INX International Announces Key R&D Promotions

Schaumburg, Illinois-based ink manufacturer INX International announces two promotions within its research and development department.

Mark Hill and Jonathan Graunke have new assignments: Hill is now vice president, R&D director, and Graunke has added the title of assistant research R&D director to his current responsibilities as vice president, UV/EB technology. Both men were honored earlier this year with National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers‘ Printing Ink Pioneer Awards.

Hill’s new job returns him to INX’s Research & Development facility in West Chicago, Illinois. Most recently, he was vice president of liquid technology and assistant R&D director and also served as general manager of the company’s Appleton, Wisconsin, facility from 2012 to April 2017. Hill’s first job in the industry was with Acme Printing Ink in Appleton in 1991.

Graunke joined INX in 1992, six months before completing his college studies. Well respected by his peers at INX and throughout the industry, he was honored in 2010 with a NPIRI technical achievement award. The next year, Graunke was promoted to vice president of R&D, director of energy curable systems.