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People in Print
the OVERflow
Support those less fortunate: Rodney Frost, Lamson Paragon.
Duarte becomes CEO at Centrum Printing
Frost in Vinnies CEO
Sandra Duarte is the
new CEO at Centrum Printing, saying she
is proud to accept the high profile role at the large format, display, and packaging printer, where she has been general manager.
sleepout for Lhomeless
Duarte said, “I am excited and inspired to lead the team forward into a new era of technology and products. Centrum is a great business.”
Owner Percy Vij will stay with the company to focus on sales. Centrum operates as a service centre to the whole industry.
Duarte says her role will
not only encompass running Centrum, but promoting the role of women and young people in the industry. She said, “I am passionate about empowering women to be the best they can be, and to step out into the arena, and not only be seen, but heard.”
Centrum has had a longstanding commitment to education, running site tours for pupils, and going into the classroom to promote print. Duarte said, “I will also be launching CEO For The Day, where young women will have the opportunity to sit in my
amson Paragon boss Rodney Frost was among the CEOs sleeping outside
for the night as part of the Vinnies CEO Sleepout.
Frost was taking part for the twelfth time when he spent the night under the stars along with hundreds of other CEOs on 18 June, although this year, due to Covid, the sleepouts were taking place in the CEOs’ own back yards or front drives, either on the drive, or in their cars.
Frost said, “I didn’t expect any support financially this year considering Covid-19, however, I do want to shine a light on the issue and the numbers.”
Frost has raised $110,000 for the cause since 2009. 21
Proud: Sandra Duarte, new CEO, Centrum Printing
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seat, and see what is involved in being CEO of Centrum.”
Duarte has been with Centrum since 2008 following a career in corporate publishing. Centrum made a bold
move six years ago when it changed direction completely, reinventing itself from its former position as a general commercial printer, and into its current guise in large format
offset, display, and packaging, moving out of three sites in and around Mascot and into a new purpose-built factory in Chipping Norton, and investing in a massive KBA sheetfed press. Duarte was general manager throughout that period. Since then it has grown consistently, and now has two of the large format KBAs,
a 162 and a 145. 21
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1. “Superior quality,” Peter (right) and Mark Hogan, Hogan Print, with the new Foliant Mercury 530SF 4x4 laminator from Currie Group 2. Hogan offices in Artarmon, Sydney.
3. Hogan Print’s new Horizon AFV-566/TV 564 folder from Currie Group.