Jennifer Heathcote joins UV curing systems manufacturer GEW
Jennifer Heathcote has been appointed as Business Development Manager at GEW, the industry leading manufacturer of Arc and LED UV curing systems based in the UK.
Heathcote has been in the UV equipment and applications business since 1998 and has worked with several well-respected UV suppliers. She has served as an executive board member for RadTech North America and most recently has acted as a technical and commercial consulting advisor to the UV curing industry. Throughout her various career roles, which have included applications engineering, sales, business development and general management, Jennifer has proven herself to be a leading authority on conventional and LED UV technology, as well as their use across a broad range of industrial curing applications.
Malcolm Rae, Managing Director at GEW, comments: “We are delighted that Jennifer has joined the GEW team. Her depth of technical expertise and understanding of the global UV curing market will enable us to expand into new areas of opportunity and build upon the core business foundations already in place.”
Jennifer will continue to present at industry conferences and events. She has authored a wide range of articles on the subject of UV curing, and in 2012 co-authored The UV LED Handbook. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and her MBA from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University.
About GEW
GEW designs and manufactures Arc and LED UV curing systems for printing, coating and converting applications. The company has become the world market leader in manufacturing UV systems for the labelling and narrow web printing industries. GEW also specialise in the design and installation of LED UV curing systems for sheetfed offset presses.
In 2019 GEW launched the LeoLED UV curing system, built around the same highly successful ArcLED cassette-based design known from earlier GEW ranges. LeoLED is fully compatible as an upgrade for existing arc lamp based ArcLED systems.
GEW have invested in a world class production facility at their headquarters in England and operate subsidiaries in Germany and the United State
Source: GEW (EC) Limited
