Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; July 2007 -- Mark Geeves has been named Head of Ciba Color Services in the Americas for Ciba Color Services and Vice President—Americas at MetalFX, a Ciba Color Services subsidiary.  In his new position, Geeves will focus on bringing the MetalFX Technology metallic color printing process to the North American and Latin American markets.
Announcing the appointment, Andrew Ainge, MetalFX Managing Director, commented: “Mark Geeves brings a vast array of color experience to MetalFX.  Prior to joining MetalFX and Ciba, Mark was Vice President of Vice President of Global Business Development at Gretag/Macbeth, and President/General Manager of Bestcolor USA.  He also held executive positions at X-Rite and Color Savvy Systems.  Mark Geeves is widely known in the world of color and has focused on developing organizations that bring innovative products to the graphic arts and printing industries.  His mission is to introduce and grow MetalFX throughout the North American and Latin American markets.”
MetalFX, a recent Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation acquisition, is a universal process and spot metallic color system that allows millions of metallic colors to be printed, all by adding only the one base silver ink to the usual CMYK mix. Ciba Specialty brings more than 40 years of experience in color matching to the worldwide graphic arts, paints, plastics, fibers and ceramic industries.