Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America has named Richard Hernandez as sales and technical service representative for the West Coast region. 

 

Hernandez joined Harper in February 2017 to serve as the technical service rep for this region. In his new role, Hernandez will be responsible for sales of Harper anilox rolls and HarperScientific products, as well as technical support for customers throughout the Western region. 

 

Hernandez has more than 24 years of experience in the printing industry with six years in offset printing and more than 18 years in flexography. Within that time, he has gained extensive knowledge of Webtron, Nilpeter, Comco and Mark Andy presses, as well as A.B. Dick and Heidelberg offset presses.

 

Hernandez began his flexographic career at Los Angeles Label, which led to production lead and supervisory experience at The Label Company and Paradigm Label in southern California. Prior to arriving at Harper Corporation of America, he was the print manager at Precision Label, which helped him enhance his color matching, team member training and mentoring and troubleshooting skills. While there, he also assisted with product development that helped drive the company into industry-leading trends.