After a long and distinguished career, Esko’s Jürgen Andresen will retire from his role as vice president flexo business at the end of February 2014.
Jürgen Andresen
As of 1 March, Thomas Klein, currently senior R&D manager for the Flexo Business, will succeed Mr Andresen in this leadership position.
Mr Andresen 20 year career at Esko is distinguished by his vision for the flexo industry and the way in which he made that vision a reality. His inventions, including the CDI, revolutionised flexo printing by taking the manual work out of many of the processes needed to prepare and produce flexo plates.
The systematic productivity and quality improvements created by the CDIs made them a standard in the industry. Today, there are more than 2540 CDIs installed worldwide and close to 90% of all digital flexo plates from various vendors are imaged on Esko devices.
‘Esko has continuously been at the forefront of digital flexo development, and that leadership position is due in large part to Jürgen’s continuous innovation and advancement,’ said Carsten Knudsen, president and CEO. ‘His effort, combined with Esko’s research and development teams, gave tradeshops and flexo converters around the world a way to use flexo technology to do what had not been previously possible: produce superb results in the most efficient way. We all wish Jürgen the best in his retirement, and will honour him by ensuring that Esko maintains its leading global position of flexo technology provider.’
Mr Andresen himself commented, ‘It is an honour to have been part of such a transformative technology, and to see the impact it has had for so many businesses. I am proud of this work and of the team at Esko who helped make this vision a reality. I am confident that Thomas will successfully lead the Flexo team toward a prosperous flexo future within Esko.’
