Yavne, Israel (Dec. 10, 2019) — Highcon is pleased to announce that Michael Ciaramella has assumed the role of VP sales and GM Americas, effective Dec. 2.
Shlomo Nimrodi, Highcon CEO said: “We are delighted to have Michael joining the Highcon team. His experience in building and running sales teams for a diverse range of leading companies including Microsoft, HP, Scitex, Kodak and lately Agfa, will help us promote and accelerate the penetration of the Highcon technology in the Americas. This is an important territory for Highcon, and our recent sales have demonstrated that the market has recognized the benefits of digital cutting and creasing in reducing inefficiencies in the supply chain in both the folding carton and corrugated marketplace.”
Ciaramella has already been visiting Highcon’s existing customers as well as prospects in the territory.
Ciaramella said: “I am excited and privileged to join the innovative team at Highcon. The growing demand from Brands for short-run packaging, fast turnaround and design flexibility, along with the explosion of new digital printing solutions is rapidly changing our industry. Highcon’s ground-breaking digital cutting and creasing technology together with its market penetration into some leading global companies is allowing our clients to realize the benefits of agile production. Helping clients grow and prosper has always been my passion. It is wonderful to be with a company that shares the same values.”
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About Highcon
The Highcon digital cutting and creasing solution is transforming the post-print market. Highcon offers primarily folding carton and corrugated converters a product portfolio that covers a wide range of formats, substrates and applications: from general commercial, folding carton and corrugated packaging, display products and variable data cutting. The Highcon offerings introduced cost-effective solutions to the increasing manufacturing inefficiencies that the folding carton and corrugated carton manufacturers are experiencing.
This is a direct result of the emerging market dynamics of shorter time to market and lower job sizes. Such requirements cannot be accommodated by the expensive and slow conventional die-making and setup process. The Highcon digital technology bridges the gap between agile production and design flexibility delivering improved responsiveness, JIT production, short runs, customization of structure and design, and the ability to perform a wide range of applications in-house. Highcon products are installed at customer sites all over the world.
