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NIGEL HOOD APPOINTED MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LINX PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES

Wednesday 10. July 2013 - Linx Printing Technologies, the leading global provider of coding and marking equipment, has announced the appointment of Nigel Hood as Managing Director.

Nigel Hood joins the St Ives, Cambridgeshire based company from Hach, where he was most recently Business Unit Director for the Particle Counting business. Like Linx, Hach is part of the Danaher group, which Hood joined in 2002 following its acquisition of Orbisphere, where he was VP Sales and Marketing.
He replaces the outgoing Linx Managing Director Jennifer Honeycutt, who has been appointed President at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences.
Nigel Hood is a graduate of Nottingham University with a BSc degree. He began his working career with ELE International Ltd UK in various commercial leadership roles before becoming Managing Director at GLI International Ltd UK.
He comments: “Having worked outside the UK for 14 years I am excited about the challenge of returning home, to a business where I look forward to building on a strong track record of global growth at the forefront of coding and marking innovation.”
Group President of Product Identification at Danaher, Joakim Weidemanis, says: “Building on Nigel’s outstanding experience leading businesses at Danaher and his strong commercial background, I am very confident that he will continue the strong leadership that drives our growth at Linx.
“I thank Jennifer for her strong leadership and the impact her contributions are having on our growth at Linx. Jennifer’s leadership the last three years has been critical in driving excellent overall results at our Linx business and leading and growing the business globally.”