Linx Appoints Gomez New Managing Director

Global coding and marking solutions provider Linx Printing Technologies has appointed Jose Gomez managing director following the retirement of Nigel Hood.

Gomez joins the St Ives, Cambridgeshire, U.K.-based company after 17 years with fellow Danaher business Videojet, where he held a variety of leadership roles, most recently as VP and GM of Videojet Latin America.

A graduate of Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Toulouse University in France, Gomez has bachelor's degrees in finance and economics, and has completed an advanced executive program at IESE University in Spain.

"I am thrilled to join a great team at Linx and partner with them to continue delivering innovative coding and marking solutions to our customers," Gomez said. "At Linx we play a critical role in helping our customers improve their productivity and I am very excited about the breakthrough IoT solution 'Printernet' we will be launching soon."

Joakim Weidemanis, Danaher's EVP, production identification and water quality platforms, noted that "with Jose's extensive experience at Videojet, and his track record of building and developing highly effective teams, I am very confident that he will continue the strong leadership that drives Linx's success. I congratulate Nigel on his retirement. I thank him for his long service and accomplishments throughout his career, in particular his contribution at Linx where he has led the team through outstanding growth in 2016 and 2017."

Linx Printing Technologies is a global supplier of continuous ink jet (CIJ) printers, case coders, laser coders, thermal transfer printers, and thermal inkjet printers. Its printers and coders are used across many different industries where product identification codes, batch numbers, dates, and barcodes are required.

All Linx products are designed with low cost of ownership in mind and are distinguished by reliability, robustness and ease of use. Linx products code and mark millions of items every day, ranging from bottles, packages and cans of consumer goods to pharmaceutical products, cabling, electrical components and car parts.