INX International announces R&D promotions

INX International Ink Co. announced that Mark Hill was named Vice President, R&D Director and Jonathan Graunke added the title of Assistant Research & Development Director to his current responsibilities as Vice President, UV/EB Technology.

Mark Hill and Jonathan Graunke with their NAPIM Printing Ink Pioneer Award.
Mark Hill and Jonathan Graunke with their NAPIM Printing Ink Pioneer Award.

Hill’s new job returns him to INX’s Research & Development facility in West Chicago, IL. Most recently the Vice President of Liquid Technology and Assistant Research & Development Director, he also served as General Manager of the Appleton, WI, facility from 2012 to April 2017. Hill’s first job in the industry was with Acme Printing Ink in Appleton in 1991.

Graunke joined INX in 1992, six months before completing his college studies. Well respected by his peers at INX and throughout the industry, he was honored in 2010 with a NPIRI Technical Achievement award. The next year, Graunke was promoted to Vice President of R&D, Director of Energy Curable Systems.

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