Thomas Meurers (right) and Sascha Gleich will together manage the RGF‘s retailer cooperations in the future.
Thomas Meurers is the Trade Cooperation Manager
RGF – The Multipliers, Cologne–Sascha Gleich starts at the RGF. He will be the RGF Consortium’s head, along with Thomas Meurers, starting April 1, 2023. Sascha will assume responsibility for the labeling/packaging and light production printing segments of the four Specialty Printing clusters. Thomas Meurers will continue to concentrate on the Textiles and Office Solutions segments. He remains as the RGF’s contact person with associations.
Sascha Gleich recalls a 30-year career in sales, technology and management. He was significantly involved in the development and market launch in 2012 of OKI‘s then revolutionary white toner systems for T-shirt transfer. He was involved equally in 2019, in the creation and launch of OKI Pro1040 and white Pro1050 colour labels printers. Sascha, who was most recently responsible for EMEA marketing and sales for OKI Europe’s Label Printing, Light Production Printing and Transfer Printing product ranges, worked at OKI Europe.
Sascha Gleich was born 1970 in Düsseldorf. He lives in Düsseldorf with his wife and two daughters. Sascha is a passionate golfer and suffering supporter of Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Cluster of Specialty Printing
1. Packaging/Labeling combines the products for printing digital colours on labels and printing on packaging from qualified RGF member companies.
2. Light Production Printing is a combination of various printing technologies, including large format and production solutions, mostly from EPSON and OKI partners Ricoh, Ricoh, Ricoh, and EFI.
3. Textile: This segment features DTG and DTF solutions as well as web-printing solutions for direct to fabric and sublimation.
4. Office Solutions are a segment of the RGF that is available for cross-selling. RGF members have the option to offer their customers the best printing solutions by being HP Master Dealers. The partnership with Büroring eG is one of the current cooperative group partnerships for this segment. The members of Büroring and the RGF benefit equally from the cooperation at the level of the association group headquarters.
A new direction will be taken within each segment in 2023. RGF-affiliated houses will benefit from new strategic partnerships that provide attractive solutions to strengthen the position of specialist retailers. They are also more likely to be financially stable in the long term.
About RGF – The Multipliers
Founded in 1985 as the registered association „Ring Grafischer Fachhändler“ by eleven specialist dealers at the time, the RGF has accompanied the digitisation of the graphic arts industry from the very beginning. The RGF’s function has expanded and changed over the past decades. Today, under the label „RGF – The Multipliers“, it acts as a central marketing agency and negotiates and administers numerous supply contracts with renowned manufacturers on behalf of the now 40 specialist dealers.
Many new goals were established with the 2009 takeover by Thomas Meurers of the GmbH. On one hand, the RGF opened up to independent consultants, six of whom are now members, and on the other hand, it increased its manufacturer-independent competence.
The RGF also responded to technological advances in the printing sector by establishing so-called Specialty Printing Clusters. For special purposes, these clusters provide a range of coherent solutions, which include software, hardware and consumables. These solutions play an important role in the RGF’s future viability.
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