Cerm, NV, (a Heidelberg^© company), one of Europe’s leading suppliers of management software for narrow web and label printers has appointed Ron Bailey as the first Business Development Consultant for the United States.

Founded in 1984 in Oostkamp, Belgium near the city of Bruges, Cerm, NV with 160 customers throughout 18 countries continues to be one of the leading narrow web and label management software solutions.

With its 30+ employees, Cerm invests highly in industry Software R&D Programmers as well as hardware and educated end user consultants. “What impressed me most about Cerm” says Bailey “is the print knowledge of the programmers, and managers”. “This results in a system that’s ready to use by our customers with minimal customization”.

Bailey, a resident of Atlanta, Georgia, joined Cerm, NV as a Business Development Consultant in September of 2011. Having held previous positions at print and graphics suppliers like HeidelbergUSA, in Kennesaw, GA and Agfa Graphics, in Wilmington, MA. He also has extensive experience in systems integrations and workflow management gained from working in printing plants throughout North America.

“Our objective is to find a good match between customer’s expectations and our software” Says Peter Dhondt, Global Business Development and Sales Manager for Cerm, NV. “Having Ron’s experience and knowledge in the US will contribute to making this possible”.

Cerm, NV has many industry memberships and affiliations such as the Tag and Label Manufacturing Institute (TLMI), FINAT and CIP4. Along with these affiliations, they are winners of some of leading industry awards such as the 2009 CIP4 International Print Production Innovation (CIPPI) award for “Small Business Process Automation Implementation of the Year”.

They also have strategic alliance with several of the industry leaders such as ESKO Artwork^©, Hewlett Packard^©, Advanced Vision Technology, Ltd. (AVT)^©, Xeikon^© and GSE^©.“Our strategic alliances are very important in the United States and throughout the world” says Tom Musschoot, Founder of Cerm, NV. “Building alliances with our industry partners will strengthen our position in the market place”.