In the USA, Henry “Hank” A Brandtjen III, president of Brandtjen & Kluge, is now chairman of NPES, The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies. He succeeds Thomas Saggiomo, president and ceo of Agfa Corp, who continues to serve on the board's executive committee. Four new directors were also elected to the NPES board: Vincent Lapinski, ceo, MAN Roland, Stephen Metcalf, president, Air Motion Systems, Karl Puehringer, ceo, Baldwin Technology, and Steven Reny, president, Standard Finishing Systems.