Ashley Flaska, vice-president (VP) of marketing for commercial large-format liquid crystal display (LCD) and projector provider NEC Display Solutions of America, has been named a 2014 ‘channel chief’ by CRN magazine.

Roland DGA announced graphics produced with its SolJet Pro 4 XF-640 printer and Eco-Sol Max 2 inks are now warranted in Canada for up to seven years by the Avery Dennison integrated component system (ICS) performance guarantee when printed on Avery’s MPI 1005 Supercast media.

Digital signage software and appliance provider Stratacache has appointed Chuck Gose vice-president (VP) and subject matter expert (SME) for its newly created corporate communications division.

The board of directors for Kodak, which continues to transition from analogue to digital printing, has elected Jeffrey J. Clarke as CEO. He succeeds Antonio M. Perez, who now serves as a special adviser to the board.

Entro, a Toronto-based environmental graphic design (EGD) firm that specializes in wayfinding sign systems, has hired Mary Newman to lead its new strategy and research services division, which will support in-house designers.

Taizaburo ‘Ted’ Egawa has been named president and CEO of Canon Canada, which continues to expand its manufacturing operations in the wide-format printer sector. He succeeds Kazuto ‘Kevin’ Ogawa, who has assumed another executive role with Canon China.

Presto Tape, which manufactures surface-protection tapes and films, transfer tapes, protective films and adhesive-backed digital print media, has hired Mike Richardson as vice-president (VP) of its recently formed graphic division.

Top Value Fabrics, a supplier of printable textiles, recreational fabrics and industrial textiles to a variety of industries, has hired Michael Compton as business development manager to support the continued expansion of its print media division.

Avery Dennison, which manufactures and distributes pressure-sensitive adhesive materials for the wide-format printing industry, has appointed Nick Tucci vice-president (VP) and general manager (GM) of reflective solutions.