Global Graphics Plc: Global Graphics Appoints New Chief Executive Officer

 
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   GLOBAL GRAPHICS APPOINTS NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
 
   Cambridge (UK), 12 November 2019 (18:00 CET): Global Graphics PLC 
(Euronext: GLOG) has appointed Mike Rottenborn as its new CEO following 
Gary Fry's decision to step down from the post at the end of the year to 
pursue other avenues in the printing and publishing software industry. 
Mr Rottenborn is currently the president and CEO of HYBRID Software Inc. 
and will take up his new position from 1(st) January 2020. 
 
   Gary Fry has served as chief executive officer since 2008 and has 
steered the Company through a significant growth period during which 
several strategic acquisitions have been concluded including Meteor 
Inkjet, the industrial printhead driver solutions specialists, and, 
Xitron LLC, a leading developer of prepress solutions.  He has been the 
driving force behind the Company's success in providing software 
solutions for inkjet printing, a rapidly expanding technology which is 
used to produce labels and packaging, ceramics, interior décor, and 
textiles. 
 
   Mr Rottenborn (52) founded HYBRID Software in 2007 to provide a software 
solution that bridges the gap between e-commerce portals, prepress 
workflows, and MIS/ERP systems.  He has spent 30 years working in the 
graphic arts industry and began his career as an electrical engineer 
with DuPont Printing & Publishing. After DuPont, Mr Rottenborn joined 
PCC Artwork Systems to focus on prepress workflow software for packaging 
and commercial printing customers. 
 
   Guido Van der Schueren, chairman of Global Graphics comments, "Gary Fry 
has been instrumental in shaping Global Graphics into the organisation 
it is today with a very clear strategic focus on digital and inkjet 
printing and the board is grateful for the energy and dynamism he has 
brought to the role.  In Mike Rottenborn the Company has the ideal 
candidate to succeed Gary due to his impeccable technical credentials 
combined with extensive commercial experience.   He also has the 
analytical, leadership, and organizational skills that are required to 
guide the business forward.  With decades of industry experience to 
bring to bear he is a well-known and respected figure and the board is 
delighted to welcome him as part of the Global Graphics team." 
 
   Mr Rottenborn received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical 
Engineering from Virginia Tech and his Master of Science degree in 
Computer Science from Villanova University. 
 
   About Global Graphics 
 
   Through its operating subsidiaries, Global Graphics PLC 
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(Euronext Brussels: GLOG) is a leading developer of platforms for 
digital inkjet printing and type design and development. Customers for 
digital inkjet technology include press manufacturers such as HP, Canon, 
Durst, Roland, Hymmen and Mark Andy.  Those for font design include 
numerous international brands, from manufacturers such as Mercedes Benz 
and Siemens, to digital media and epublishing companies.  Global 
Graphics PLC is headquartered in Cambridge UK.  Its subsidiary companies 
are printing software developers Global Graphics Software 
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; the type foundry, URW Type Foundry 
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, and the industrial printhead driver solutions specialists, Meteor 
Inkjet 
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