In a move to reinforce its presence in northern Europe, UV curing systems manufacturer GEW Limited has appointed Oy Cecmik Trading Ab as its exclusive distributor for Finland. This will further strengthen GEW’s position in the region as they are already represented by Premere Graphics AB within the Swedish market with full service support as well as sales. Premere will see its territory extended to cover the whole of Scandinavia.

Thomas Dahlén, managing director at Premere, comments, “The label printing and converting market in Scandinavia and Finland has significant growth potential. The challenge faced by players in this market is to match the high quality expectations and to offer service excellence. With the innovative technology and the service back-up from GEW, Premere and Cecmik are in the best position to face this challenge.”

Malcolm Rae, managing director of GEW, adds, “Over the past years we have established a very successful business relationship with Cecmik in Finland and Premere in Sweden and are pleased that we can now extend this by granting Premere additional responsibility for Denmark and Norway. We have full confidence in Premere’s and Cecmik’s joint expertise in the field of machinery for the label printing and converting industry.”

Cecemik is based in Jorvas not far from the capital Helsinki and distributes materials and equipment for graphic arts professionals. The company supplies a line of products from well-known manufacturers in the printing and converting industry.

Premere is located in Kungsbacka near Gothenburg and its customer base consists of flexo printing and paper converting businesses. Premere works with the leading suppliers in the industry and offera a full range of high quality proucts. Premere also providea troubleshooting, maintenance and technical support.