XAAR appoints Edmund Creutzmann as chief technical officer

XAAR has appointed Edmund Creutzmann as chief technical officer effective from April 01, 2014. Edmund has over 30 years’ digital printing R&D experience spanning LED, electrophotographic and inkjet imaging technologies and, most recently, was vice president, Printer Technology at Océ Printing System GmbH. As chief technical officer, Edmund has overall responsibility for XAAR R&D and reports directly to Ian Dinwoodie, CEO, XAAR.

Edmund’s appointment, which followed a complex international search, is part of XAAR’s major investment in R&D and manufacturing. The company has invested over £40m in R&D alone over the last five years; in 2013 XAAR grew its R&D headcount by 64 percent to 133 employees and expanded its facility on the Cambridge Science Park by 50 percent to 4,459 sq m. In addition, XAAR continues to expand and streamline manufacturing.