EFI has announced that inkjet guru Scott Schinlever will assume leadership of its market-leading industrial inkjet portfolio across display graphics, textiles, packaging and building materials. He re-joins in a new role as COO (Chief Operating Officer) for EFI’s global inkjet business. Scott, who starts in his new position at EFI, has been charged with further expanding the company’s market-leading industrial inkjet portfolio, while facilitating the analogue-to-digital transformation throughout the industry for EFI’s current and future customers. He will be responsible for all equipment, ink, and service solutions throughout the EFI portfolio in display graphics, textiles, packaging and building materials.
Scott, who recently was President and COO of Automation Solutions for Gerber Technology, had a long career managing the marketing, growth and development of EFI VUTEk printers and other EFI inkjet technologies. He joined the digital print industry in the late 1990s, working with the Xerox Office Systems Group. In 2001, he took on a marketing position at the pioneering superwide-format printer manufacturer VUTEk, a company EFI acquired in 2005.
