NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies elected four new directors November 5, during its annual conference and general membership meeting at The Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona. Jeffrey Jacobson, Corporate Senior Vice President, Kodak Polychrome Graphics; Thomas Saggiomo, President of Lastra USA; and Susan Wittner, Marketing Director, Agfa Corporation, were elected to terms expiring at the 2003 annual meeting. Bert Ohlig, President of OLEC Corporation, was elected to a term expiring at the 2001 meeting. Re-elected to terms expiring at the 2003 meeting were Gerald F. Clark, Vice President, MAN Roland Inc.; Gary H. Dolgins, Vice President, Printable.com; Michael J. Grauel, President and CEO, Heidelberg Finishing-Baumfolder Corporation; Carl T. Lewis, President, Graphic Machinery and Systems; Gerald A. Nathe, Chairman and President, Baldwin Technology Company, Inc.; and Michael W. Rose, Vice President, Business Development, Collabria. Continuing as members of the Board are D.J. Burgess, President, Burgess Industries; Stanley Freimuth, Executive Vice President and COO, Fuji Photo Film USA; Donn S. Goldstick, Senior Vice President, Service, Heidelberg USA; Paul Madill, President and CEO, Bermaxx LLC/Bernal Technologies; Kathy Marx, Vice President, Marketing, Flint Ink; Philippe Michel, President, Bobst Group; Elinor Midlik, President, Prime UV Systems Inc.; Kosh Miyao, Vice President Product, Komori America Corporation; Ulrik Nygaard, Senior Vice President Finishing, Heidelberg Web Systems; Greg Palm, Manager, Graphic Arts Industry, Xerox Corporation; David Reny, Vice President and Managing Director, Standard Finishing Systems; Richard I. Stevens, President and COO, Stevens International; Richard Sutis, Executive Vice President, Goss Graphic Systems; and Robert Zoelle, Director of Sales and Marketing, DuPont Color Proofing. The Board of Directors elected the following individuals to serve as the Association's officers, with terms expiring at the 2001 meeting: Chairman, Stanley E. Freimuth; President, Regis J. Delmontagne; Vice President, William K. Smythe Jr.; Treasurer David R. Reny; Secretary, Mark J. Nuzzaco. Members of the Executive Committee for 2001 are Clark; Dolgins, Freimuth, Goldstick, Michel, Nathe, Reny and Stevens. NPES is a U.S. trade association representing more than 460 companies engaged in manufacturing and importing for sale or distribution of machinery, equipment, systems, software and supplies used in every printing, publishing and converting process from desktop design and image generation and processing to multiple output options and targeted dissemination systems. NPES is a co-sponsor of the international PRINTÆ show; GRAPH EXPOÆ and CONVERTING EXPO“, the leading expositions of printing, publishing and converting technologies in the Americas; and the regional exhibitions MIDWEST GRAPHICSÆ in Minneapolis, GRAPHIC ARTS THE CHARLOTTE SHOWÆ in North Carolina and THE GUTENBERG FESTIVALSM, Long Beach, California, and the VUE/POINTSM conference. Complete information about the Association, its programs and its member companies is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.npes.org, by e-mail at [email protected], by telephone at 703/264-7200, or by fax at 703/620-0994.