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Katun makes EMEA appointment
Katun Corporation has appointed Elie Choukroun as deputy general manager of the EMEA region. With more than 30 years of senior leadership experience in the print and IT industries, Elie is known for driving transformation and delivering sustainable growth. He has previously held several executive positions within the Ricoh Group, most recently serving as president of Ricoh France, where he successfully led a major strategic transformation and delivered sustained, profitable growth. “We are thrilled to welcome Elie to Katun’s leadership team,” said Heidi Boller, general manager, Katun EMEA. “His proven ability to build high-performing sales organisations and drive revenue growth makes him the
ideal leader to take our EMEA strategy to the next level and strengthen our leadership across the region.” In his new role, Elie will spearhead Katun EMEA’s commercial strategy, with a focus on expanding the company’s footprint in key markets, strengthening customer engagement, and advancing the growth of the Arivia MFP business. “I’m honoured to join Katun at such an exciting moment in its journey,” said Elie. “The company’s commitment to innovation, customer-centric culture and strong core values truly set it apart. I look forward to collaborating with the talented EMEA team to seize new opportunities while continuing to deliver outstanding value to our clients.” n
Elie Choukroun deputy general manager, EMEA
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UFABRIK’s new european sales director
This month UFABRIK appointed Monika Mourao as their european sales director. With 23 years in the industry, Monika has helped shape markets and drive applications across EMEA. Monika commented, “I was looking for a new challenge and there is a huge opportunity in regions like Poland, the Netherlands and Benelux, where customers are waiting for fresh energy and a solutions-orientated integrated approach. UFABRIK is uniquely positioned to deliver this.” With significant investment behind
the brand, UFABRIK is gaining market prominence, supported by endorsements from partners that include EFI, Canon, Agfa and HP. Robin East, co-founder of UFABRIK, adds: “What makes Monika special is that she’s sold both print production equipment and materials. She truly understands the printer technology, plus the challenges and the applications of digital textiles, invaluable when guiding customers in the adoption of new solutions. She brings credibility, trust, and numerous strong relationships that will propel UFABRIK forward. We’re delighted she has joined us at senior board level and also as a shareholder in the business.” Monika joins UFABRIK as an equity director, fully integrated into the core business. With her skills and industry relationships she is ideally positioned to accelerate UFABRIK’s success across Europe. n
Monika Mourao European Sales Director
ufabrik.com
About UFABRIK
World class manufacturing and supply UFABRIK has become the premier industry choice for wide format digital textile printing. We share two manufacturing sites with JC inkjet: a newly built greenfield plant at Chonburi in Thailand and an immense 69-acre state-of-the-art facility in Shandong Province, China, where all manufacturing processes are currently contained. Our global sales and marketing headquarters are based in Berkshire, UK, and our dedicated EMEA logistics hub is in Walsall, UK. Deliveries for the Asia-Pacific region are shipped directly from UFABRIK’s facilities in China. LexJet is our distribution partner in North America, while CMYUK is our exclusive distribution partner in the UK and Ireland. We are one of the largest and most influential global producers of printing textile materials. Many of the leading international printer equipment manufacturers trust and contract us for their OEM materials.
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