Apex Adds to Global Leadership Team, Targets Growth In U.S. Market
HAPERT, NETHERLANDS—October 23, 2014—Apex Group of Companies, which specializes in anilox and metering technologies, has added two executives to the company’s growing leadership team to improve the organization's ability to demonstrate value to more customers, particularly in North America.
Jeff Dietz has been appointed vice president of sales, with responsibility for North and Central America. Doug Jones has been appointed vice president of global marketing, with responsibility for marketing, advertising and brand management internationally. Both will be based in Pittsburgh.
Dietz has assumed leadership responsibility for the entire North American and Central American territories. He has more than 12 years of experience in equipment sales in the printing and packaging industries with a focus on corrugated. “Having Jeff on board will strengthen our leading position in the North and Central American market. With a solid background in the North American printing industry and his leadership style, we are ready to further improve our presence and service to the customers in these regions,” stated Willem-Jan Kersten, Apex chief commercial officer.
Jones is a marketing and sales strategist with over a decade of experience working with Fortune 500 companies in market demand creation, advertising and CRM process management capacities. “Apex has a unique position in the market because we have set the standard for conventional anilox solutions while also establishing ourselves as an industry leader in innovation. From a marketing prospective, the combination allows us to tell a very powerful story,” he states.