
Paul Sharkey began his career in flexographic printing in 1976 when he joined Harper Corporation of America as VP Sales. For the next 19 years he was at the forefront of many of the technical advancements to flexo, including the development of laser engraved anilox and high line count printing plates – key elements that today allow flexo to compete with other print methods based on print quality and price. In these years he had the opportunity to work with major printing and packaging companies to help them to improve their process. In 1994 Mr. Sharkey discovered a different type of doctor blade material available in Europe that was not yet available to printers in North America. This blade was less wearing and damaging to an anilox roll – and wore more evenly along its edge allowing for better ink metering. In 1995, Mr. Sharkey contacted the blade’s manufacturer, SWEDEV AB in Sweden and secured the distribution rights for the SWEDCUT® brand in North America resulting in the formation of FLXON Inc.
Today, FLXON Inc. is a partner to many leading flexographic and rotogravure pressrooms in Canada, the US, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean basin. Under Mr. Sharkey’s leadership, the company has been able to build a team of talented technically knowledgeable professionals who assist pressrooms to gain their competitive advantage by driving waste out of their process.
FLXON’S approach is consultative; beginning by identifying waste reducing opportunities and assisting with operator sustainability training.



Derek Parker
Technical Sales Engineer
Region: US West – Canadian West
Office (800) 756-6474 ext. 109
Email dparker@flxon.com

Jason Wilhelm
Technical Sales Engineer
Region: US Northeast/Quebec/Ontario
Office (800) 756-6474 ext. 116
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John Littlefield
Technical Sales Engineer
Region: US – Southeast
Office (800) 756-6474 ext. 107
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Efrain Martinez
Technical Sales Engineer
Region: Mexico/Latin America
Office (800) 756-6474 ext. 108
Email emartinez@flxon.com

Steve Boettcher
Technical Services Manager
Office (800) 756-6474 ext. 103
Email sboettcher@flxon.com

Daniel Flores
Technical Services Manager
Region: Mexico
Office 52 1 442 459 4773 – Mexico
Email dflores@flxon.mx


Isabel Almeida
Specialist, Customer Satisfaction
Office (800) 756-6474 ext. 104
Email ialmeida@flxon.com

