New elected committee members for PPG

The Printing and Publishing Group (PPG) has announced the newly-tasked committee members that were elected recently at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The newly-elected committee members of the PPG with some of the voters. — Supplied photo

With the presence of highly-acknowledged names in the printing industry, Saeed Al Najjar, member relations external manager of the Dubai Chamber, announced what the majority has voted for.

According to a Press release, the following names are the elected PPG members as of 2013: Mohammad Al Hashimi of Emirates Trans Graphics, Zahir Hassan of Power Print, Sebastian Lonth of Reprotronics, Mazen El Tibi of Heidelberg, Lakshman Ganapathy of Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing, Anthony Murphy of Flint Group, Saghir Ahmed Khan of Khaleej Times, Alex Jahanbani of MEPrinter, Saad Kasho of Modern Printing Press, Andrew Hurt of Mohamed Hared Al Otaiba Group (Xerox Emirates), Vatch Kalvakian of Namma International Digitec, Niels Siegel of Technotrans, which the reserved committee members Surajan C.V. of Al Reyami Printing Press and Mohammed Seif of Canon are tasked to fulfill their duties and to form as a body and a communication channel to the sector.

The newly-elected members voted for Mohammad Al Hashimi as the chairman of the group, Zahir Hassan as the vice-chairman and Sebastian Lonth as general secretary.

“Many of our elected members are new in the committee, and this means we can learn many new things and share new ideas that we have never touched based on. If we all set our mind for the progress of our industry, we could all reach what we are aiming for,” said Al Hashimi to the body representing PPG.

The group will announce the latest updates regarding the award ceremony, seminars and other activities through the social media sites of PPG.

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