Mitsubishi veteran Stefan Werner appointed to drive market growth for end-to-end print innovation

Derek Sizer to retire at end of March, following 50 years in Graphic Arts Industry

Expansion of European team follows successful 2017 for CRON’s end-to-end press solutions

Dusseldorf, 19^th March 2018 – Celebrating extraordinary growth in European markets in 2017, CRON-Europe, a leading manufacturer of CtP solutions, today announces the appointment of Stefan Werner as its new Sales Director, EMEAR.

Werner has joined CRON Europe from Mitsubishi International GmbH, where he served as Department Manager for International Sales and Distribution of Graphic Arts Materials. As Sales Director for CRON, he will assume responsibility for CRON’s continued growth in Europe, Middle East and Russian markets, promoting CRON’s portfolio of highly innovative end-to-end pre-press solutions.

Werner will take over from Derek Sizer, who retires at the end of March after more than 50 years’ service to the Graphic Arts industry. Sizer has led the CRON Europe team since 2014 and was responsible for establishing the business in Europe, as well as introducing many of CRON’s ground-breaking technologies to the market.

“Firstly, I would like to thank Derek for his huge contribution to CRON Europe – the business has flourished under his stewardship and we all wish him well for the future,” said Stefan Werner, Sales Director, CRON Europe.

“But, I am also delighted to join the team as Sales Director for EMEAR. CRON is renowned for industry-leading innovation in Pre-Press and On-Press imaging machinery, and I am excited to join the company as it evolves to the next stage. CRON’s goal is to deliver outstanding quality solutions that deliver customer value and increased profitability, without compromise. I am committed to driving continued growth in Europe and ensuring CRON becomes the preferred imaging supplier throughout the region.”

Demonstrating a further commitment to expanding the company’s operations in Europe, CRON is actively recruiting to enlarge its engineering team as well as business operations. The company has recently appointed Phil Zhao as Business Assistant, to enhance CRON’s After-Sales support team.

CRON Europe enjoyed considerable success at Labelexpo Europe 2017, receiving record orders across EMEAR for its portfolio of products, spanning the entire digital prepress spectrum from UV, thermal to very large format CTP. The company recently announced the launch of three new HDI Flexo CtP H+ models (HDI 600H+, HDI 920H+ and HDI 1600H+) featuring double the laser power of comparable products. This remarkable technological advance enables pioneering standards of speed, delivering imaging resolutions up to 9600 dpi as standard, and vastly improved output and efficiency.