From left, Stylianos Manousakis, Xavier Bonamour and Philippe Domansky.
At BOBST, Application Management provides hands-on, innovative consulting to support brand owners, printers, and converters from concept to shelf. This service is tailored to meet each customer's specific needs, ensuring we deliver the right solutions and advice for every scenario.
Meet Our Expert Team
Our Application Management team consists of industry experts with extensive experience in packaging technologies, sustainability, and business processes. Each team member brings a wealth of knowledge and a commitment to helping our customers succeed. They work collaboratively to provide the best possible guidance and support, ensuring our customers can navigate the complexities of the packaging industry with confidence.
Stelios Manousakis
Industry: Labels
Stelios is an electronics engineer with a dedicated career in digital printing. He has over 28 years of experience in various roles within global organizations and holds multiple patents in 2D and 3D digital printing, electrophotography, and workflow automation. His responsibilities encompass managing support for key accounts, providing guidance in migration compliance and food applications, qualifying applications based on industry compliance needs, supporting the smooth transformation of analog applications to digital, and optimizing processes from prepress to finishing. He also focuses on sustainability and waste reduction through new automated digital workflows.
Xavier Bonamour
Industry: Flexible Packaging
Xavier has a technical education in material science and over 25 years of experience in the flexible packaging industry, working with converters to develop packaging solutions for major brand owners. His key responsibilities include managing support for key accounts, providing insights and support to customers, brand owners, and partners, collaborating with product lines to develop timely solutions, addressing pain points, and anticipating market shifts. Additionally, he increases visibility by speaking and presenting at industry-related events.
Philippe Domansky
Industry: Folding Carton and Corrugated Board
Philippe has a background in packaging engineering and over 30 years of experience with folding carton converters and brand owners. He has worked in various managing roles for R&D, engineering, and manufacturing projects. His key responsibilities include managing support for key accounts, providing guidance on technologies, raw materials, processes, and business cases along the entire packaging value chain, ensuring training and knowledge sharing, translating industry trends into solution offerings, and extending the BOBST Industry Partner Ecosystem. As our newest team member, Philippe looks forward to meeting the future of packaging with the right products, processes, and services.
Comprehensive Services
We offer guidance across the entire packaging value chain, from technologies and raw materials to sustainability, processes, and business cases, providing expert advice to help our customers succeed. Our services are customized to meet the unique requirements of each converter and brand owner.
Sample Scenarios
We assist customers in making strategic business decisions, such as entering new markets or expanding their product portfolios. We help customers enhance their sustainability practices and integrate them more effectively into their operations. We provide general counsel on how customers can improve their businesses to be well-prepared for future challenges. Our application management services are available across all industry sectors we serve.