will book as a special item”.
lence. Patrick Jud, SCREEN’s Daria Obłój as Regional SM eager to leverage SCREEN’s
Area Director DACH & CEE, new challenge to push her Waitrose has printed its
emphasised this, stating, further in her career and per- cutting-edge technology to latest Christmas food bro-
chure with cutting edge
“Daria stood out as an ideal sonal development and iden- modernise the Polish print- scan-to-buy technology,
candidate for SCREEN tified SCREEN as an ing market. Her primary goal where customers can point
because of her deep familiar- authoritative figure in the is to enhance SCREEN’s visi- their phone camera at any
ity with the label market in label, commercial, and pack- bility in the region. Daria’s product in the brochure to
find it online. Customers
Eastern Europe. aging printing markets, with appointment also highlights scan a QR code printed in
Furthermore, she impressed a reputation for reliable, pro- SCREEN’s commitment to the brochure, and are
with her confident, outgoing ductive digital inkjet printing diversity and innovation. taken to a host page where they can start scanning items
– without any need to download an app. The technology,
personality and commitment equipment. “I’m eager to begin this new engineered by Phuzion Media, was introduced to Waitrose
to customer satisfaction.” “Seeing SCREEN’s presses chapter with SCREEN,” by Eye to Eye Media, which produces magazines and bro-
Daria was also looking for a in action,” said Daria,” I Daria concluded. chures for the supermarket. Every product in the brochure
is scannable, and the technology requires no changes to
MIS-printer connection launched photography or post-production treatment. Connecting
print readers directly to online checkout is a powerful tool
for improving shoppers’ experience.
Packaging and label Equios workflow software premium integrations part- Macfarlane Group has
printer MIS developer Cerm and the Cerm MIS to com- ner. “When existing or new appointed a new manag-
has unveiled inkjet manufac- municate back and forth, Cerm customers share their ing director for Macfarlane
turer Screen as the first press automatically setting up jobs plans to invest in new pro- Packaging Distribution,
manufacturer to have its kit and allowing operators to duction equipment, we Europe as it strengthens its
always point them to the
presence in the European
directly integrated in an ‘out simply monitor and start pro- importance of our integra- protective packaging mar-
of the box’ connection with duction. tions, as a ‘must have’ to ket.Joost Meijs will join the
Cerm’s MIS. The partnership “The decision was obvi- streamline production. And Glasgow-headquartered
– which labels Screen as ous,” said Peter Heyse, with Screen, it is an eyes- packaging company in the
Cerm’s first press manufac- Cerm’s director of product closed certainty that it newly created role on 1 January 2025, reporting directly to
Macfarlane’s chief executive, Peter Atkinson. He will work
turer ‘premium integrations management. “Screen is a increases efficiency from day with Macfarlane’s existing European team to further
partner’ – allows Screen’s perfect fit to become our next one. expand the company’s presence in Europe. In recent years
Macfarlane has expanded its strategic European presence
End caps for cardboard tubes with the acquisition of the PackMann protective packaging
business in Germany. Meijs will support the PackMann
team to achieve their growth plans.
Print on demand firm with clingfilm in 2022 – the
Prodigi has launched a “first- printing firm developed its Materials innovation and coatings firm HeiQ is set to delist
of-its-kind” moulded fibre own moulded fibre caps as from the stock market as part of a restructuring plan that
includes selling off some of its product lines. The PLC said it
end cap for cardboard tubes. the last piece in the plastic- continued to face “significant challenges” due to ongoing
Launched under the free puzzle, and has elimi- curtailed demand in its core operations of Textiles, Flooring,
Ecocaps brand, the fully nated more than two million and Antimicrobials. Conditions are not expected to improve
compostable and biodegrad- until the second-half of next year. A new restructuring plan
able caps were developed by individual pieces of plastic will reduce costs by an additional 20% by the end of next
Prodigi after the firm real- from its supply chain by year.HeiQ plans to reduce its central organisation costs;
ised there was no plastic- Prodigi launches the product adopting its own product. relocate and streamline some operations to focus on its
free alternative to On a mission to remove all Prodigi prints largely in- hubs in Portugal, Thailand and the US; and scale back non-
traditional plastic end-caps plastic from its own packag- house from three facilities in core activities in its innovation pipeline. Its operational
available on the market. ing materials – beginning the UK, US and Europe. headquarters are in Switzerland.

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