Ink And Press Giants Agree Latin American Agency

Edited by the Printingtalk editorial team Sep 23, 2004

Flint Ink has reached an agreement between its Latin America business unit and Goss International to sell a wide range of its newspaper printing equipment and services in Latin America.

Flint Ink has reached an agreement between its Latin America business unit and Goss International to sell a wide range of its newspaper printing equipment and services in Latin America.

The new working relationship establishes Flint Ink as the exclusive agent for Goss newspaper presses, parts, and services in the Caribbean and South and Central America, with the exceptions of Brazil, Mexico, English speaking islands of the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago.

Flint Ink will provide complete sales support for Goss's newspaper presses, parts, and consumables.

The agreement includes key products such as Goss's Newsliner and Colorliner, Uniliner, Uniliner, Universal, Magnum and Community and press series.

Goss's Latin American offices and its global headquarters in Illinois will handle distribution, and technical support for Goss products.

(USA).

Both companies believe that the international agreement expands their capabilities with a responsive sales force as well as new product and service offerings.

"The new distribution channel will provide newspaper-printing professionals with greater access to Goss's and Flint Ink's ink systems and technical expertise.

The alliance with Flint Ink is invaluable in helping us extend our customer reach into the Latin American marketplace.

Flint Ink's sales force has in-depth knowledge of our newspaper press equipment and a dedication to good customer service," said Ernesto Oliveira, vice president Latin America for Goss International.

"Our newspaper customers will have the benefit of frequent personalised communications with a single-source provider, that they know and trust, to meet all of their ink and press requirements," said Jerko Rendic, president of Flint Ink Latin America.

The new agreement expands Goss's international customer reach to include support in Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, St.

Croix, Virgin Islands, St.

Martin, Guadalupe, and Martinique.